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"In 260-Mile Texas Water Safari, Surviving Is Reward Enough "
New York Times.com
Michael Brick
May 30, 2009
he rowboat was called the Delta Dawn. It measured 24 feet long by 28 inches wide by 11 ½ inches deep. ...
"Victoria couple has spent more than a decade working Texas Water Safari"
Victoria Advocate.com
Wes Bloomquiest
June 16, 2009
If the little problems Marc “Canoeman” McCord and I had just endured were harbingers of worse to come, what were our chances of finishing, let alone surviving, a 262-mile nonstop canoe race? ...
"I’m not one to take fortune cookies seriously..."
Canoe & Kayak.com
Words by Larry Rice Photographs by Blake Gordon
If the little problems Marc “Canoeman” McCord and I had just endured were harbingers of worse to come, what were our chances of finishing, let alone surviving, a 262-mile nonstop canoe race? ...
"Safari idea born in Seadrift, Griffin says"
San Marcos Daily Record
By Anita Miller - News Editor
June 19, 2008
San Marcos — When A.J. Griffin hears the old stories about the origin of the Texas Water Safari, he just has to chuckle. ...
"Mentally and physically ranked among the best"
Victoria Advocate.com
June 17, 2008
The challenge is enduring a course of severe mental and physical pain, but the end result is the satisfaction of achieving the goal. ...
"The Texas Water Safari Is an Endurance Test for Committed Paddlers"
The New York Times
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
June 17, 2007
The Texas Water Safari begins in San Marcos with a gunshot that sends 200 paddlers madly thrashing across a murky pond. ...
"Texas Water Safari: Paddles hit water Saturday in ‘World’s Toughest Canoe Race’"
The San Marcos Daily Record
By Anita Miller
June 7, 2007
San Marcos — If you haven’t already noticed, you will by this afternoon — the cars, pickups and SUVs headed into San Marcos with boats on top. Kayaks and regular canoes, some of them. Others, more exotic looking — long and slim...
"Water Safari breeds creature lore"
SAN MARCOS DAILY RECORD
By Anita Miller
June 7, 2005
SAN MARCOS, Texas — It’s long enough already, the list of creatures that can bedevil Texas Water Safari racers. ...
"Texas Water Safari: 260 miles of rowing your boat "
The Dallas Morning News
BY JOE NICK PATOSKI
June 27, 2003
SAN MARCOS - To finish the Texas Water Safari, you have to paddle nonstop in a canoe or kayak for 260 miles from Aquarena Center in San Marcos (where Ralph the Diving Pig once performed) down the San Marcos and Guadalupe rivers to the flagpole at Bayfront Park in Seadrift...
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