fitness paddling: exercise, train, race by kayak & canoe

... from canoecolorado.com (contact Eric Nyre for details):

Date: Monday, May 28, 2007

44 mile unlimited race down the North Platte River from Saratoga (hot springs) to I-80 (Fort Steele boat ramp)

4 classes: Solo Single Blade, Solo Double Blade, Tandem Single Blade, Tandem Double Blade

PFD's must be worn at all times

$25 per person entry fee. $500 in cash added to each class, plus entry fees split 50-30-20 to 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Paddlers who do not reach Pick Bridge within a designated time will be pulled from the race.

Registration will be sometime Sunday evening, details to be decided. Race start 7am Monday. There is no pre-registration as such.

Related posts:

• 2007 Wyoming Outback Challenge on North Platte River
• more paddling on North Platte River at Mountain Wayfarer
• North Platte River above Seminoe Reservoir, Wyoming
• North Platte River from Treasure Island to Pick Bridge - movie
• The Floater's Guide to Wyoming Rivers: Paddle and Portage
• Wyoming Atlas & Gazetteer
• map of public access areas by Wyoming Game and Fish Department
• North Platte River guides by Canoe Colorado:
  Treasure Island-Saratoga and Saratoga-Pick Bridge
• river flow: Northgate, CO | Ft Steele/Dugway