On Jul 20, 2009, at 12:59 AM, paul stenquist wrote:
Nice work. Looks like a lot of fun. Where on the island did this
take place?
Paul
On the Waimakariri River which is on the Northern outskirts of
Christchurch city. The race starts a couple of km west of the airport
and finishes at the main highway bridge.
I grabbed these (approximate) lat/long figures from Google Maps...
Start: -43.446267,172.508934
Finish: -43.415273,172.646649
Hey this thing is rather cool. I'd guess I was standing at about
-43.439139,172.530123 for most of the race. Those satellite photos
look pretty recent.
The race distance is about 10km I think, and the fastest competitors
take a little under 45 mins to finish (yes, it's downstream). Most
take 50-60 minutes. The guys in white-water boats are doing very well
if they finish in under an hour.
Cheers,
Dave
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