Updated 1/11/10 click to enlarge Paddle For The Planet Crew (Top left to right) Sophia, Sam, Jamiah, Colby. (Bottom left to right) Sam, Mary & David This crew will take three canoe's down the upper portion of the Mississippi River starting April 27th, four days after the average ice out date. It should be interesting! PADDLE FOR THE PLANET Your contribution is tax deductible... Donation Options Paddle Pal $50.00 Canoe Builder $250.00 Passenger Provider $1,000.00 Call to Sponsor the trip!!! 218-353-7736 ~ back to Paddle for the Planet main page ~

David Abazs graduated from Warren Wilson College in North Carolina with B.A. degree in Environmental Studies with a biology concentration & Intercultural Studies with a South Asia concentration. David Abazs is a trip teachers and leader. He has 40 years of paddling experience and decades of work in water related fields, farming, teaching, solar and has lived off the grid with his family for the past two decades. Paddling total length of the trip 822 kilometers (514 miles) more on the Abazs'

Lise Abazs also graduated from Warren Wilson College in North Carolina with B.A. degree in Environmental Studies with a Biology concentration & an Intercultural Studies minor. Lise Abazs will provide the base camp, fielding issues that come up along the trip, providing administrative support, financial management and will help with logistics. Paddling as time reveals itself more on the Abazs'

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