Mississippi River Fastest Known Paddle: 16D, 20H, 16M.

(this is also the 1st Team FKP)

Judson Steinback, LaCrosse, WI, Paul Cox, Atlanta, GA, Wally Werderich, Yorkville, IL & Scott Miller Minneapolis, MN

May 10-27, 2023

2,320 miles (approximately)

Guinness World Record for Fastest Paddle down the Mississippi

Supported

Start: Itasca State Park, Minnesota 6am, May 10th

Finish: Mile Marker Zero, Louisiana 2:16am, May 27th

Support Captain: Mike “Moose” Dougherty

Support Boat Captain: Scott Mansker

Back-up Paddler: Joe Mann

Boat: Wenonah Minnesota IV

Paddles: Carbon fiber bent shaft canoe paddles

Portages: 14 portages around locks without dams, including around the Aitken Diversion Channel Dam, with the final being the Coon Rapids Dam, and 2 portages round locks that were closed: A single portage that includes Upper & Lower St. Anthony Lock & Dam and Lock & Dam #1

Locked through locks: 2-26 (note there is a lock 5 and 5A and there is no lock 23)

Took alternate channel around locks: 17 & 18 & 27

Named Rapids (ran): Stumphges, Sauk, Chain of Rocks

.kml and other data at RaceOwl.com. Thank you Jon Marble, creator of RaceOwl.

Guinness World Records page

Team Website: Mississippi Speed Record

Outside Magazine Article

The team would like to thank Wilderness Mindset and Mama Drone for many of the photos