Wednesday, July 22, 2009

How Far Do You Go?

One common question I get is about the length of a typical whitewater boating trip. There really is a lot of variation. I've done runs as short as 1 mile and as long as 120 miles (on a multi-day trip). A lot of it depends on how far I have to travel. It's not a lot of fun to drive 3-4 hours only to do a single 3 mile run, so on a short run with lots of travel, I will tend to do multiple laps. But, if I'm doing a local run, I might do as little as 2.5 miles and call it a day.

The most I typically do in a single day is around 18 miles. I have done as much as 28 miles in a day, but that's a very long day. If I had to pick an average, I'd say 8 miles.

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