James Aven and Tim Watson are taking part in The Yukon River Quest in June 2011 to raise money for The Prostate Cancer Charity.
The YRQ is the longest annual canoe and kayak race in the world attracting up to 100 teams and around 250 participants each year. Except for two mandatory rest stops totalling 10 hours, paddlers race non-stop over 460 miles (740km) of unspoiled wilderness on the historic route of the Klondike gold seekers from Whitehorse to Dawson City in the Yukon territory of north west Canada. It is a unique event and widely recognised as one of the toughest adventure ultra-marathon events in the world.
You can follow our progress in preparing for this great event by reading our ‘blog’ and support our challenge by visiting our ‘how to donate’ and ‘sponsor’ pages.
Proudly sponsored by:
HI James, way to go buddy, wish you the very best. Chris, Jen, Evan and William Clark, Boston USA.
Remember your cushion!
Good luck James.
Shouldn’t that last comment have said Chris Clark (formerly Penarth), Boston USA?
Hi James. Your mum contacted me to tell me of your Yukon trip to raise money & awareness of PROSTATE CANCER. I met with your mum shortly after your dad died and she gave us a bottle of Whiskey your dad had wanted to donate to The Red Sock Awareness campaign that I am the founder of in Cardiff.
I will post your Yukon trip details on our website and hope that more people will sponsor you in such a worthy cause.
I send you the best wishes from all the men such as myself who wish they had been aware that a simple blood test (PSA) could have saved our lives.
Keith Cass
http://www.theredsock.co.uk
Hi, what a brilliant idea. A very worthy cause, both my father and his father suffered. I just hope it does not run in the blood. Wish I was coming with you.
Take care Tiny
Good luck with the adventure a great idea, James, as I said before if the canoe is not up to the job you can always borrow mine!
Good luck lads! We will be thinking about you. Wish we were supporting you there this time!!
Hi Jim. Best wishes for the trip. Sounds like a great adventure for a very worthwhile cause. Still think a few laps of Roath Park Lake would have been better training. Cheers
Hi James & Tim,
I hope that the preperations are all going well and the equipment that we donated is still coming in useful, especially the paddles etc.
I will do what I can on the sponsorship networking and I wish you the very best…keep in touch.
Regards
Clive
Good luck James and Tim. Look after each other and keep safe. Have a good trip.
Love, Mum xxx
Go James! – Superb challenge – wish I was doing it too. Very Best wishes and really sorry to hear about your Dad.
“Fill your Paddles”
Chris F
Hi James, Good Luck to both of you from all of us. Dad would be proud of you.
I’ve got some sponsorship for you from work, everyone thought it’s a fantastic challenge (if a little mad) for a very worthwhile cause.
Keep paddling and watch out for the bears.
Love Julie, Philip, Emily, Eve, Rose and William
CONGRATULATIONS!!! What a fantastic achievement. You are both super-men.
I want to speak to you but I expect you’ve crashed out somewhere.
I’m so proud, Love Mum xxxx
This is a fantastic achievement by Tim and James. Please make it worthwhile and support them with your donation for Prostate Cancer. Margaret Aven
Congratulations to both of you on this fantastic achievement. Keith would have been so proud of you. Hope you get ££££££££££££££££ for this worthwhile charity Best Wishes J&C
A SPECTACULAR ACHIEVEMENT FOR TWO WORTHY MEN AND A MOST WORTHY CAUSE. WONDERFUL TO HAVE MET YOU BOTH AND I HOPE THAT MANY POUNDS ARE COLLECTED THROUGH YOUR EFFORTS .HOPE YOU GOT MY NOTE AT THE DAWSON AIRPORT. ADRIENNE