Kruger Canoes
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World Records and Amazing Trips
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Ultimate Canoe Challenge -- 28,043 miles -- April 29, 1980 to December 15, 1983. -- A Guinness World Record Two Continent Canoe Expedition -- 21,246 miles -- From the mouth of the Mackenzie River to Cape Horn, June 8, 1986 to March 1, 1989 Mississippi River World Record -- 2,043 miles from Lake Itasca to Mile Zero, Gulf of Mexico in 23 days, 10 hours, 20 minutes. April 27 to May 20, 1984 -- A Guinness World Record Guinness doesn't yet know about the other records. Paddler Magazine article Verlen Kruger's induction into the American Canoe Association Hall of Fame. Verlen Kruger: 75 Years and Counting Paddler Magazine, July/August, 2000 -- Excerpted from Crazy Canoe Builders, Five Legends Verlen's motto and inspiration was printed on the bow of his canoe --- "All things are possible with God." |
