24-Hour Kayak Distance Record Broken

Monday, May 8, 2006
Outside Online is reporting that the 24-hour endurance kayaking distance record has been broken. 34 year old Brandon Nelson of Washington state set a new record of 146 miles in a just 24 hours, breaking the old record of 137 miles set by South African Marinda Hartzenberg in 1991. Nelson paddled around a two mile long course on Washington's Lake Whatcom.