Ok, I looked in to it!
A guy called Lars Monsen walked, dogsledged and canoed over Canada in a
mere 900 days. He's from Norway, they do strange things :)
look here <http://www.extreme-planet.com/explorers.asp?expl_id=124>
/ Johan
2005-02-09 kl. 06.29 skrev Gordon Ross:
>
> Hi John:
>
> I think that the challenge is on! I can't think of anyone doing it. It
> would
> be almost impossible to approach with one type of ski. The Rockies
> would be
> formidable, the swim from Victoria to Vancouver and from Labrador to
> Newfoundland might dissuade the attempt, not to mention the roughly
> 5000
> kilometers one would have to acheive in under 4 months.
>
> Gord
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 7:01 AM
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>
>>
>> Who has gone [a]cross-Canada on skiis? There have been runners and
>> cyclists
>> but on skiis? At present you would need a canoe for the last 50 miles
>> into
>> Vancouver.
>>
>> jh
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Johan Malmstrom" <jom@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, 01 February, 2005 05:17 AM
>> Subject: [OM] Re: OT For the 4X4 Listees
>>
>>
>>>
>>> That is a very wise comment James! Nonetheless people go cross-Canada
>>> on skies.
>>>
>>> / Johan
>>>
>>> 2005-02-01 kl. 02.53 skrev James N. McBride:
>>>
>>>> Cross country skiing works best when you live in a very small
>>>> country.
>>>> /jmac
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