Was he successful with his adventure?
2007-08-07 17:51:25 · 9 answers · asked by john 1 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Philippines
Yep. He was successful. He did not die of course.
Kayaker Records New Solo Route
Japan's Satoru Yahata is the first to kayak from Philippines to Taiwan.
by OutdoorNewswire Staff
June 18th, 2007
Satoru Yahata, a sea kayak instructor based in Okinawa, arrived in the eastern Taiwan port city of Hualian on June 18, after rowing 700 kilometers in a solo kayak trip from the northern Philippines.
He is the first solo kayaker to successfully complete the trip.
Yahata, 32, says it took him 16 days to make the voyage with his 5.5-meter boat, at an average speed of 6 km per hour. Last June, he paddled his kayak across almost 300 km of sea from Hualien to Ishigaki Island in Okinawa.
Yahata had stated previously that he is planning to complete a kayak tour from Australia to Japan if he succeeded in crossing from the Philippines to Taiwan.
2007-08-09 13:40:16 · answer #1 · answered by naekuo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no more additional info after this news release ---
"Man to kayak from Philippines to Taiwan
PAGUDPUD, Philippines, June 3 (UPI) -- A Japanese man wants to be the first to kayak all the way from the Philippines to Taiwan, the Kyodo News Service reported.
Satoru Yahata, 31, of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, embarked Sunday on his journey -- leaving from the tip of the main Philippine island of Luzon. His destination is Hualien in eastern Taiwan.
Yahata said he hopes to finish his trip within a month.
"Most people say it is very dangerous to cross this area by kayak," said the Tokyo-born Yahata. "But I want to do it just like people did in the past."
2007-08-07 18:12:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-14 09:35:25 · answer #3 · answered by llanos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I fear for the worst.
Probably, never took off. He could still be in the islands, looking for his kayak that was stolen.
2007-08-07 21:42:17 · answer #4 · answered by Aref H4 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nuh, he got eaten by a 21foot white pointer just west of Singapore..
2007-08-07 17:54:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
said he just made it to Batanes island because of the bad weather condition.
2007-08-07 21:44:13 · answer #6 · answered by junior 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find it on the net!
2007-08-07 18:59:07 · answer #7 · answered by Strategic Manipulator 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
he run out of water.
2007-08-07 17:58:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
????
is this a joke?
cause it aint funny...
2007-08-07 17:54:42 · answer #9 · answered by >D_ConTradictor< 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋