“…In June, 2010, Greg Kolodziejzyk will attempt to become the first person in history to navigate this notorious stretch of ocean under his own power…
…His plan – pedal a custom-made state-of-the-art human-powered boat 3000 miles across the Pacific Ocean, from Victoria, Canada to Hawaii. The world-record attempt is expected to take between 40 to 80 days…”
…Greg’s pursuit of the limits of human power inspires a refreshing ‘do more with less’ philosophy. It also opens up opportunities for a larger discussion he feels is desperately needed, confronting the serious issue we face with skyrocketing childhood obesity rates...
You can read all about this expedition here: Pedal the Ocean
You can see many of his pictures of this boat as he was building it here: Pedal the Ocean Pictures.
From the map above… it does look like he’s planning on arriving on the Big Island… I have left him a twitter message asking if that is the plan.
Just a quick look at just some of his sponsors… and you can see that he is definitely serious about this:
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