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 yukon hankerin' intrepid dog lovin' fleet footed adventure racing pie packing poet who is ever keen to cave hunt, route find, night hike, and has finally introduced Bishop to Mt. Bishop
Whitehorse, Yukon
Canada
934 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2011 : 11:23 PM
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 ass wigglin, cheese lovin, 4x4 drivin, apostrophe hatin, hiking chick who loves camping on snow
spaceship..
Canada
7209 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2011 : 11:35 PM
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| Nice work, congrats! |
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Hope, BC
Canada
7093 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2011 : 11:51 PM
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Are you bragging or "Just sayin..."?
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Outdoors addicted flyfishing, skiing, snowshoeing, hiking car crooner and resident motormouth
Da'Wack, BC
Canada
5368 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2011 : 11:59 PM
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Encouraging people to sign up for next year! TR will be posted tomorrow. Tonight is about celebration.
Canuck Place Adventure Challenge 2011.
This is the house.
This is a kid in the house:
This is a kid in the house and the stuff that happens there:
This is the house that has been crafted for kids; and the stuff that happens there is all about "embracing life."
I'd first worked the Adventure Challenge as a volunteer back in 2009. Ever since that day it had been my intention to return again as a participant. This year I was determined to make that happen.
When I shared my plans with Bishop:
She was immediately interested in joining me so my plans to race as a single soon changed to racing as Team 10,000 Killa Joules and I'm glad it did.
There have been quite a few hours spent on bikes, foot and kayak to prepare and there have been fundraising efforts and all has been part of an enjoyable journey.
But of course, the focus of this TR will be the race itself.
We arrived at gear check and registration at the prerequiste time and it just so happened that we were presented with "lucky number seven" and "crazy eight" as racer numbers. How unbelievably perfect!
The race was stagged into two heats. We were set to take off in the 10:30 heat, this allowed us to spectate the 9:30 kayak start. And what a start it was! Mass confusion reigned as paddlers went about in all sorts of directions with some of the less experienced paddlers ramming into eachother in an attempt to get.....? well nobody seemed to really know where they were going. More perfect.
After that heat had returned, we geared up in our Kayak and got ready for our big start. Fortunately by this time everyone now knew the route.
The all important warm up.
    
And the start.
 
And the finish.
Next it was time to sprint to the transition area and change/grab gear and bikes:
Janna performs some ultra-secret, sacred, adventure racing ritual.
and off we went again!
Hard to compete with Janna's Superdave inspired helmet design so I did the best I could by going ultra-dork and doubling/tripling up my headwear.  The route was quite plesant with one wonderful hill which was great fun riding down!
Once we had returned to transition we were offered popcorn!
Just what we needed to help us keep focused for the hike ahead.
We were presented with other motivational tidbits along the way.
And there were some confusing signs.
(((up there???)))
and some Team Sheen foolery. Tiger Blood!
and Team Joules rounding into the homestretch. (We had to make it look good for the camera.)
and post race, all cleaned up wearing our Swag
The winners of todays event... Everyone who participated in a really fantastic day that raised $280,000 for Canuck Place Children's Hospice.
This is an annual event and one that really any able bodied individual can do. If you decide you'd like to give it a try next year, give me a shout. |
Edited by - exscape on 09/19/2011 3:46 PM |
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Fleece thong wearin, Buntzen Lurkin, mystic poet mountain man and international spokesman of the friends of the white squirrel society
Port Moody, B.C.
Canada
5885 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2011 : 06:11 AM
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Well done ladies !!!
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Trail running, bike hucking, fast packing, beer drinking collector of pine cones on a day pass
AKA
Dances with Trees
Forest Gnome Cabin
Canada
13016 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2011 : 07:04 AM
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| You both look outstanding, by the way! Job well done! |
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Burnaby, BC
Canada
908 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2011 : 07:27 AM
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| congrats! Gotta love winning shiny medals! |
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Smurf Village, BC
Canada
1495 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2011 : 07:29 AM
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Congrats! I did the inaugural Storm the Shore event. It looks like the route is similar (but no longer finishes at the LSCR). Cool.
ps. I fixed your white balance.
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West Coast, B.C.
1395 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2011 : 08:18 AM
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| Knew you could do it....well done J&J!!!! I look forward to your report. Hey people, it's still not too late to donate to the cause! |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
277 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2011 : 08:32 AM
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| Congratulations! |
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Chilliwack
1267 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2011 : 08:54 AM
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| Congrats! Look forward to reading your report. |
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Popkum, BC
Canada
5887 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2011 : 09:02 AM
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| I had no doubt! Congratulations ladies! |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
2659 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2011 : 12:30 PM
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Well done! |
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Happy go lucky, plaid wearin, postholin, safeway gaitor sportin, old-school film shootin, giver of many regards
Abbotsford, B.C.
Canada
13441 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2011 : 12:32 PM
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Congrats on you both.
Looking forward to the details of your challenge.
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Outdoors addicted flyfishing, skiing, snowshoeing, hiking car crooner and resident motormouth
Da'Wack, BC
Canada
5368 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2011 : 3:26 PM
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ps. I fixed your white balance.
Thanks Guntis, nice choice of photo upon which to provide that correction!
And below; the photo of my hero; the little person who has touched and inspired us both to take part in the CPAC.
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Fast hikin, carrot chompin, always grinnin, gear scatterin recipient of the Theta Lake manouver
Burnaby
2039 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2011 : 4:05 PM
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| A good cause. Well done! |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
1011 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2011 : 4:16 PM
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| Way to go [ : D ] |
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Popkum, BC
Canada
5887 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2011 : 4:32 PM
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| Great report Jenn. A very heart warming story with a good friend racing along side you. I love your numbers, how much fun is that? Way to go team! |
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Penhold, Alberta
Canada
2005 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2011 : 4:38 PM
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| Awesome job ladies! Kudo's to both of you. |
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Surrey, B.C.
Canada
207 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2011 : 4:44 PM
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Unique and inspiring trip report. Looks like you had a lot of fun... and for such a great cause!
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Maple Ridge, BC
Canada
772 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2011 : 5:29 PM
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Awesome job! That looks like a lot of fun and a great cause to boot. Great report.
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We did a race! We got medals!
