Helen Skelton and the Spectrum as she makes the 1,000 mile mark

She’s got blisters on her fingers! For anyone who has been following Helen Skelton’s kayak trip down the Amazon river, I decided to collect links to the various Telegraph articles and other sites here. Helen Skelton is a presenter for the BBC’s Blue Peter, which is a children’s show geared towards adventure and discovery.

Blue Peter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/

Helen’s paddling trip is for Sport Relief, which is an organization that raises money for the less fortunate in the UK and other countries.

Sport Relief
http://www.sportrelief.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/help/tvhelp/sportrelief.shtml

The trip will last six weeks total, and Helen is accompanied by a support team on board the Spectrum. Despite the help she gets, however, it is nowhere near your everyday paddling trip – her daily goal is 60 miles (although that appears to be a high target) and she typically paddles for up to 12 hours a day. Some quick math says that 2,010 miles in 6 weeks (42 days) is 47.86 miles per day. This reduces to about 4.0 miles per hour, assuming 12 hours of paddling per day. Um… sounds rough. That’s all I’m going to say about that.

Here are some of the links, including an interactive map and articles at the Telegraph. The map is more fun and games, while the articles are more about puking and dehydrating.

Interactive Map
Week One
Week Two
Week Three
Week Four
Week Five

There are some short videos linked from these pages as well, so take a look around.