2001 Race - May 6, 2001, Sunday
The Great Mississippi River Race for Rett Syndrome, May 2001
We are Going the Extra Mile..... The Extra 2,348 Miles to Find a Cure!
The Great Mississippi River Race for Rett Syndrome, May 2001
We are Going the Extra Mile..... The Extra 2,348 Miles to Find a Cure!
May 6, 2001, Sunday, Day 2, Safety Check in: 5-7 AM
The current charts that best show the area the paddlers are travelling in is "Map 1, Mississippi State River Trail Lake Itasca to Cass Lake and Cass Lake to Vermillion River.
Updates/Comments Recieved for May 6, 2001, Sunday AM:
From Jeff Pastir, Medical Officer, taking calls from teams today: Today's weather in the Twin Cities is rainy and cold, as it has been all week. This should clear by today and they are expecting dry weather for the next several days with highs in the high sixties and low seventies. Sounds like great race weather is ahead. The Grand Forks Herald was at the Headwaters Friday night and yesterday morning. They had a reporter and a cameraman to pick up the story. I suspect the story is in today's paper. They usually do a great job on this sort of thing, especially since Clark is northern Minnesota native--it will have wide-spread local appeal. All are safe and well. They all said they are "having fun." END OF SAFETY REPORT Mary Potter (webmaster) writes... To get a better "detailed" idea of the where the paddlers were, you can search online today give the city/state/river mile, or you can look at river charts of the Mississippi River in Minnesota from the MN Department of Natural Resources. The current charts that best show the area the paddlers are travelling in is "Map 1, Mississippi State River Trail Lake Itasca to Cass Lake and Cass Lake to Vermillion River. These maps show great detail of the Mississippi river, including the river mile numbers and the lakes. Note that river miles start around 1341.6 on this chart and count down. River Miles and numbering changes when the Mississippi River intersects with other rivers. The length of the Mississippi River was considered 2,348 for purposes of this race, based on information from the Mississippi Headwaters Board. Remember during this race we were using Charts from 1990, so they may not be "exactly" the same as river charts today - river miles change over time as the river changes, and newer charts may be slightly different .
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