{"id":1910,"date":"2019-11-20T10:37:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T10:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phpaddlers.com\/?p=1910"},"modified":"2019-11-20T10:37:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T10:37:34","slug":"the-222-mile-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/the-222-mile-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The 222 Mile Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>In May 2020, myself and Paul, both veterans, both suffering from PTSD, and both a little crazy for taking on this nutty challenge, will be leaving Dungeness, across the English Channel\u00a0on an epic 222-mile challenge!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We will be using 2 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/kayaks.php?kayak=Scorpio%20MKII%20MV%20CLX\">P&amp;H Scorpio<\/a> kayaks, recommended by experienced professionals due to their versatility, design, weight &amp; handling. Built purposely for sea kayaking, we will be putting them through their paces on a 29-mile crossing facing the open sea and dealing with larger waves than usual.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phpaddlers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20190803_134231-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1912\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Neither of us have ever kayaked, and are training over the coming months to complete this challenge and raise funds for veterans&#8217; mental health care and support. Landing at Pegasus Bridge for the 75th anniversary year of VE day (Declaration of Peace) and finally ending by taking in the views<\/em> <em>of Point\u00a0Du Hoc memorial in Normandy from sea level. Over a total of 14 days of paddling, we will be filming our journey and sharing live footage, blogs, and updates as we progress.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A bridge too far? Haha, we don&#8217;t think so. Physical and mental torture, being pushed to the limit, exhaustion, and attacks from wildlife&#8230; maybe! But we will do this; the adventure, the achievement,\u00a0and a \u00a3250k target make it all worthwhile.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Giving a little can make a huge difference<\/em>:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/crowdfunding\/221-mile-kayak\">https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/crowdfunding\/221-mile-kayak<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2020, myself and Paul, both veterans, both suffering from PTSD, and both a little crazy for taking on this nutty challenge, will be leaving Dungeness, across the English Channel on an epic 222-mile challenge!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8892,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8892"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1910"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1913,"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910\/revisions\/1913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phseakayaks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}