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geodeticman.5 · 08-20-2008, 12:31 AM

Kayaking re-dux

It also occurred to me that IF there is a summer-games Kayak event that is what I remembered (Mtn Dew notwithstanding), it would HAVE to be in a contained, artificial run environment. Couldn't hardly have a 3,000 mile run "up" the MacKenzie river, ending at Inuvik, at the MacKenzie Delta at the mouth of the Beaufort Sea, if memory serves from "Ice Road Truckers" - which I understand Canadians do not get to see broadcast on the History Channel !?! That long of a run might make logistics a bit -INSANE- for cameramen et al along the distance. Not likely. This post was started for rhetorical reasons and humour only; and...BUT of course there would never be a natural run, controlled and televised in any event, or could there ?

This makes me think of the logistics involved in the filming of, and distance and remoteness of: The Iditarod Sled Race - would seem to be quite similar in many regards to a Kayak race in natural waters; trekking distance. Canucks (sp?) or Alaskans please tell me - I heard Dog-slegging was or will be an Olympic Winter-Games event, True ? That would certainly pave the way for a possible natural-course Sea-kayaking course for a summer Olympic Game, but somehow, I doubt it, despite the remote and extreme environments of the Iditarod.
Money must not be there , or someone would have done it.

~geo steve

08-20-2008, 12:31 AM	#15
geodeticman.5 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eastern Slope urban corridor, Colo. USA Posts: 1,007	Re: What ? No medals ? Kayaking re-dux It also occurred to me that IF there is a summer-games Kayak event that is what I remembered (Mtn Dew notwithstanding), it would HAVE to be in a contained, artificial run environment. Couldn't hardly have a 3,000 mile run "up" the MacKenzie river, ending at Inuvik, at the MacKenzie Delta at the mouth of the Beaufort Sea, if memory serves from "Ice Road Truckers" - which I understand Canadians do not get to see broadcast on the History Channel !?! That long of a run might make logistics a bit -INSANE- for cameramen et al along the distance. Not likely. This post was started for rhetorical reasons and humour only; and...BUT of course there would never be a natural run, controlled and televised in any event, *or could there* ? This makes me think of the logistics involved in the filming of, and distance and remoteness of: The Iditarod Sled Race - would seem to be quite similar in many regards to a Kayak race in natural waters; trekking distance. Canucks (sp?) or Alaskans please tell me - I heard Dog-slegging was or will be an Olympic Winter-Games event, True ? That would certainly pave the way for a possible natural-course Sea-kayaking course for a summer Olympic Game, but somehow, I doubt it, despite the remote and extreme environments of the Iditarod. Money must not be there , or someone would have done it. ~geo steve Last edited by geodeticman.5; 08-20-2008 at 08:04 PM. Reason: geo place and feature names spelling, add Ice Road Q