An epic journey by wheeled kayak to connect chaotic climate events that together are outside previous experience. Hurricane Katrina, Superstorm Sandy, Eastern USA Freeze, Canberra firestorms, UK flooding, French droughts.
Started Canberra 15th January 2015, Sydney Opera House 31st January 2015. Gulf of Mexico 1st March, up Mississippi in flood, 22nd April across to USA East Coast, New York end June, across the UK, through London, English Channel and the up the Seine to Paris arriving 15th October 2015
“I must be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say that I tried my best”. This is Steve’s motivation.
Canberra 15th Jan
Sydney Opera House 31st Jan
Gulf of Mexico 3-Mar
New Orleans 5-Mar (start Mississippi)
Baton Rouge 14,15-Mar
Vicksburg 1-5 Apr (Struggled, river up 43ft)
Memphis 10-11 (More struggles)
Nashville 22nd April ( bike)
Asheville 28-Apr ( bike)
Greenville 8-May ( bike)
Virginia Beach 21 May
Chesapeake Bay 9 June
Delaware River 13 June
Statue of Liberty 17 June
New York 21 June (trip odometer 3,930km)
New York – Southampton Queen Mary 2 14- 22 July
Severn River – Portishead 21 August
Bristol 22 August
Bath 23 August
Devizes 25 August
Reading 28 August
Staines 30 August
London 3 September
English Channel 7 September
Le Havre 2 October
Paris 15 October