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NEW YORK — A solo kayaker’s 1,700-mile journey to promote prostate cancer awareness has wrapped up at a Manhattan pier.
Dozens of kayakers and well-wishers greeted Skip Ciccarelli on Saturday as he paddled down the Hudson River. He set out from Chicago 54 days earlier following a route through three of the Great Lakes and the Erie Canal.
The 60-year-old kayaker encountered 6-foot waves and heavy thunderstorms during his trip. He says he sometimes sang songs to pass the time but mostly just enjoyed the ride.
Ciccarelli teaches at a vocational high school in Massachusetts.
He is a prostate cancer survivor himself.
