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There are times im glad to be blue collar.
Have to make the boss happy, can't afford "high adventure".

Too poor to waste the time and money trying to kill myself and
force others tyo risk themselves saving my dumbass.

We waste trillions of dollars keeping about 100 million welfare freeloaders alive in the U.S. I'd much rather my tax dollars go to rescue someone like this guy who pushes the limits than to be spent on people that contribute nothing to the world.

I agree, even if it's a little on the crazy side. It also would be a training mission for the Canadian coast guard if they are needed.

People do crazy shiit to get "Likes"

I don’t believe that rescues are for free to the rescued.

Speaking of Covtards....

Not sure about Canada but in the US, if it's a legit emergency, it's considered a training mission and no cost.

You call 911 cuz your lazy and want a gov Uber, your gonna get a big bill.

That's the way it was, been a while since I was in the situation for a helo.

When I was in college, one of my classmates and an old guy in his 70's went from Yellowknife to Churchill by canoe. They had to get special permission to venture across the Canadian Barrens.

Doug said in class one day " "There is no place on earth anymore that you can get away from people. Even out there on the Barrens, we would see a contrail every 3 or 4 days...."

I dont know the distance of the trip, but a couple hundred miles a day is very doable. I've done over a 100 a day lots of times, on a river not the ocean/sea, in a day with just a 20hp motor. And, I was stopping to run trot lines and raising traps and nets. Spend more time stopped than I did motoring.

Gonna be rough on his back. Wonder if he's running a tiller handle.

This guy here has an incredible story. The self filmed documentary of the trip is crazy. The solitude alone would be a hard hurdle imo.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/ic...-of-4-000-km-arctic-canoe-trip-1.4630804

I initially thought it was kind of a late start (by about a month) but it could be that ice would be blocking some passages at an earlier date. He appears to be averaging a bit under 20mph so should be able to do 200 per day. A month, all told, with stops along the way. GD

Owner of the ranch I worked on after college planned an adventure about every summer. The spring I worked for him he was planning a canoe trip into the arctic ocean. He and his partners traveled to Slave Lake and then paddled north to the arctic. I remember him telling me they really didn't have good maps because how rivers change from year to year. No one had really been on that river to record changes that may have happened.

I caught up with him later that fall and he shared some pics. Was quite the journey. Incredible amount of prep goes went into his trips. Money always helps with that.

Fact^ I know rescue helicopters in NW Colo are likely to do the first hour or so free to the rescuee due to contractual arrangements with County and Fire, but to continue, the family is made to agree to something like $10,000 bucks per hour. Lot of 'em don't.

I know this guy.

He is just a regular hard working guy, now 68.

He is not a MD, his older brother is a retired MD.

He sold lawnmowers for a living then did drone photography.

He is like many here, just enjoys being outdoors and doing things.

He was an avid canoer and canoed the Mississippi River from the headwaters to the Gulf of Mexico.

That left him with a shoulder problem.

He ran a Jon boat from the northern tip of Maine to the southern tip of Texas.

So, he has some experience running that boat on longer distance trips, but this one obviously is a whole different level with other challenges.

While this journey seems like it has lots of potential to go wrong, seems better to die living life than rotting away at home in front of a TV.

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Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Thanks for the clarification! Not sure where I saw the MD, must have got it mixed up somehow. I've been following his planning on a FB page called Jon Yachts. He's no dummy and seems as prepared as you can be.

If he makes it Al Gore will be spouting how it was only possible due to climate change.

Why not? The dude is L-I-V-I-N!

The least ice encountered in the Beaufort Sea/Arctic Ocean is historically in August. I worked the Sealift on the North Slope for 8 seasons. If you care there is a pretty good old Youtube video "Crowley 1975 Sea-Lift", pictures being worth a thousand words.