Taking advantage of the good weather, ¼ Agà Alejandro Jesus was and Pedro Martinez ahead one hour on Thursday his exit from the Yacht Club, where the Councillor for Tourism and President of the Club, together with family and friends, went to see them off
The Club de Regatas de Cartagena dismissed Thursday the paddlers Cartagena Alejandro Agà ¼ was and Pedro Jesus Martinez, who began his adventure to complete the I Crossing Kayak Cartagena-Oran, and they did it out before, given the good weather prevailing at sunset .
Mixture of excitement and some fear, and expressed Pedro Jesus, who never before had shoveled at night, the feeling before leaving.
Alexander, meanwhile, explained the approach to do this route in 35 or 40 hours.'s Intention is to keep a steady pace but not too demanding, and that will be two nights without sleep and is likely to wind up us bring waves up to two meters, but this will give you more joy to ride.
To overcome the challenge, paddlers in the kayak with stops every two or three hours to eat and stretch your legs, and even take a bath, commented Alexander.
The Councillor for Tourism, Palazón Carolina, and the president of Club de Regatas, Miguel à ngel Celdran, joined family and friends of athletes in parting with that began a journey of 115 nautical miles, whose fate, after giving a 40,000 strokes, is the Algerian city of Oran, where they are expected to noon on Saturday.
There will be received by the League president Oran Phoenicia Sailing, Rachid Yadi, next to Cartagena club president Miguel à ngel Celdran, and other personalities from the Algerian city.
About 18:00 pm (one hour less in Algeria) Cartagena club paddlers, along with the presidents of the clubs and authorities offered a press conference and xplicando the details of the journey.
Also provided are various events, including the twinning of the two clubs.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena