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May 21, 2018 · Eleven Questions with Karl Kruger. May 21, 2018 All Blog Posts. We asked Karl Kruger of R2AK Team Heart of Gold to share a glimpse into his life of adventure. In 2017’s Race to Alaska, Karl became the first and only person to have paddled unsupported from Port Townsend to Alaska on a stand up paddleboard. What compels you to make the choice ...
Dan Rubinstein. In June 2017, after a couple of days of paddling up the Strait of Georgia from Victoria, British Columbia, in the annual Race to Alaska, Karl Kruger pulled into Campbell River on his custom 17-foot, 4-inch standup paddleboard for a short resupply and rest stop. He ate a burger and bought a few rolls of athletic tape for his ...
May 26, 2020 · Even on the longest days of that paddle, I felt a deep sense of happiness and gratitude that eludes me in ‘real’ life. I paddle 72 miles one day in something like 13 hours…I pulled up onto the only sandy beach of the trip at the end of that day…and set up camp, and walked that whole beach looking at Cougar tracks and drinking in the ...
Jun 28, 2017 · Highs and lows, he had them like a barometer. One of the more adrenaline-charged experiences for Karl Kruger on his two-week, 750-mile stand-up paddleboard journey from Washington to Alaska, which ...
Jul 2, 2017 · R2AK: A Q&A With Paddleboarder Karl Kruger. Imagine paddling 750 miles. Now imagine paddling standing up, with no support team and in the cold waters of the Gulf of Alaska from Port Townsend, WA, to Ketchikan, AK, in two weeks. Enter Karl Kruger, the first first person to complete the R2AK (Race to Alaska) on a stand-up paddle board (SUP).
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Jul 14, 2017 · A documentary crew working with Collins on a film about the struggles of veterans followed him and Kruger across the first stretch of sea. “It changed the whole experience,” said Kruger. “I wasn’t pleased to have that boat tagging along with us all day long.” The second leg of the race, however, was 14 days of near-solitude for Kruger.
