I’m an adventuring river rat at heart. Put me on a floating piece of driftwood and I’m happy.
I’ve completed the MR 340 in a 14.5′ tandem rudderless rec kayak, a 14.5′ Carolina and a 4-man Kevlar TWS racing canoe.
The race is moving in the right direction and I can see it eventually having a thousand boats entered, resulting in full time jobs for the directors.
“That river will kill you”, “the whirl pools will suck your canoe completely under”, “a small motor boat should not be on that river…let alone a canoe…are you crazy”, “The water is so polluted…you will become sick”, and on and on….
Let’s get some insight into this MR340 phenomenon. I have asked several three time finishers to write about their racing experience on the Missouri.
Bryan Hopkins, West Hansen, Christina Glauner, Chuck and Di McHenry, Katie Pfefferkorn
Wesley Echols of Rhode Island, USA announced the launch of a new US surfski website
SurfskiRacing.com.
The course and date of the South Dakota race on the Missouri River have been set. Race begins at Bob’s Resort, just north of the State Highway 212 bridge on the Missouri River in north-central South Dakota and continues to the face of the Oahe Dam.