I've started researching the Mississippi River, its distances between major cities and time. The idea of taking a canoe the entire length is intriguing, following a water course for several months, human powered. This guy did it, and posted a great resource:
http://www.bucktrack.com/Missisippi_River_Canoe_Speed.html
The river is about 2311 miles long. He started on August 15, 2001, and finished in the Gulf on Oct 21, averaging 34 miles a day.
Turns out, the same year Buck Nelson did this river trip, he thru hiked the AT. See that info on the same website:
http://www.bucktrack.com/Appalachian_Trail.html
This page has a bunch of stuff on Alaska hunting and hiking, books available by different authors. Never know what a person will run across looking up an unrelated topic.
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Oh, I think I read about that guy, paddling the Miss and then hiking the AT.... with a cat named Ziggy? I think that was him. Everyone wanted to shelter with him b/c Ziggy was a prolific mouse-killer.
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