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Canoe/paddle the Mississippi River length?
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:13 pm
Got on a google maps kick today and there’s some people who paddled damn near the length of the River and got to thinking….that’d be cool as shite.
Their path starts in Tennessee, gets a bit patchy but pretty clear down through Arky/Miss/LA. Spent the last hour or so clicking down. Just three baws in a white canoe and cooler.
Their path starts in Tennessee, gets a bit patchy but pretty clear down through Arky/Miss/LA. Spent the last hour or so clicking down. Just three baws in a white canoe and cooler.
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Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:16 pm to BabyTac
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there’s some people who paddled damn near the length of the River
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Their path starts in Tennessee
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:17 pm to BabyTac
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Their path starts in Tennessee, gets a bit patchy but pretty clear down through Arky/Miss/LA. Spent the last hour or so clicking down. Just three baws in a white canoe and cooler.
So half of it?
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:18 pm to auggie
Still a hell of a float trip.
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:19 pm to BabyTac
quote:As someone who ran boats on the Lower Mississippi for over a decade, hard pass.
Got on a google maps kick today and there’s some people who paddled damn near the length of the River and got to thinking….that’d be cool as shite.
Eddies, current, swells, fog, floating shite, poor seamanship of other mariners- nah.
Not even in low river.
Now in 1650? Maybe maybe, maybe....
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:19 pm to BabyTac
how long does it take?
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:20 pm to diat150
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how long does it take?
Time is a river.
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:21 pm to BabyTac
A friend of mine paddled the Mississippi about 7-8 years ago. I think it took him around 55 days. He started in Minnesota.
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:22 pm to BabyTac
I did damn near the length myself, started in Venice
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:22 pm to BabyTac
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:24 pm to BabyTac
HOT. COLD. INSECTS. Creatures. River Dangers. WIFI issues. Drinking and paddling. No Thanks.
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:25 pm to BabyTac
2014 at Zee Zee's bar, we met 2 dudes that smelled like old vagina duct taped to a foot. They gave us the scoop and had been paddling 50+ days from the Ohio River and stopped in BR for a beer and a bite. After many beers, a shower for them and washed/replaced clothes, they paused the trip for 3 weeks to come walk on the wild side with all of us 5th (and 6th) year LSU seniors. They finished paddling to the mouth of the river in New Orleans and one of them picked up a full time job in BR to keep the party going. Still get postcards from them every year or two. One of them was ex special forces, the other was a more hippy type. The hippy ended up riding his bike from Miami to Los Angeles a year or two later. He stopped in Baton Rouge to catch up for a week or so. When it was time to go, we dropped him off on the other side of the Atchafalaya spillway and sent him on his way. We got a postcard from Roswell NM a month later. They were built different and had the knowledge from the military to thrive on their trip. Long live "The River Gypsies" of Stanford Ave.
This post was edited on 6/23/25 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:25 pm to carhartt
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A friend of mine paddled the Mississippi about 7-8 years ago. I think it took him around 55 days. He started in Minnesota.
I guess they moved the headwaters to Memphis, to be more inclusive.
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:26 pm to carhartt
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A friend of mine paddled the Mississippi about 7-8 years ago. I think it took him around 55 days. He started in Minnesota.
when I was at LSU Dale Brown drove a small power boat the length of the river
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:30 pm to BabyTac
I got a buddy that did the whole thing. It took him 2 months
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:32 pm to BabyTac
Some kids from LaTech did it awhile back & documented their journey. Looked miserable
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:38 pm to BabyTac
A good number of people do it, or at least more than you think. We have some land on the river in Carville/Point Clair. Late summer is when you start seeing them pass through the BR/Nola area. We've met quite a few. Some do canoes. Some kayaks. We've even met a few baws huck-finning it down on a raft. We've heard a few harrowing stories, too. Getting shot at, almost going under barges, lightning strikes, etc.
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:41 pm to BabyTac
Posted on 6/23/25 at 2:43 pm to BabyTac
If you think that's impressive, there have been two people who have swum the entire Mississippi:
Martin Strel - 68 days
Chris Ring - 181 days
Martin Strel - 68 days
Chris Ring - 181 days
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