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Two men, a canoe and a dream. Lots of dreams.

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Why are we paddling the Hudson? Well...Why not? Because the Hudson Valley is beautiful. Because we want to see if we can actually do it. Because we often hike and this time we want to seek a different physical challenge. Because we want to experience the thrill and trepidation of approaching NYC via water and being engulfed by its overwhelming size and skyline, and by the immensity of the ocean. Because we have two weeks off work and we want to do something unordinary.  Who are we?  Good question. Maybe we'll go to our graves without ever fully knowing the answer. But we know this: sometimes we like to go completely crazy. Bukowski said that people that never go crazy must lead a horrible life! When we get together and decide to take on a challenge, we definitely go a little insane; we push ourselves to the very edge of our physical limits (at times mental too!); we challenge our body and ourselves to hike an extra mile or two or twenty, to paddle a little farther, to bik...
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Success!!!!

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The Plan

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Our intrepid plan starts by meeting in NYC at JFK on the night of May 24th. We will drive to Taylor’s parents’ house, where we will catch a few hours of sleep before the real adventure begins. The next morning, Taylor’s parents will drive us a few hours to the starting point, at the Upper Works Trailhead in the Adirondack Mountains. From there we carry our gear in dry bags and our packrafts 2600 feet and 8.7 miles up the trail to Lake Tear of the Clouds, the beginning of the Hudson River and just 1000 feet below the summit of Mount Marcy, the highest point in New York. From there we have under 2.5 days to make it 28 miles downstream, sometimes walking sometimes navigating - depending on the water level - the small stream as it forms a more pronounced river. On the morning of May 28, we will meet a local guide with a whitewater raft to help us get from the confluence of the Hudson and Indian rivers through the Hudson Gorge and down the class 3 whitewater to where we will meet Taylor’s p...
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