Missouri kayaker begins world record attempt in Michigan
PORT HURON, Mich. — An experienced kayaker who’s trying set the world record for the most miles paddled by a woman in one year set off from a Lake Huron beach in Michigan.
Traci Lynn Martin began her first leg Thursday at Lighthouse Beach in Port Huron, Michigan. Her entire journey is expected to take her 8,600 miles around the Great Lakes and the Atlantic seaboard, the Times Herald in Port Huron (http://bwne.ws/2munNux ) reported. The Kansas City, Missouri, resident hopes to finish her trip in December at Lake Erie Metropark in Brownstown Township.
“I want to do it for me,” Martin said. “I want to do something that no one has ever done before. And I mean, I’ve saved up for two years to do this and it’s finally here.”
Her route takes her north along the Lake Huron coastline, then to Lake Michigan, then back into Lake Superior. If all goes according to plan, Martin will be back in Port Huron sometime in August before heading south on the St. Clair River and bound for the lower Great Lakes.