Author Topic: Our very own dvshunter in the Missouri River 340! HE MADE IT!  (Read 13310 times)

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Offline PaulN/KS

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Captain Redbeard has landed!

Hide the women..!  ;)
Congratulations Guys!  :OK

Offline osage outlaw

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Way to go Dave!!!

Thanks for the updates Patrick and Mike.
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Offline Knoll

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That was cool.
... alone in distant woods or fields, in unpretending sproutlands or pastures tracked by rabbits, even in a bleak and, to most, cheerless day .... .  I suppose that this value, in my case, is equivalent to what others get by churchgoing & prayer.  Hank Thoreau, 1857

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We knew you'd make Dave. Nice job
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Offline Knoll

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Onebow will post pics.
... alone in distant woods or fields, in unpretending sproutlands or pastures tracked by rabbits, even in a bleak and, to most, cheerless day .... .  I suppose that this value, in my case, is equivalent to what others get by churchgoing & prayer.  Hank Thoreau, 1857

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He finished 83rd over all and 23rd in the mens tandem! Good job brother! I'm happy you made it all the way! Quite an accomplishment!

Patrick
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Missouri, where all the best wood is! Well maybe not the straightest!

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Offline osage outlaw

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I have this mental image of Dave crossing the finish line with a tie dye shirt wearing those arm swimmy floats and his red beard flowing in the wind  ;D
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Offline Onebowonder

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Here's what it actually looked like...

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Photography credits to Knoll

Offline feathersnwood

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Great job Dave !!!! I'm tired just thinking about you paddling all that way !
lets get back to the basics

Offline lebhuntfish

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Thats awesome! Just awesome!

Clint,  it took me 10 minutes to quit laughing so I could make this post!

Patrick
Once an Eagle Scout, always an Eagle Scout!

Missouri, where all the best wood is! Well maybe not the straightest!

Building a bow has been the most rewarding, peaceful, and frustrating things I have ever made with my own two hands!

Offline bjrogg

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Cool, but no tye dye shirt or pencil stuck in his beard? It kinda looks like Dave. ;)
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Offline osage outlaw

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What was their official time?
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Thats what was posted on the raceowl website. They finished in 61 hours and 10 minutes.

Patrick 
Once an Eagle Scout, always an Eagle Scout!

Missouri, where all the best wood is! Well maybe not the straightest!

Building a bow has been the most rewarding, peaceful, and frustrating things I have ever made with my own two hands!

Offline Knoll

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Re: Our very own dvshunter in the Missouri River 340! HE MADE IT!
« Reply #58 on: August 10, 2017, 10:46:38 pm »
As pics show, Dave was a happy paddler. But a TIRED happy paddler! I've never seen him at a loss for words, but it was likely due to exhaustion.
He knows ya'll were on hand, vicariously.
Much thanks to Pat and Eric and Paul.
Night-night all!!
... alone in distant woods or fields, in unpretending sproutlands or pastures tracked by rabbits, even in a bleak and, to most, cheerless day .... .  I suppose that this value, in my case, is equivalent to what others get by churchgoing & prayer.  Hank Thoreau, 1857

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Re: Our very own dvshunter in the Missouri River 340! HE MADE IT!
« Reply #59 on: August 10, 2017, 10:50:30 pm »
Way to go Dave, ya made it. Congrats to you and your paddling partner.  Right respectable in my humble opinion.

Bottom line - he's done what others have dreamed about, or thought about or never considered actually doing.