{"id":104346,"date":"2025-04-23T21:45:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T21:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/?p=104346"},"modified":"2025-04-23T21:54:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T21:54:05","slug":"fkt-canoeist-takes-his-time-on-8000km-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/fkt-canoeist-takes-his-time-on-8000km-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Canoeing Speedster Will Paddle 8,000Km From Puget Sound to Miami &#8212; Slowly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 23, Kyle Parker paddled all 682km of the Wisconsin River in a blur of muscle fatigue and no sleep. Coming in at 5 days, 19 hours, and 22 minutes, he set the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastestknownpaddle.org\/wisconsinriver\">fastest known time<\/a> for the route in a solo canoe.<\/p>\n<p>Parker wants to take his time for his new project, which will begin in just under a month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span class=\"BF1L-\">Today, we travel by all sorts of modes, often opting for the easiest and fastest we can find,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parkerpaddles.com\/post\/tip-2-tip-30-days-until\">writes<\/a> on his blog. &#8220;I am looking forward to slowing down to just a few miles an hour and really getting under the skin of the country.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_104354\" style=\"width: 874px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104354\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104354\" src=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-3.48.13\u202fPM.jpg\" alt=\"man in canoe\" width=\"864\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-3.48.13\u202fPM.jpg 864w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-3.48.13\u202fPM-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-3.48.13\u202fPM-700x476.jpg 700w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-3.48.13\u202fPM-768x522.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-104354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyle Parker during his 2024 trip down the Wisconsin River. Photo: Dylan Durst<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>The U.S. from &#8216;tip to tip&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Parker&#8217;s big dream is to traverse the country from northwestern Washington to southeastern Florida. He expects the trip to take six to eight months.<\/p>\n<p>The route encompasses the frigid, deep waters of Puget Sound, hundreds of kilometers of rivers across the continental United States, the warm waves of the Gulf of Mexico, and even a few days on the western seaboard of the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>He will have to contend with more than just choppy water and fierce currents. Usual canoe routes feature regular portages over dams when the interruption of the river requires carrying the canoe. But Parker will have to portage hundreds of miles over highways and, on one occasion, the continental divide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span class=\"BF1L-\">But it\u2019s not just about the scenery or the wildlife, or even the excitement of being absolutely miserable,&#8221; Parker writes. &#8220;It\u2019s also about the people I\u2019ll meet and the stories I\u2019ll uncover. I want to connect with locals&#8230;and experience the culture of each place I visit.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_104348\" style=\"width: 1428px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104348\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104348\" src=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/route.jpg\" alt=\"A map of the US with a very long route drawn out in red.\" width=\"1418\" height=\"921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/route.jpg 1418w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/route-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/route-700x455.jpg 700w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/route-768x499.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1418px) 100vw, 1418px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-104348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parker&#8217;s projected route across the US. Photo: Kyle Parker<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Carrying on Stachovak&#8217;s legacy<\/h2>\n<p>This kind of expedition is unusual but not unheard of. In 2009, Parker&#8217;s fellow Great Lakes native Jake Stachovak completed the 9,237km Great Loop by kayak. The Great Loop starts in Portage, Wisconsin, and ends in Portage, Wisconsin, with a brief detour to the Gulf of Mexico. In 2022, Stachovak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdkc.org\/2022\/03\/06\/jake-stachovak-in-remembrance\/\">passed away<\/a> to cancer at the age of 46.<\/p>\n<p>Now his widow has supplied 24-year-old Kyle Parker with a portage cart, water bag, radio, and a pink cup holder that all belonged to Stachovak.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_104349\" style=\"width: 1546px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104349\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104349\" src=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/stachovak.jpg\" alt=\"A man smiling broadly.\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/stachovak.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/stachovak-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/stachovak-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/stachovak-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-104349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Legendary long-distance kayaker Jake Stachovak. Photo: Michael Paul Franklin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Parker has support from local paddling stores, too. Ethan Scheiwe, the manager of Madison&#8217;s Rutabaga Paddlesports and one of Parker&#8217;s sponsors, <a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/news\/state-regional\/article_4883a922-97e7-4fb8-9dc7-a637cf5ac121.html\">told<\/a> the <em>Wisconsin State Journal<\/em>, &#8220;It\u2019s a very daunting trip, but Kyle is the right person for it. If he does this, it will be the <em>National Geographic<\/em> adventure of the year. It\u2019s that kind of trip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parker sets out on May 1. You can follow the adventure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parkerpaddles.com\/post\/tip-2-tip-30-days-until\">on his blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 23, Kyle Parker paddled all 682km of the Wisconsin River in a blur of muscle fatigue and no sleep. 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