Life Is But A Dream

WBZ's Jordan Rich says this gentleman paddled across Canada and the U.S. in a kayak.

Episode Transcript

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Welcome to the Upside with Jordan adose of good news, because it's a
big world out there. That's exactlywhat a sixty five year old dude by
the name of Mark Ferman just didpaddling in a solo kayak across Canada and
the US, a journey of almostsixty eight hundred miles sixteen hundred forty three

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hours of paddling, or the equivalentof sixty eight days straight without stopping.
This senior citizen, in great shapebut a little tired after his venture,
began his trek from Halifax last Junesecond, and his goal was to fundraise
for Doctors Without Borders, and hesays it was worth every minute of exertion,
discomfort, and pain, not onlyto raise the money and the awareness,

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but also to connect with nature,people and something deep within myself.
Along the way, Furman endured roughand tumble currents, extreme tides, and
treacherous coastline, offering limited spaces topitch his tent. Congratulations Mark Ferman.
For him, life is but adream and that's the upside with Jordan w
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