Crossing Baffin Island - Erik Boomer 11/11/13

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Crossing Baffin Island - Erik Boomer 11/11/13

Post by Seedy Paddler » Tue Oct 29, 2013 2:51 pm

Crossing Baffin Island:
A Multimedia Show with Erik Boomer an Sarah McNair-Landry




Monday 11th November 2013
Doors Open 19:00 for 19:30 start
@ The Credo Centre
14-20 John Street
Aberdeen
AB25 1BT

Tickets @ £7 – available from Craig Douglas (email : abzkayak@aol.com / Tel :01224 735523 –eve)

Show Hosted by Aberdeen Kayak Club – but open to all, limited capacity please ensure you book tickets in advance.


Erik Boomer and Sarah McNair-Landry

American professional white water paddler Erik Boomer, and Canadian polar adventurer Sarah McNair-Landry have recently completed a gruelling 65-day expedition across Baffin Island, covering over a 1000km by kayak, ski and foot.

Avoiding crevasses to cross the largest Icecap on Baffin Island, Boomer, Sarah and two friends descended into the Weasel River valley. Here, Boomer did a first descent of the class 5 glacier fed river surrounded by some of the world’s tallest cliffs. This was only the first week on a two-month expedition. At the ocean the team picked up their traditional Inuit style kayaks that they hand built themselves, and followed old traditional Inuit routes across Baffin. Tidal rapids, portages, snowstorms and polar bears were a few of the many challenges along the way.

Boomer and Sarah will talk about this expedition, and their past adventures that have led them here.

Boomer’s Bio:
Erik has many stings to his CV including pro kayaker, pro photographer, and a featured athlete in numerous adventure films. His confident approach to challenges on and off the river has earned him the title “the honey badger of kayaking”. With many first descents of rivers and waterfalls to his name, including 8 descents of the Grand Canyon of the Stikine, Boomer specializes in kayaking some of the world’s toughest rivers.

In 2011, Boomer and John Turk became the first to circumnavigate Ellesmere Island on a 100-day ski and sea kayak expedition, which earned him a nomination for National Geographic’s “Adventurer of the Year” award. Recently, he was featured as an athlete on the BBC’s “Top Gear”.
www.erikboomer.com

Sarah’s bio:
Sarah grew up with the Arctic Ocean and a team of dogs in her backyard. No stranger to the cold, she is the youngest person travel to both the North and South Pole, has traversed the Greenland Ice Cap five times, has ventured into the Gobi desert, has guided an expedition to both the South and North Pole, and recently kite skied 3,300
km retracing the Northwest Passage. In 2007 along with her older brother and teammate Eric, she was nominated for National Geographic’s prestigious “Adventurer of the Year” award and named one of the “Top Ten Women in Adventure” by National Geographic Adventure Magazine.

When she is not in the cold, she spends her time working in film. She has directed several documentaries and is a published photographer.
www.pittarak.com

This is part of a UK wide tour – further information and alternative venues/dates available : http://www.davemanby.co.uk/

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