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inReach message from TA Loeffler

Hading our from Otter Creek Float Plane Base. Catch ya from the River with Two Names View the location or send a reply to TA Loeffler: https://us0.inreach.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=03b16f2b-ebc0-47b3-a85b-83f349036af8&adr=miyu735rowe%40post.wordpress.com TA Loeffler sent this message from: Lat 53.352442 Lon -60.411458 Do not reply … Continue reading

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River of Two Names: The Team is in Goose Bay

Meet the team. Mark, Darren, Marian, and me. Eating a cone at The A & W in Goose Bay. It’s a tradition. Another tradition is visiting the old Hudson Bay Company Post Museum in NW River. They have great wooden … Continue reading

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The River With Two Names

Our current expedition is called The River with Two Names and it begins/began on August 15 when we fly into Harp Lake. After a few days paddling along the lake we will exit via the Harp River onto the the … Continue reading

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inReach message from TA Loeffler

Testing the Inreach. Still in St John’s. heading to the Big Land on Wednesday. Congrats to the Tickle Swimmers. View the location or send a reply to TA Loeffler: https://us0.inreach.garmin.com/textmessage/txtmsg?extId=7c667a37-908e-4d23-86cc-ad345e405880&adr=miyu735rowe%40post.wordpress.com TA Loeffler sent this message from: Lat 47.573365 Lon -52.752378 … Continue reading

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Less than One Week and Counting: River with Two Names

As part of our last minute preparations for the River with Two Names expedition, we took our new WaterLily 12v turbine out yesterday for a test spin. We walked over to the Rennies River and placed in in a few … Continue reading

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The River with Two Names: Two Weeks and Counting

Two weeks and counting. We had a wonderful event last night on Long Pond where we introduced the joys of canoeing to some New Canadians and their conversation partners. It was a great partnership between School of Human Kinetics, Student … Continue reading

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The River with Two Names: Three Weeks & Counting

Our expedition team met last night with Richard Alexander to go over the map, see some pictures, and get some beta (information) from him. We then (almost) finalized our group gear list with who is bringing what. The excitement is … Continue reading

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Coming Next: A River with Two Names

Thanks to all who played “Which expedition is next?” a few weeks back. I realized that I never confirmed what river we are paddling in mid August…so here goes. Our next expedition is called The River with Two Names and … Continue reading

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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

TA Latitude:58.44980 Longitude:-62.79947 GPS location Date/Time:08/21/2016 17:54:41 NDT Message:Paddle 2 Peaks: TA & Marian are paddling in Northern Labrador. Check map 2 see where they are & cheer them on! Click the link below to see where I am located. … Continue reading

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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

TA Latitude:58.48222 Longitude:-62.66092 GPS location Date/Time:08/20/2016 21:33:24 NDT Message:Paddle 2 Peaks: TA & Marian are paddling in Northern Labrador. Check map 2 see where they are & cheer them on! Click the link below to see where I am located. … Continue reading

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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

TA Latitude:58.19810 Longitude:-62.62549 GPS location Date/Time:08/19/2016 18:05:00 NDT Message:Paddle 2 Peaks: TA & Marian are paddling in Northern Labrador. Check map 2 see where they are & cheer them on! Click the link below to see where I am located. … Continue reading

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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

TA Latitude:58.12124 Longitude:-62.46774 GPS location Date/Time:08/18/2016 20:05:34 NDT Message:Paddle 2 Peaks: TA & Marian are paddling in Northern Labrador. Check map 2 see where they are & cheer them on! Click the link below to see where I am located. … Continue reading

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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

TA Latitude:58.12122 Longitude:-62.46786 GPS location Date/Time:08/17/2016 19:18:00 NDT Message:Paddle 2 Peaks: TA & Marian are paddling in Northern Labrador. Check map 2 see where they are & cheer them on! Click the link below to see where I am located. … Continue reading

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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

TA Latitude:57.99692 Longitude:-62.23105 GPS location Date/Time:08/16/2016 18:22:56 NDT Message:Paddle 2 Peaks: TA & Marian are paddling in Northern Labrador. Check map 2 see where they are & cheer them on! Click the link below to see where I am located. … Continue reading

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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

TA Latitude:57.89604 Longitude:-62.01614 GPS location Date/Time:08/15/2016 16:09:21 NDT Message:Paddle 2 Peaks: TA & Marian are paddling in Northern Labrador. Check map 2 see where they are & cheer them on! Click the link below to see where I am located. … Continue reading

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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

TA Latitude:57.89610 Longitude:-62.01611 GPS location Date/Time:08/14/2016 15:30:39 NDT Message:Paddle 2 Peaks: TA & Marian are paddling in Northern Labrador. Check map 2 see where they are & cheer them on! Click the link below to see where I am located. … Continue reading

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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

TA Latitude:57.94905 Longitude:-62.17007 GPS location Date/Time:08/13/2016 23:35:29 NDT Message:Paddle 2 Peaks: TA & Marian are paddling in Northern Labrador. Check map 2 see where they are & cheer them on! Click the link below to see where I am located. … Continue reading

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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

TA Latitude:58.01603 Longitude:-62.36462 GPS location Date/Time:08/12/2016 22:05:28 NDT Message:Paddle 2 Peaks: TA & Marian are paddling in Northern Labrador. Check map 2 see where they are & cheer them on! Click the link below to see where I am located. … Continue reading

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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

TA Latitude:58.01606 Longitude:-62.36469 GPS location Date/Time:08/11/2016 17:46:54 NDT Message:Paddle 2 Peaks: TA & Marian are paddling in Northern Labrador. Check map 2 see where they are & cheer them on! Click the link below to see where I am located. … Continue reading

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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

TA Latitude:58.09487 Longitude:-62.39777 GPS location Date/Time:08/10/2016 22:59:04 NDT Message:Paddle 2 Peaks: TA & Marian are paddling in Northern Labrador. Check map 2 see where they are & cheer them on! Click the link below to see where I am located. … Continue reading

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Check-in/OK message from SPOT TA

TA Latitude:58.19810 Longitude:-62.62549 GPS location Date/Time:08/09/2016 22:05:39 NDT Message:Paddle 2 Peaks: TA & Marian are paddling in Northern Labrador. Check map 2 see where they are & cheer them on! Click the link below to see where I am located. … Continue reading

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Paddle2Peaks: Hour to Hour YoYo

So from Climber Smurf’s picture above, it’s not hard to tell that we are still in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Our day began at 5:30 am with our first call to Air Labrador dispatch to find out if we had good … Continue reading

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Paddle2Peaks: Hard Telling, Not Knowing

We’re in Labrador! We’d hoped to fly out today, one day early, but the weather gods did not shine upon that prospect so we explored Goose Bay, Happy Valley, and North West River. Our plan is to fly into Saglek … Continue reading

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