• Over 30 million people live along its banks.

• Current record time is 7 days, 10 hours.

• Their projected finish time is 6 days 23 hours.

• Start location is Chur, Switzerland.

• Finish location is Rotterdam, Holland.

• The Rhine River is the most heavily travelled river in Europe.

• They will average 50-60 strokes a minute, sleeping 2 hours a day in the canoe.

• This race will take 500,000 strokes of the paddle to finish. The Mississippi River took them over 1,700,000 strokes.