Mississippi River 1st Solo Male Fastest Known Paddle:

33D, 14H, 47M

Ilia Smirnov, 42, of Angier, North Carolina

May 17-July 11, 2021

2340 miles (approximately)

Supported by Anna Cameron & Alyce Morgan

Start: Itasca State Park, Minnesota 5am, May 1, 2026

Finish: Mile Marker Zero, Louisiana 7:47pm, June 3, 2026

Boat: Wenonah Voyager Solo Canoe

Trip Statistics below courtesy of RaceOwl.com, a site used by many long distance paddlers to track their progress via their GPS device. Special thanks to Jon Marble for helping so many paddlers via Race Owl.