The Best Quest

Since our last post, Maldague has paddled through Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. He noted that after the Ohio River merged in, the Mississippi became much larger and contained much bigger barges, oil tankers an...(more)

Casey finished crossing the last swath of Brazilian jungle with his guide, Diego - an adventure which involved getting invaded by swarms of honey bees. Then he crossed into Peru and met his new guide, Ricardo, who is from the banks of the Yavari R...(more)

The Paddle the Nile expedition has launched! Davis put-in by raft at the Nile's 'White Nile' source in Rwanda on October 27th. This was with several other paddlers assisting. She was elated to see lots of excited local people running alongside the...(more)

Kulkarni has made it to Finland in a dash across Europe that started in Portugal and Spain. She entered Scandinavia via Denmark and Sweden. In her recent posts, she expressed some doubt as to whether she would be able to break the record for the ...(more)

Dykes has now crossed Sichuan's southern border into Yunnan Province and emphasizes how much the climate, feeling, aesthetic and food has changed to match a "more tropical environment". He rejoices that he has finally left the 13,000ft-plus, below...(more)