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| ==== 2 Vancouver Island Circumnavigation Attempts 2017 - Mike Gill, Nicholas Cryder ==== | ==== 2 Vancouver Island Circumnavigation Attempts 2017 - Mike Gill, Nicholas Cryder ==== | ||
| - | //Men's Journal// | + | (Ed. For more see [[:races:bellingham_area_self_timed_races#vancouver_island_circumnavigation|Vancouver Island Circumnavigations]] ) |
| - | \\ | + | //from 2019 Men's Journal [[https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/race-vancouver-island-record|article]]// |
| - | Only a day apart — on June 9 and 10 — two paddlers launched separate attempts to best a hallowed benchmark in sea kayak speed: the self-supported circumnavigation of Vancouver Island. Nicholas Cryder and then Mike Gill set out, respectively, to improve on the record time of 12 days 23 hours and 45 minutes set in June 2014 by Victoria, B.C. native Russell Henry. | + | |
| + | Only a day apart — on June 9 and 10 — two paddlers launched separate attempts to best a hallowed benchmark in sea kayak speed: the self-supported circumnavigation of [[https://surfski.wiki/vancouver_island|Vancouver Island]]. Nicholas Cryder and then Mike Gill set out, respectively, to improve on the record time of 12 days 23 hours and 45 minutes set in June 2014 by Victoria, B.C. native Russell Henry. | ||
| Neither Cryder nor Gill, however, were able to successfully complete the ambitious voyage of roughly 650 statute-miles around the waters of the massive Pacific Northwest island, leaving Henry’s sub-13-day time intact atop a lineage of speed-hungry expedition kayakers that has included previous records by Joe O’Blenis and Sean Morley. | Neither Cryder nor Gill, however, were able to successfully complete the ambitious voyage of roughly 650 statute-miles around the waters of the massive Pacific Northwest island, leaving Henry’s sub-13-day time intact atop a lineage of speed-hungry expedition kayakers that has included previous records by Joe O’Blenis and Sean Morley. | ||
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| “The most surprising thing was how enjoyable the trip was,” says Gill, reflecting on his long days in the boat. He expected it to feel like more of a grind, he added, than a chance to take in the rugged beauty of the Pacific island. “I thought after Day Three I was just going to be hating it, but I really enjoyed just paddling every day.” | “The most surprising thing was how enjoyable the trip was,” says Gill, reflecting on his long days in the boat. He expected it to feel like more of a grind, he added, than a chance to take in the rugged beauty of the Pacific island. “I thought after Day Three I was just going to be hating it, but I really enjoyed just paddling every day.” | ||
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| Gill believes he has learned a great deal of strategy from his first attempt regarding weather patterns, starting points, and gear selection. “When I stopped I told myself, ‘Never again,’” he says, considering the question of a future attempt, hands still healing from the battering. “A few days later I started thinking about it.” | Gill believes he has learned a great deal of strategy from his first attempt regarding weather patterns, starting points, and gear selection. “When I stopped I told myself, ‘Never again,’” he says, considering the question of a future attempt, hands still healing from the battering. “A few days later I started thinking about it.” | ||
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