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Interview series with CBC's As it Happens
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February 17, 2005.
There's no surer cure for the Feburary blues than knowing that someone's got it worse than you do. That's where Colin Angus and Tim Harvey come in. We've been checking in periodically with the two adventurers as they try to complete the first ever human powered expedition from Vancouver to Moscow. At the moment they're cycling through frigid polar bear country in North-East Siberia. It's an environment where men on bikes can quickly become tasty frozen snacks. Mary Lou reaches Colin and Tim on their satellite phone 200 kilometres East of Egvekinot.
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January 28, 2005.
The last time we checked in with the Vancouver Moscow Expedition, it looked like Colin Angus and Tim Harvey might be forced call it quits - for medical reasons. The two Vancouver outdoorsmen had traveled thousands of kilometers by bicycle, foot, canoe and ocean-going rowboat in their bid to complete the first ever human powered journey from Vancouver to the Russian capital. Then Colin had to return home for emergency surgery. But now it looks like the trip is back on track.
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December 23, 2004.
What a long, strange trip it's been -- and it's not over yet. In Siberia their equipment failed. Specifically, Colin's body. When last we spoke to Tim and Colin, they were thousands of kilometres apart -- Colin awaiting an operation in Vancouver, and Tim enduring the sub-zero desolation of Siberia. Today, we've reached them for the last time this year, still separated by an ocean. Colin is recovering from surgery at home in Vancouver, and Tim in the frigid Russian out-of-doors, on a satellite phone..
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November 30, 2004.
Well, when you're travelling under your own steam, there's only one machine that can pack it in on you. And unfortunately, in Siberia , maintenance and parts are hard to come by. So there's a temporary hitch in the Vancouver-to-Moscow trip, after Colin and his temperamental body had to be shipped back home for labour. Tim, meanwhile, is still braving the Siberian winter. We reached Colin Angus in Vancouver, and Tim Harvey by satellite phone, on a mountain.
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October 19, 2004.
When you're hiking across Siberia, you'd think the cold would be the biggest challenge. But there's something else that's bogging down the Vancouver to Moscow Expedition this week. Over the past several months, Tim Harvey and Colin Angus, have been giving us irregular reports on the many unexpected challenges they're encountering as they attempt to complete the first human powered journey between the two cities. We reached Tim and Colin by satellite phone.
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October 11, 2004.
They may not have a turkey to eat, but Colin Angus and Tim Harvey have plenty to give thanks for this Thanksgiving. In an attempt to complete the first human-powered expedition from Vancouver to Moscow, the two adventurers have survived forest fires, bears, leaky canoes, and a month of rowing across the Bering Sea. When we last checked on them, Colin and Tim were battling red tape in the former Soviet military port of Provydenya. They've been on the march since then. We've reached the expedition by satellite phone, somewhere in Siberia.
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September 14, 2004
Canada’s Olympic rowing team may not have lived up to expectations in Athens. But last week two Canadian rowers stepped out of their boat with something more valuable than gold. Their lives. The last time we heard from Tim Harvey and Colin Angus, the two adventurers were bobbing in a row boat in the middle of the frigid Bering Sea. The two British Columbia adventurers had spent a stormy month trying to row from Alaska to Russia, as part of their first ever human-powered expedition from Vancouver to Moscow. We reached Colin and Tim in Provydenya, Siberia.
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September 1, 2004
The arrival of the first day of September means that summer is almost over and colder weather is on its way. That isn't good news for two adventurers we've been following. Colin Angus and Tim Harfey are trying to complete the first human-powered expedition from Vancouver to Moscow. And they've got to row across the Bering sea before the water starts to freeze. Earlier this month we spoke to them as they regrouped in NOme, Alaska, after storms and equipment failure foiled their first attempt. They've made some progress since then. We reached Colin Angus and Tim Harvey anchored off of St.Lawrence Island.
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August 12, 2004.
The news has not been good for the As It Happens rowing teams. Yesterday, we heard about the rogue wave that put an end to an attempt to break the speed record for rowing across the Atlantic. And now, a setback for two adventurers we've been following since early summer. Colin Angus and Tim Harvey are trying to travel entirely under human power from Vancouver to Moscow. When we last heard from them, over a month ago, they were setting off to row from Alaska to Siberia across the stormy Bering Sea. Well this evening, Colin Angus is in Nome, Alaska.
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July 8, 2004
There are plenty of ways to get from Vancouver to Moscow. The most popular nowadays is probably by airplane. Of course if the whim took you, you could book passage on a freighter and even team that up with ride on a train. But those are all machine-powered modes of transport. Way back, at the end of May, we spoke with two B-C boys who wanted to make the trip under human power. Tim Harvey and Colin Angus have been under way for over a month now, so we thought we'd check in and see how they are holding up.
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May 31, 2004
It sounds like something out of Jacob Two Two meets the Hooded Fang. A journey by bicycle, row boat, skis, canoe and, with luck, caribou sled. Tomorrow, BC adventurers Tim Harvey and Colin Angus set off on an entirely human-powered expedition from Vancouver to Moscow. We reached Mr. Angus in Vancouver.
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