The Rhine River is 814 miles long, 720 miles(1200 km) paddled during this race.


• 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.

 
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