Spanish Adventurer Paddles 2,900-plus Miles in 76 Days from San Francisco to Oahu
The choice for Antonio De La Rosa was obvious: Order the half-pounder.
The lunch request was simple to field after the 42-year-old Spanish adventurer stepped onto the docks of the Waikiki Yacht Club yesterday morning. There the Honolulu club’s commodore officially stamped his time of 8:30 a.m. — a formality to officially enshrine his feat in any record books, having just crossed the eastern North Pacific Ocean alone and unsupported from his June 9 launch in San Francisco. Sure it was great moment to paddle past Diamond Head as the sun rose, and then cruise with a small pod of paddlers outside the Waikiki surf. But how about that cheeseburger? … Pictures and More
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From white-water rafting on rushing rapids to floating along placid stretches, there’s no better place to cool off than on our mountains’ waterways
Tuolumne River, California
Affectionately known as “The T,” this whitewater gem outside of Yosemite sets the standard for Class IV rapids. Permits are limited, so anyone who scores a spot is guaranteed solitude in the wild. From late May to June, snow melts in the high country, pumping the river with massive, fast rapids that can challenge even experienced rafters … More
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A time bomb is ticking for a huge swath of the boating public — the generation that ranges 35 and younger — that will be required, starting Jan. 1, to have a California Boaters Card before operating a boat.
Over the weekend at Shasta Lake, California’s No. 1 recreation lake, sheriffs on boat patrols were handing out a safety booklet with the test in the back, provided free from the Division of Boating and Waterways.
“Families are … More
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