Dave Cornthwaite stands on his paddleboard along the Cape Girardeau riverfront Monday. Cornthwaite is a British adventurer, motivational speaker and author who is traveling the entire length of the Mississippi River aboard his stand-up paddleboard. The trip is the fourth part of his Expedition1000 project, in which he aims to complete a series of 25 journeys of at least 1,000 miles, each using a different mode of nonmotorized transport.
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