What Am I Doing?

The Idea-

What: Travel by Kayak with Sail from Innsbruck Austria to Athens Greece. Paddle the Inns river roughly 175 miles to the Danube river in Passau Germany. From Passau on the Danube around 1300-1400 miles to the Black sea though 11 different countries. Once on the Black Sea, paddle and sail south along the coast to the inlet of the Marmara sea to Istanbul about 500 miles. Next from Istanbul paddle sail south on the Marmara sea to the Aegean Sea. Once in the Aegean Sea in the Aegean Sea, paddle sail kind of east along the Turkey Coast and Greek islands to about the Greek island of Samos. From Samos paddle sail island to island southwest across the Aegean sea ending my trip in Athens Greece, around 850 miles from Istanbul. The total mileage is roughly 3000 miles though 13 different countries. This estimate is only a rough figure as I used Google Earth and strait lined with there pathing system.

When: March 1st to June 22nd. With the travel time from my starting point and travel time getting back from my ending point I have roughly 3 months on my boat.

How: This is a big one. All a guessing game with research and little to no experience this whole trip is an idea I am putting into action. There is a lot of unknown and I love this factor. It will not be a pleasure trip so much as a goal of time consuming measures to get as many miles in a day. Motivated endurance will be the will that is need to complete this trip. I am up for anything and I know that anything can and will happen!

Why: My motivating goal is this trip is something new and unknown for me. Traveling is fun but with a goal of unknown challenges, just like life it is more interesting.