River Relief

July 30, 2012

August 8 Big Muddy Speaker Series - Kansas City

"No Mama's Boy Float Trip - A 340-mile river race across the state of Missouri"

presentation by Scott Mansker, founder of Rivermiles and race organizer of the Missouri American Water MR340

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

6 p.m. Social Hour
7 p.m. Presentation
At  Hickok's Grill
528 Walnut St. - Kansas City, MO (in the River Market),
(816) 472-0161
Click here for flier (pdf)»
(directions below)

Presentation is FREE!

The website for the MR340 says: "Imagine a race across the entire state of Missouri, just you and your boat thrown against 340 miles of wind, heat, bugs and rain. This ain’t no mama’s boy float trip. This race promises to test your mettle from the first stroke in Kansas City to the last gasp in St. Charles. Just entering it will impress your friends. Finishing it will astound them… and winning it? Well, you always thought you were sort of a legend anyway, didn’t you? It’s time to prove it."

One of the world's most challenging physical endurance tests happens right here on the Missouri River. The 7th Annual Missouri American Water MR340 is taking place July 31 - Aug. 3 from Kansas City, KS to St. Charles, MO. Paddlers must make the journey in 88 hours or less, with the fastest boats finishing the trip in a day and a half. Just a few days after the end of this year's epic race, organizer Scott Mansker will join a panel of paddlers and race volunteers to discuss how the race works, what it takes to finish and why it's become the biggest event on the Missouri River.

Directions

From Kansas City, Kansas:

• Take I-70 into Missouri.
• Take exit 2D towards Main St.
• Merge onto W. 6th St.
• Turn left onto Walnut St. Hickok's Grill will be on your left.

From the East:

• Take I-70 into downtown Kansas City.
• Take exit 2F toward Grand St./Walnut St./Oak St.
  
• Keep left at the fork and merge onto E Independence Ave.
• Turn right onto Walnut St. Hickok's Grill will be on your left.