For the last two years I have been following the adventures of Colin Angus, Tim Harvey and Julie Wafaei who set out to circumnavigate the earth using human power. Last night, I attended their presentations at the Denman Theatre downtown. If you don't have any plans for tonight yet, I highly recommend you attend their last engagement in Vancouver (then they are crossing Canada to present in different cities).
You can find more info on their website at: http://www.expeditioncanada.com/index.html
The following is a brief excerpt from their site:
"On May 20th 2006, after 720 days, Colin Angus and Julie Wafaei completed Expedition Canada - the first human powered circumnavigation of our planet. Colin traveled 43,000 km by rowboat, bicycle, canoe, ski, and foot - a journey that voyaged across 3 continents, 2 oceans and 17 countries. Julie traveled with him for most of the expedition, including rowing 10,000 km unsupported across the Atlantic Ocean, making her the first woman to row across the Atlantic from mainland to mainland and the first Canadian woman to row across any ocean.
The team used zero-emissions travel to highlight issues with global warming and to inspire others to use non-motorized transportation.
Colin and Julie are currently traveling across Canada in speaking tour and film premiere. Colin's book, Beyond the Horizon, will be released in March 2007 (for those of you that can't wait he has two other books on previous adventures). An adventurer's resource centre divulging hard-to-find information (cold weather travel, ocean rowing, etc.) and on-line store offering expedition films and books will soon be available on this website."
