Congratulations to team Yukon Voyageurs for finishing the Yukon 1000 race on July 26th! The team was comprised of local water sport enthusiasts: Kerry J. Newell, Paul Repak, Helen (Holly) Crouch, Mike Trump, Matt Trump, Teresa Stout and Brian McDonnell. For those of you who don't know what the Yukon 1000 is, let me enlighten you. It's a grueling 1000 mile race starting at Whitehorse in Canada's Yukon Territory and traveling down the Yukon River to the Alaskan Pipeline Bridge. In other words, it's over 11 times the length of the 90 miler and 100 times more strenuous. Paddlers out to win will sleep, cook meals, change clothes, and will even go so far as to take pit stops in the boat to avoid wasting any time on shore. Our team finished in a scant six days, six hours, 52 minutes and 29 seconds putting them in fourth place in their division. I think it's safe to say they deserve at least a week of hammock time. Well done!
For more information check out the Adirondack Daily Enterprise Article: http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/507868.html
To check out race results:
http://yukon1000.com/resultsx.html?race=09y1k
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