'Pirate Paddler' Completes 7,810Km Canoe Journey Around Eastern U.S. » Explorersweb

'Pirate Paddler' Completes 7,810Km Canoe Journey Around Eastern U.S. » Explorersweb

After 480 days and 7,810km of paddling, 24-year-old Peter Frank has completed a canoe journey around most of the Great Loop the “wrong way.” Beginning and ending in Escanaba, Michigan, the U.S. adventurer dubbed the Pirate Paddler wrapped up his journey on October 20. The Great Loop is a roughly 9,700km circuit through the Great Lakes, the Mississippi River, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic coast. It's typically traveled by cruise boats in a…