Century Paddle

John Storm Park

Monday, August 30, 2010 - Saturday, September 4, 2010

Date

Start: Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:00 AM
End: Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 4:00 PM

Additional Date Information

Aug 30 - Sep 4

Address

John Storm Park
1900 Clackamette Dr Oregon City, OR

Fees

950.00

Registration Closing Date

Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 11:59 PM PST

Brief Description

The Century Paddle is a 100-mile flat water sea kayak trip from Willamette Falls to the Pacific Ocean over five days (Aug. 30-Sept 3rd 2010). Participants will paddle down river for about five hours a day making camp each of the four nights on the beaches of the magnificent Columbia River. Century Paddlers will enjoy a fully supported trip complete with catered meals feasting on local foods and volunteer sherpas to haul all paddler's gear down stream.

Directions

Just south of Clackamette Park.

Volunteers!

We are seeking motor boat support, culinary help, volunteers for We Love Clean Rivers beach cleanups, water safety support, and other people interested in being a part of this great effort. If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please email centurypaddle@gmail.com.

Additional Information

We start below Willamette Falls in Oregon City, and paddle through downtown Portland. We continue past the ship yards, to Sauvie Island and up the Multnomah Channel to the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers. From here we follow the Columbia River through the Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge and finish our trip in Astoria. The 2010 Century Paddlers will bring awareness and raise the funds needed to help keep our river's clean and to support adaptive recreation programs for our nation's disabled veterans. This trip requires a moderate level of paddle sports preparation. Each participant must be familiar with basic kayak skills and self rescue techniques. We recommend paddlers should try to have a minimum of 100 hours of paddling by the start of CP10. Paddlers need to be able to sit in a kayak for 2-3 hours at a time to complete this trip. More detailed training techniques and preparation are available by reading Sam Drevo's tips and techniques for CP10. Classes and work up trips are offered by Northwest River Guides LLC and other vendors nation wide all summer long. Century Paddle was created to benefit Team River Runner PDX (using paddlesports as a means of healing and therapy for wounded veterans) & We Love Clean Rivers (promoting river stewardship by turning restoration into recreation). See teamriverrunnerpdx.org & welovecleanrivers.org for more info

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