2024 paddle stats

This was the smallest number of paddles done in a year (22) as well as the lowest overall distance (233 km) but the average distance per paddle was pretty average! As I begin my 20th year of this paddle blog, I hope I can boost those stats this year!

Year #	Year	# paddles	km total	km per paddle
1	2006	77	1273	16.50
2	2007	66	1098	16.60
3	2008	75	1080	14.40
4	2009	116	1381	11.90
5	2010	124	1214	9.80
6	2011	105	1217	11.60
7	2012	87	1001	11.50
8	2013	92	1063	11.60
9	2014	98	911	9.30
10	2015	120	1025	8.50
11	2016	129	1076	8.30
12	2017	86	728	8.47
13	2018	69	548	7.94
14	2019	57	427	7.49
15	2020	101	905	8.96
16	2021	77	707	9.18
17	2022	33	323	9.79
18	2023	30	329	10.97
19	2024	22	233	10.59
	Totals	1564	16539	10.57

February 9 - Discovery Island (#2)

I paddled out to Cadboro Point to join Dan and Paulo for a paddle around the islands. Conditions were pretty good with a brisk north wind making some lumpy water in Baynes Channel (but otherwise not!). Birding was good with 17 species observed (https://ebird.org/checklist/S212672612). It was pretty cold and I definitely needed to warm my hands up when I got home! By the end I was pretty tired as I am out of shape for paddling! You can see I was slow paddling back!

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15 km, YTD 27km