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Kulusuk sea kayaking expedition

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Distance
123.64 nm
Elevation gain
1,939 ft
Technical difficulty
Difficult
Elevation loss
1,939 ft
Max elevation
329 ft
TrailRank 
49
Min elevation
0 ft
Trail type
Loop
Time
8 days 17 hours
Coordinates
41152
Uploaded
September 13, 2022
Recorded
August 2022
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near Kulusuk, Sermersooq (Groenlandia)

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Itinerary description

10 day exploratory sea kayaking trip with six people
Trip led by sea kayak guide Erin Bastian of Evoke Adventures https://www.evokeadventure.com/
Kayaks (also comms and polar bear safety gear) hired from Pirhuk in Kulusuk https://www.expeditiongreenland.com/
Direct flights to Kulusuk from Reykjavík, Iceland. Both in and out we had flights postponed by one day due to bad weather.
On the water we had 10 days of low/no winds, and mostly sunny. A little fog and light drizzle.

Waypoints

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better campsite

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better campsite 2

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Camp 1

We returned to Kulusuk the next day because we forgot the cutlery! Otherwise we would have continued along the east coast of the island.

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Camp 2 beautiful beach

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Camp 3 hut

4 bunks, sleeps 8 at a push

PictographWaypoint Altitude 35 ft
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Camp 4

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Camp 5

PictographWaypoint Altitude 56 ft
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Camp 6

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Camp 7

PictographWaypoint Altitude 53 ft
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Camp 8

PictographWaypoint Altitude 24 ft
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Camp 9

PictographWaypoint Altitude 343 ft
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glacier has retreated

PictographWaypoint Altitude 36 ft

hut

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Kulusuk launch point

Village has a supermarket.

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Kuummiit village - good supermarket

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lunch day 2

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lunch day 3

PictographWaypoint Altitude 90 ft
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lunch day 4

PictographWaypoint Altitude 44 ft
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lunch day 5

PictographWaypoint Altitude 16 ft
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lunch day 6

PictographWaypoint Altitude 43 ft
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lunch day 7

PictographWaypoint Altitude 43 ft
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lunch day 8

PictographWaypoint Altitude 150 ft
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lunch day 9

PictographWaypoint Altitude 54 ft
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narrows

Go at high tide to avoid portaging.

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