A Toronto man is just a month away from becoming the first person with a disability to paddleboard all five Great Lakes.
Mike Shoreman says he’s tired but feeling good having crossed three of the large bodies of water and expecting to conquer number four, Lake Michigan, by the end of July. The 39-year-old says the toughest of the three so far was Huron simply because of the length of the trek: 28 hours.“It started early on a Sunday and ended midday on a Monday and involved paddling through the night,” Shoreman told 900 CHML’s Good Morning Hamilton.Story continues below advertisementAs a result, a shingles attack in 2018 to his inner ear precipitated a number of health issues via shattered nerves resulting in lost mobility, vision and speech impairments.
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