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2015 Mississippi River Trips Meet the travelers and experience their trips down the Mississippi. Please let us know of any additions to this list, or if you know of any inaccuracies. A big thank-you to John Sullivan for information he gathered on the Facebook page Mississippi River Paddlers. Also see our River Trips page on this site. |
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Paddlers |
Cruise Title/Cause |
Website |
Start Date |
Start Location |
End Date |
End Location |
| Winchell Delano, Adam Trigg, Jarrad Moore, Daniel Flynn, John Keavey, Luke Kimmes |
Rediscover North America — A Journey From the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean | rediscoverna.com | 1/2/15 | Gulf of Mexico | 9/2/15 | Arctic Ocean |
| Steve Posselt | Kayak 4 Earth, for Climate Awareness | kayak4earth.com | 3/3/15 | Gulf | 4/11/15 | Memphis, Tenn. |
| Janet and Greg Gottsacker | paddled the river in segments | 5/30/12 | Lake Itasca | 4/13/15 | Gulf of Mexico | |
Dale Sanders (Grey Beard Adventurer) |
for juvenile diabetes research | greybeardadventurer.com | 5/15/15 5/15/15 |
Lake Itasca Lake Itasca |
8/15/15 11/11/15 ? |
Gulf of Mexico Hannibal, Mo. |
| Austing Graham, Brad Tallent | film crew for Sanders (missed some reaches) | adventureitusproductions.com | 5/15/15 | Lake Itasca | 8/15/15 | Gulf of Mexico |
| Tyler Sherman | 5/16/15 | Lake Itasca | 7/18/15 | New Madrid, Mo. | ||
| Amit Shah, Alex Woodford | Big American Paddle, for British Exploring Society | thebigamericanpaddle.wordpress.com | 5/16/15 | Lake Itasca | 7/22/15 | Gulf of Mexico |
| Caleb Havens | 5/10/15 | Lake Itasca | 8/30/15 | New Orleans | ||
| Alex Ross, Forest Schessow, Shea Selsor | The Mississippi River Expedition | 5/20/15 | Lake Itasca | 7/30/15 | Gulf of Mexico | |
| Siegfried Huffnagle | Mississippi: Source to Sea, for coolearth | coolearth.org/475/mississippi-source-to-sea | 5/22/15 | Lake Itasca | ? | Dubuque, Iowa |
| John McFarland | 6/1/15 | Lake Itasca | 6/14/15 | Jacobson, Minn. | ||
| Seth Mortenson | Assisting Chris Ring's Swim, for Support to Families of Fallen Heroes | legaciesalive.com/legacy-challenges/ | 6/4/15 | |||
| Corey Smock, Lance Loney | Paddle for Suicide Prevention | paddleforprevention.weebly.com | 6/5/15 | Lake Itasca | 8/2/15 | New Orleans |
| Itay Nakash | 6/11/15 | Lake Itasca | 8/26/15 | Gulf of Mexico | ||
| Everett McMillen, Will Jonsson | The Kentuckian & the Swede, for Paddling for Camp | paddlingforcamp.wix.com/paddlingforcamp | 6/12/15 | Lake Itasca | 8/15/15 | River Mile 0 |
| David Forbes | 6/13/15 | Lake Itasca | 7/17/15 | Davenport, Iowa | ||
| Casey and Carson Barfels | Voyage for Vets via Mississippi, Wisconsin & Fox rivers | 6/18/15 | Lake Itasca | 7/22/15 | Appleton, Wis. | |
| Nat Ratchen | 6/23/15 | Lake Itasca | 6/20/15 | Glen Haven, Wis. | ||
| Alyssum Pohl | Paddle On | alyssumpohl.weebly.com/paddle-on | 6/27/15 | Lake Itasca | 11/4/15 | Gulf of Mexico |
| Derek Haley, Scott Murtley | Canoeing Against Bullying | buddiesnotbulliesduluthmn.org | 7/1/15 | Lake Itasca | 10/5/15 | St. Louis, Mo. |
| Leanne Davis | PTSD Awareness | 7/2/15 | Lake Itasca | 11/4/15 | Gulf of Mexico | |
| Jake Tavakoli, Julie Haskell | A Mississippi River Adventure | 7/2/15 | Lake Itasca | 11/13/15 | Gulf of Mexico | |
| Nicole Brennan | 7/17/15 | Lake Itasca | 11/19/15 | Gulf of Mexico | ||
| Jon Felker | 7/17/15 | Lake Itasca | 10/3/15 | Gulf of Mexico | ||
| Annie Balthazar Shawn Murphy Mark Fox Bart Lindberg Abby Kaeser, photographer |
Warrior Paddle | https://www.facebook.com/warriorhike/ | 7/20/15 | Lake Itasca | 10/31/15 10/30/15 |
Gulf of Mexico Morgan City, La. |
| Joshua and Brady Baxter | 7/27/15 | Lake Itasca | 8/15/15 | Winona, Minn. | ||
| Jim Meyers, Dave Lane | llane020202.wix.com/riverrats | 8/12/15 | Lake Itasca | 10/18/15 | Morgan City, La. | |
| Mitchell Selby, Malcom Reed | Mississippi River Adventure | 8/13/15 | Lake Itasca | 12/9/15 | Gulf of Mexico | |
| William Martin | 8/21/15 | Lake Itasca | ? | ? | ||
| Matthew Burdine | A Million Strokes, for Breast Cancer Research Foundation | amillionstrokes.com | 8/24/15 | Lake Itasca | ? | ? |
| Caleb Reynolds, Joshua Witham | msriver2k15.wordpress.com | 9/1/15 | Lake Itasca | 12/4/15 | Gulf of Mexico | |
| David and Amand Mosse | Stepping Stones Youth Homes | aguyagirladogandacanoe.blogspot.com | 9/2/15 | Lake Itasca | 12/6/15 | Gulf of Mexico |
| Katie Van Dorp, Brennan Kittok | 9/6/15 | Lake Itasca | 12/12/15 | Gulf of Mexico | ||
| Other Mississippi River paddlers not starting at Lake Itasca | ||||||
| Adam Ouderkirk | paddling for the homeless | May 14th? | Twin Cities | ? | ? | |
| Dave Roberts | 6/17/15 | Bemidji, Minn. | 8/29/15 | Venice, La. | ||
| Daniel Tougas | 7/5/15 | St. Cloud, Minn. | ? | ? | ||
| Brandy Apok, Max Prieto | Adventura down the river | 8/20/15 | St. Cloud, Minn. | ? | ? | |
| Mike Hatfield | historyriver.com | 8/23/15 | Cass Lake | ? | ? | |
| John Markey | 9/15/15 | Dubuque, Iowa | 11/19/15 | Morgan City, La. | ||
| 12 students & 2 instructors | Ausgburg College -River Semester � |
augsburg.edu/river/ | 9/1/15 | Twin Cities | 11/20/15 | Greenville, Miss. |
| Chris Ring, swimming | http://legaciesalive.com/swim-for-their-sacrifice/ | |||||
