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Published May 20, 2012, 12:00 AM

Doug Pace


Doug Pace, left, embarks from Diamond Head Park in Bemidji Friday afternoon along with Outdoor Program Center employee Jerry Smith. Pace, 52, of North Bay, Ontario, is legally blind and plans to kayak all the way from Bemidji to the Gulf of Mexico by himself. Bemidji Pioneer photo.
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