By now I bet most of you know that our friend Keirron from the Isle of Man will be joining Jeff Norville to attempt to circumnavigate Vancouver Island in a NDK Triton double kayak in just a couple weeks. I waited posting on this trip until is was close so we all would have their adventure fresh in our minds when they take off. Keirron tells me that he will be flying out on the May 7th. The start date will be around the 10th, but of course they will have to be a bit flexible.

Keirron Tastagh is a level 4 BCU Sea Coach (brat) and owns Adventurous Experiences on the Isle of Man. Jeff Norville is an L4 Paddler (that’s more like it!!) and an ACA instuctor in Portland Or.

Now just to prove what records mean amongst the Classy paddlers, Keirron and Jeff will be attempting to break a previous record set by Leon Somme. They will train together right before they take off at. . yep, "Body Boat Blade" on Orcas Island owned by Leon and Shawna Franklin. Total class!

Now you will see sooner or later that the boys will be paddling a Pink Triton. Sure they do like pink and may paddle in soft silky frilly things. . but just so you don’t get any ideas they are kayaking in support of the Komen foundation and in honor of our friend Ginni Callahan who as I’d written about before who had an adventure with breast cancer of last winter. Of course I won’t go into that again. My impression is Ginnie does not take time to "dwell". Suffice to say, "She came, She saw, She kicked it’s Ass!!", and is back to life’s other adventures.

The NDK Triton is probably the fastest double sea kayak on the planet. These guys are going to rip it up! Good luck guys, be safe, have fun!!!

Expedition Website
Trip Blog

Now one thing. Battles for your life are not cheap. They hit you without warning. Ginnie is one tough cookie, but none of us can take on the expense alone. If you can, please donate what you can to help out. As a community I hope we all take care of each other. If we don’t then we’re just like everyone else. I don’t want to believe that.

To help her out with costs make checks payable to Virginia Callahan and mail to:

Chick
PO Box 473
Nehalem, OR 97131

*photos used by permission. Top photo by Mike Wade. Thank you!