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Polynesian canoe challenge embarks from Rapa Nui

By Associated Press

Dec. 3, 2022

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Crew members train for the Hoki Mai challenge, a voyage — covering almost 500 kilometers, or about 300 miles across a stretch of the Pacific Ocean, in Rapa Nui, a territory that is part of Chile and is better known as Easter Island, Thursday, Nov. 24. During the voyage, rowing will be done in relays: groups of six will row for about four hours, then be replaced by the next shift. Those who need to rest will do so in a Chilean navy ship escorting the canoe.
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Rapanui Konturi Atan, a 36-year-old historian, right, arrives for a training session for the Hoki Mai challenge, a canoe voyage — covering almost 500 kilometers, or about 300 miles across a stretch of the Pacific Ocean, in Rapa Nui, Chile, Thursday, Nov. 24. The Hoki Mai challenge starts Dec. 3, in Rapa Nui, a territory in the Pacific that is part of Chile and is better known as Easter Island.
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Rapanuis crew members carry their canoe during a training session for the Hoki Mai challenge, a voyage — covering almost 500 kilometers, or about 300 miles across a stretch of the Pacific Ocean, in Rapa Nui, a territory that is part of Chile and is better known as Easter Island, Thursday, Nov. 24. The athletes have been training six days a week since mid-September, preparing for a voyage that will take them from Rapa Nui to Motu Motiro Hiva.
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Crew members prepare for a training session for the Hoki Mai challenge, a canoe voyage — covering almost 500 kilometers, or about 300 miles across a stretch of the Pacific Ocean, in Rapa Nui, a territory that is part of Chile and is better known as Easter Island, Thursday, Nov. 24.
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Crew members train for the Hoki Mai challenge, a voyage that covers almost 500 kilometers, or about 300 miles across a stretch of the Pacific Ocean, in Rapa Nui, a territory that is part of Chile and is better known as Easter Island, Thursday, Nov. 24.
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Rapanui Konturi Atan, a 36-year-old historian, left, prepares to head out for a training session for the Hoki Mai challenge, a canoe voyage — covering almost 500 kilometers, or about 300 miles across a stretch of the Pacific Ocean, in Rapa Nui, Chile, Thursday, Nov. 24.
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Rapanui Konturi Atan, a 36-year-old historian, right, drives his motorbike to a training session for the Hoki Mai challenge, a canoe voyage — covering almost 500 kilometers, or about 300 miles across a stretch of the Pacific Ocean, in Rapa Nui, a territory in the Pacific that is part of Chile and is better known as Easter Island, Thursday, Nov. 24. Atan joined the Hoki Mai crew who have been training since mid-September, preparing for a three-day voyage that will take them from Rapa Nui to Motu Motiro Hiva.
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Rapanui Konturi Atan, a 36-year-old historian, right, receives instructions from Gilles Bordes, at the start of a training session for the Hoki Mai challenge, a canoe voyage — covering almost 500 kilometers, or about 300 miles across a stretch of the Pacific Ocean, in Rapa Nui, a territory that is part of Chile and is better known as Easter Island, Thursday, Nov. 24. Bordes, coordinator of Hoki Mai, moved to Rapa Nui earlier this year, but he has lived in Polynesia for three decades, devoting much of his time to rowing.

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