Scudley
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NW Passage Kite ski trip
A two person team are starting a kite ski trip through the frozen North West Passage. The trip 3000km. They plan to finish the trip in 75 days.
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That's awesome! My legs are aching just thinking about it. I'm curious to what kind of quivers they bring with them? I can't imagine they would
mess around with LEIs in that kind of wilderness. Don't exactly like the thought of polar bears, but I guess you could always jump over them!
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Feyd
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75 days? That's like 25 miles a day. Are they expecting a lot of windless days? On a good day here we can do 100 miles no prob. We're not hauling
pulks tho.
I know they'll have to haul gear and stuff but 25 miles a day would really start to bore the hell out of me. I'd kill myself if I had to skin for
more than a day or two. I guess that's the risk with kite power tho.
I wonder what the surfaces are gonna be like. Late in the season might be fast. faster than a polar bear I hope. I bet they get some wicked winds on
some of the wide open water areas. 
No mention of sponsors. Must cost some serious $$$ to pull something like this off.
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Looks like they might be flying Ozone: http://www.pittarak.com/
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Feyd
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Looks like ur right PBC.
Read the bios. That guy rode 595km in a 24hr period. That's some awesome mileage.
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