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Subject: [OM] Re: OT For the 4X4 Listees
From: John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:40:38 -0400
Omitting British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan is hardly a trip across
Canada :-)

jh



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Johan Malmstrom" <jom@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, 09 February, 2005 05:25 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: OT For the 4X4 Listees


>
> Ok, I looked in to it!
> A guy called Lars Monsen walked, dogsledged and canoed over Canada in a
> mere 900 days. He's from Norway, they do strange things :)
>
> look here <http://www.extreme-planet.com/explorers.asp?expl_id=124>
>
> / Johan
>
> 2005-02-09 kl. 06.29 skrev Gordon Ross:
>
> >
> > Hi John:
> >
> > I think that the challenge is on! I can't think of anyone doing it. It
> > would
> > be almost impossible to approach with one type of ski. The Rockies
> > would be
> > formidable, the swim from Victoria to Vancouver and from Labrador to
> > Newfoundland might dissuade the attempt, not to mention the roughly
> > 5000
> > kilometers one would have to acheive in under 4 months.
> >
> > Gord
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 7:01 AM
> > Subject: [OM] Re: OT For the 4X4 Listees
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Who has gone [a]cross-Canada on skiis? There have been runners and
> >> cyclists
> >> but on skiis? At present you would need a canoe for the last 50 miles
> >> into
> >> Vancouver.
> >>
> >> jh
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Johan Malmstrom" <jom@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, 01 February, 2005 05:17 AM
> >> Subject: [OM] Re: OT For the 4X4 Listees
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> That is a very wise comment James! Nonetheless people go cross-Canada
> >>> on skies.
> >>>
> >>> / Johan
> >>>
> >>> 2005-02-01 kl. 02.53 skrev James N. McBride:
> >>>
> >>>> Cross country skiing works best when you live in a very small
> >>>> country.
> >>>> /jmac
> >>>
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