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Facts:
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Team:
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Hilde Aass and Rune Gjeldnes.
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Type:
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River canoing expedition.
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Where:
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Mangoky River, which has the largest draining basin in Madagascar, consisting of
the Mananantanana -, Matsiatra - and the Zomandao River. Mananantanana River will
be our river down to Mangoky.
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Ambition:
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To become the first team to canoe down from the upper part of Mananantanana River
from a height of 1000 m, down to the main river, Mangoky, and all the way out to
the coastline. It is a Pilot project, where Rune want and plan to to at least four
of the big islands and the most challenging river on each of them, and to experience
the contrasts between them.
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Distance:
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Total 680 km.
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Slope:
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1000 meter.
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Duration:
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19th of July – 29th of August.
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Temp:
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5°C to 35°C (It is wintertime on Madagascar this time of the year).
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Main dangers:
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Tropical diseases, Nile crocodile, waterfalls, scorpions, Dahalos.
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Equipment:
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Open list in pdf
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