Thursday, February 11, 2010
Longest
solo kayak journey - Helen Skelton sets world record
AMAZON RIVER, Brazil -- Blue
Peter
star Helen Skelton
, 26, has passed the
1,000 mile mark on her 2,010 mile trip down the mighty Amazon
River in aid of Sport
Relief
- setting the new world record for the Longest
solo kayak journey
.
( enlarge
photo
)
Helen said of her tough challenge:
"One thousand miles down, one thousand miles to go. I know
I've got a lot of hard work still to do but at least I am
closer to the end than the beginning now.
"Every single day here is tough so all
I can do is take each one at a time and get through it. I
have been suffering with the heat, my shoulders are sore and
my legs are covered in mosquito bites but I'm battling on."
Helen Skelton has now TRIPLED the world
record for the longest
solo kayak journey
.
Helen, who's braved heat, pain and mosquitos,
also set a second world record, paddling 75 miles for the longest
distance in a kayak in 24 hours by a woman
.
Helen set off on January 20 near Nauta in Peru,
and is aiming to finish 2,010 miles downstream at Almerim
in Brazil. She is paddling around 60 miles a day to reach
the target in just six weeks and has just one rest day a week.
The Amazon river is the lengthiest
waterway in the world at around 4,000 miles long.
Follow Helen's progress on Blue Peter's interactive map
The previous Guinness world record for the Longest
solo kayak journey
was 326.98 miles, set in 2006.
Related world records
:
Most
miles paddled in 24 hours on Stand Up Paddle Board
- world record set by Justin DeBree
Longest
Stand Up Paddle board journey
- world
record set by Justin DeBree
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Thursday, February 11, 2010