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| ===== Brandon Nelson's 24 hr Record Paddle on Lake Padden 151.87 miles Aug.21-22, 2013 ===== | ===== Brandon Nelson's 24 hr Record Paddle on Lake Padden 151.87 miles Aug.21-22, 2013 ===== | ||
| - | //(Whatcom Paddlers had only a bit of description of the deed on their blog, maybe because so many of the local paddlers were already so familiar with the effort - read the [[:stories:after_24hr_paddle_2013|next post]] also from Brandon)// | + | //(Whatcom Paddlers had only a bit of description of the deed on their blog, maybe because so many of the local paddlers were already so familiar with the effort - read the [[:stories:after_24hr_paddle_2013|next post]] also from Brandon. For a little more adventure read about Brandon and Heather's [[:stories:nelsons_lake_baikal_2003|circumnavigation of Lake Baikal]] in 2003)// |
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| The record was a long time coming. Nelson’s first attempt came in May, 2006. Seven hours into that effort, his custom-built, 23-foot carbon sea kayak cracked behind the seat. He had to paddle a heavy spare kayak for the next 10 hours while his crew worked on repairs – and still he notched 146.9 miles, eclipsing the previous record by nearly 10 miles. The triumph was a tribute to his mother, a former hospice worker who had died of ovarian cancer just weeks earlier…." | The record was a long time coming. Nelson’s first attempt came in May, 2006. Seven hours into that effort, his custom-built, 23-foot carbon sea kayak cracked behind the seat. He had to paddle a heavy spare kayak for the next 10 hours while his crew worked on repairs – and still he notched 146.9 miles, eclipsing the previous record by nearly 10 miles. The triumph was a tribute to his mother, a former hospice worker who had died of ovarian cancer just weeks earlier…." | ||
| - | and at the end of the feat - | + | and at the end of this 2013 feat - |
| " I was loaded into a waiting van, then shuttled just a minute or so to an ambulance before being taken to the hospital. I would be treated for 3 days with “Rhabdo” – a spike in large molecules entering the bloodstream from broken down muscles, that can lead to kidney failure if not treated with IV fluids." | " I was loaded into a waiting van, then shuttled just a minute or so to an ambulance before being taken to the hospital. I would be treated for 3 days with “Rhabdo” – a spike in large molecules entering the bloodstream from broken down muscles, that can lead to kidney failure if not treated with IV fluids." | ||
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