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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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Apr 12, 2013 - 11:00pm PT
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I wish I could YouTube the impressions that just went through my head!!!
That was virtually incredable! The use of words.. My God, Sensational!!!!
Take a Bow! On both achievements!
John Long you are Alive!
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Apr 12, 2013 - 11:01pm PT
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Yoh Aoki ranks up there, with his circumnavigation in a 21-foot boat. I've sailed with him, and he is a remarkably humble man.
http://www.aoki.us/class-locations-2/yoh-aokis-circumnavigation/
Robin Knox- Johnston, first to circumnavigate solo-without a stop-also ranks.
His book, "A world of my own", is superb reading. (Johnston donated his prize money for fastest competitor to the family of Donald Crowhurst, who committed suicide after attempting to fake a round the world voyage.)
He also holds the record for the oldest (67) solo circumnavigation.
But in mountaineering, I remain impressed by Goren Kropp, doing an unassisted climb of Everest, starting and ending with a 6 month bicycle ride from Sweden, carrying all his gear. I also met him, and while I'd not call him humble, he was as approachable and friendly as could be.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Apr 12, 2013 - 11:09pm PT
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maybe I'm too much of a climber, but Waterman on Hunter blows my mind to this day
Blows minds because that mind was not close to normal. Some things are not capable of being judged by the sane mind.
This sea voyage however is seemingly within healthy mental bounds. I cannot think of any solo quite as impressive.
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10b4me
Ice climber
Happy Boulders
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Apr 13, 2013 - 01:37am PT
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Don't forget about Goran Kropp
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Fuzzywuzzy
climber
suspendedhappynation
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Apr 13, 2013 - 01:55am PT
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The kayaker is Ed - the skier was Ned.
Thanks JL!
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Apr 13, 2013 - 03:06am PT
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Wild beyond words. TRUE ADVENTURE. This guy has my total respect. Nice job dude!
Best line:
The night was so still that the bowl of bright stars over my head shimmered and danced in the calm sea. I felt as though I was paddling off the edge of the earth and into space.
Plaid
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Apr 13, 2013 - 11:41am PT
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Totally bad-ass. I can't imagine being in a kayak that length of time. Moosedrools Pole is even more bad-ass. Completely effed-up to get robbed after that amazing journey. Sad when you're safer adrift in the middle of the ocean than on land.
Open ocean sailing survival has always kind of fascinated me. It's likely there are some Polynesian sailors, now lost to history, that may old the real records.
Side note for long-distance ocean voyage reading:
Both Slocum and Knox's books are classics of course.
A Voyage for Madmen Story of the world's first solo circumnavigation sailing race (no landfall permitted). Out of nine competitors.. only one made it home.
(not solo but cool none-the-less).. Men Against the Sea is totally ignored story about Captain Bligh's survival after Christian forced him off the Bounty. 19 loyal men in an overloaded 20-something foot boat sailed 3618 miles to Timor Island and lost only one man. I attribute the survival rate to Bligh's singularly stubborn temperament and iron-fisted discipline so he get's a nod. The man was so determined to get back to England to get revenge on the mutineers, I believe he would have made it with or without help. LOL
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Apr 13, 2013 - 12:33pm PT
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Gnarley! I remember reading the story bitd.
I was proud of myself for paddleing from Newport to Laguna and back the few times I did that! Wow.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Apr 13, 2013 - 12:58pm PT
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Tandem "windsurfer" used to cross the Atlantic in 1985-45 days!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Apr 13, 2013 - 01:22pm PT
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The mental fortitude to carry on despite the conditions is so impressive.
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Apr 13, 2013 - 02:44pm PT
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Yes. He has done an amazing number of things with his wife as a team.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Apr 13, 2013 - 03:06pm PT
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Damn, that blows my joke then. I didn't read the link - just put it there for reference and assumed he soloed it based on previous posts.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Apr 13, 2013 - 07:15pm PT
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Yeah, imagine being slandered for the friends you keep. (Coz, That is not meant for you! Geez, that's weird! I'm just trying to make a Jardine joke that will stick! I swear! OK - I see you used the slander word first so I'm safe - whew! Pretty f*#king funny - I don't want you coming after me! LOL )
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curt wohlgemuth
Social climber
Bay Area, California
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Apr 13, 2013 - 07:51pm PT
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I'm pretty sure I read OP by Ed Gillet in a Chouinard catalog a lotta years ago.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Apr 13, 2013 - 10:54pm PT
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Checked out some of Jardines site. Some of the ray way stuff looks very interesting. Anyone used any of it. I think he makes a lot of sence saying that a lot of cost and bulk is not needed.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Apr 14, 2013 - 03:17pm PT
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For a gripping read I recc the book "Solo" about Andrew McAuley and his attempt to be the first to cross them infamous Tasman Sea in a kayak. The book is written by his wife Vicki complete with photos and diary. A heart-wrenching tale if ever there was one.
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Double D
climber
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Apr 14, 2013 - 05:39pm PT
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Ho man!...
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Sredni Vashtar
Social climber
The coastal redwoods
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Apr 14, 2013 - 05:52pm PT
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talking to a guy i used to work and he casually mentioned he had rowed solo across the Atlantic. He has since done SF to Sydney as part of a two man team. Modest guy
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Apr 14, 2013 - 07:46pm PT
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There are some adventures that you make up as adventures. Like kayaking to Hawaii. There are other adventures that are not contrived, such as escaping from a Nazi death camp in the winter and sneaking into Russia or someplace, losing all of your toes and all of your cohorts in the process.
I've done contrived adventures, and on those, I knew exactly what I was getting into.
Some people just can't live without adventure, so they will make them up to keep the jones down.
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