E40: John Astbury & Rich Winstanley (Team Wingin' It) Grit Out the Yukon 1000

In this episode, Chris Thomas sits down with John Astbury & Rich Winstanley, two paddlers out of the U.K. that battled significant adversity in the 2024 Yukon 1000 but refused to give up. We cover so much in this episode from the sprinting world of paddling, the Devizes to Westminster, the importance of trusting a partner, training for Lake Laberge around the Isle of Wight, paddling 800+ miles with broken hands, Yukon Gold, hallucinating pig masked bank robbers and penguins ice skating, the importance of reading water in the Yukon, and the impossible goal of fully emptying the tank. There’s so much more to this episode, but I’ll let you hear it from John & Rich themselves on this 40th episode of the Dabbling in Paddleism Podcast… Jon’s book recommendations: Kings on the Yukon, by Adam Weymouth: https://a.co/d/0bU3jFXH Rich’s book recommendations: Canoeing the Congo, by Phil Harwood: https://a.co/d/0cVmth6p Socials: Jon - @astbury.jon Rich - @richwinstanley1