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Annapolis, Maryland – 7 November 2024
1. Pan across to Peter Frank in front of his canoe
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Frank, canoeist attempting The Great Loop route:
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"My name is Peter Frank. I am 23 years old, and for the last four and a half months, I’ve been paddling my way through North America from Lake Michigan to the Chesapeake Bay. But this is only the beginning of my voyage as I am on the Great American Loop, which is a 6,000-mile yachting route through the eastern circumnavigation of the United States.
3. Mid of Peter Frank showing on a map where he is paddling
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Frank, canoeist attempting The Great Loop route:
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"When I was 14 years old, I was run over by a car. I shattered by L1 and L2 vertebrae on my spine and I was forced to relearn how to walk."
5. Pan down Peter Frank’s canoe
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Frank, canoeist attempting The Great Loop route:
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"This journey to me is my form of worship. It’s my form of showing the appreciation for being alive and being able to walk and do the things that I can do."
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Frank, canoeist attempting The Great Loop route:
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"I go to Florida and I cross Lake Okeechobee, home to 30,000 documented alligators. It is a very treacherous route that I’ll be going through. And I very much do not like alligators, but it is part of the journey. And so I must undertake it."
8. Mid of Peter Frank showing on a map where he is paddling
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Frank, canoeist attempting The Great Loop route:
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"It does get lonely sometimes, but I do have a love for what I do. I have a love for the outdoors and a love for canoeing. And I believe that propels me forward. With the sacrifice of a lot of things, there’s a greater benefit on the other side."
10. Wide pan of Peter Frank in front of the canoe
STORYLINE:
Peter Frank has paddled from Escanaba, Michigan, in June to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland this month in his 1982 Sawyer Loon decked canoe, but he’s still got a long way to go.
The 23-year-old is about a quarter of the way on his planned journey of roughly 6,000 miles (9,656 kilometers) to complete the Great Loop, a continuous waterway that includes part of the Atlantic and Gulf intracoastal waterways, the Great Lakes, part of Canadian Heritage Canals and inland U.S. rivers.
For Frank, the voyage is largely a way to express his gratitude for still being alive and having the ability to take on the physical challenge, almost a decade after a car accident left him with 14 broken bones and nearly paralyzed. He had been hiding in a pile of leaves to surprise a friend when a carful of teens drove through the pile without knowing he was there.
"This journey to me is my form of worship. It’s my form of showing the appreciation for being alive and being able to walk and do the things that I can do," he says during a break in Annapolis, Maryland, earlier this month, a day before setting out again.
He also enjoys writing about his experiences on his blog and meeting people along the way. He’ll have to paddle through a lot of dangerous waterways, including when he makes his way around Florida.
"I go to Florida and I cross Lake Okeechobee, home to 30,000 documented alligators. It is a very treacherous route that I’ll be going through. And I very much do not like alligators, but it is part of the journey," Frank said.
AP Video shot by Brian Witte
Production by Kristin Hall
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