After my last blog post, there was some discussion about leaving some air space below my sleeping pad to allow condensation and water to collect. I wanted to expand a bit on that with additional photos and details on an amazing find that I made of a new product from that bike crazy nation – […]
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Hey everyone – Greg here. I’m about 10 km North of Pentincton on Okanagan lake right now with Ken taking a turn on the pedals. I’m in the cabin and decided to write a blog post and send it via satellite phone. So – why are we here and not on the Pacific around Vancouver […]
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I’m sitting in Victoria waiting for the Clipper to take me back to Seattle. Something I expected to do, but not so soon on this trip. The boat broke, or more specifically a pin that held the gear to the drive shaft. Second to the boats a That morning began with a boat shaped game […]
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“I placed my bare feet onto the white gel coat behind the drive shaft gingerly, slowly brought my other foot up and around the edge of the boat and finally in the hatch and slid down slowly into the cockpit with serviceable efficiency that is still nowhere near graceful. The tiny craft reminded me simultaneously […]
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Hello all, Ben here, I am going to be the central hub or communication link between Greg, Jordan, Ken, Helen and all the rest of the team for a bit here and doing the blog posts. I will do my best to keep things as current as possible. Just a little FYI note… ~Ben
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I picked Jordan up from the airport on Friday night and we headed directly to the bar for dinner and a couple of beers. He’s a great guy and we get along very well. That is a good thing when two strangers are about to be locked into a 20 foot x 3 foot capsule […]
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My 2008 human powered boat record makes it into the 2010 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records When we were in Whitefish, MT last weekend picking up some VI circumnavigation supplies at Target, we noticed they had the new 2010 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records in stock. I knew that […]
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“My objective is to demonstrate the amazing things a human being can do under his
or her own power. I hope to motivate and inspire more people to explore their own
human-powered potential. It’s good for the environment, it’s essential for our health,
and sends the right message regarding physical activity to our children.”
If I seem a bit reoccupied with form over function these days, I’m not really. Ken and I are working our butts off here trying to get the boat ready for Vancouver island circumnavigation and choosing a paint color, boat name and logo is all part of what needs to be done and it is […]
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Well – here she is all freshly painted. FINALLY. Ken and I hauled the boat to U-wrench in Calgary where we rented their paint booth for a few hours. Typical of the kind of good luck that seems to follow this project around, when Ken was in the auto body supply shop asking questions about […]
Read More...Hey everyone. Not much to report aside from my training is going fairly well – just plugging away at the training program my coach Jason Yanota made up for me. The riding is all inside on the mag trainer which, for shorter-harder workouts, isn’t so bad. I’ve been in dental hell since getting a pile […]
Read More...Wow – how time flies hey? I have been very bad at keeping the blog up to date – sorry. Here is a quick update on some of the various projects I am working on: PedalTheOcean.com – human powered ocean crossing You might recall that last winter I decided to push the pause button on […]
Read More...Check out the new ride! The Nocom lowracer from Velokraft.More about the bike at Warren’s site. The Nocom is made by Velokraft out of Krakow, Poland. There are only a hand full of these radical bikes in North America – and probably the world. My Nocom is pretty extreme because it is unpainted to save […]
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Man, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged… I’ve been busy and I guess there just hasn’t been much news of interest to report. Until just now. It seems that the 24 hour human powered vehicle record from 2006 in Eureka, CA was picked up by the editors of the 2009 edition of the Guinness […]
Read More...No person in history has traveled further on flat water under his own power in one day than Greg. On September 9th, 2008 Greg Kolodziejzyk set an unofficial (pending IHPVA and Guinness ratification) world record by pedaling his human powered boat 245.16 km (151.3 miles) in 24 hours on Whitefish Lake, Montana. Here is a […]
Read More...245.164 km !! I am trashed right now – back at the cabin after a few hours of sleep. I finished a total of 42 laps + 1.9 km of a 43rd lap equaling a total of 245.164 km This final number is unofficial because the 1.9 last partial lap needs to be adjusted for […]
Read More...15.5 hours in and I'm feeling amazing. I know it can change in a minute but I'm really having a great time right nowSent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
Read More...Man this time Greg is as steady as I have ever seen him. He has only varied speed when we needed to do a minor repair. 50% done and steady as she goes! As I am a man of many words her is a vid and the table for the update.
Read More...Its getting dark on the lake and it is breath taking. Seriously – another world. We have led lights on the buoys and I can see them from across the lake. much bedtterv than the daySent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
Read More...Hi. 113 km at 10.5 hour. Almost 1/2 way. Slowing a bit. Must focus harder. Water is now calm thank god. Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
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