First off we would like to send our thoughts to the family and friends of Simon Davidson who died kayaking in Banff a couple of days ago. We are currently in Calgary and Banff is only an hour away, many of the team had paddled with Simon and are all very sad right now.
Our trip so far has been difficult but this news has put it all in perspective.
We had problems getting kayaks on the plane in Auckland, then left some tickets behind, re-found them, flew to LAX, had all the kayaks refused, lost Wendy's cellphone.
In an emergency decision we decided the team would fly anyway and we ditched poor Dale Butcher in LA with 9 kayaks and a mission....should he choose to accept it....to get 9 kayaks to Ottawa by tomorrow. We'll find out how he does soon. So far we have been traveling for about 38 hours, not much sleep, 2 flights to go. Finn's bag has also gone missing on the last flight....
Oh well, off for another flight at midnight....more news soon. Good luck everyone racing in Tacen this weekend at the World Cup race.
1 comment:
Beats all kayaking dramas I have had- good luck with the reunion with kayaks and bags.
Everyone here in Tacen also offers their condolences to the Davidson family - many of the kiwis had paddled with him and some were good friends of his.
Post a Comment