Whitehorse Daily Star: River Quest could have been run: paddler
There was no need to cancel the Yukon River Quest last week.” That’s the word from Steven Mooney, one of a team of four paddlers who made an unsanctioned run along the River Quest course last week after the last-minute cancellation of the famous race. It had been scheduled to start last Wednesday in Whitehorse. Interestingly, Mooney is a member of the River Quest board of directors – as well as one of the most experienced and successful paddlers around. “I know I’m going to take some flack for this, but I think we could have done the race,” he said this morning during an intervi...