World-class kayaker returns to KC

By CAROLYN SZCZEPANSKI

Waiting in line for some much-deserved barbecue after blowing away the competition in the Missouri River 340 kayak race, Carter Johnson told me that his next athletic endeavor would entail building a raft out of rainforest logs and charging 80 miles down the Amazon River.

I thought he might be kidding. Or still suffering from the hallucinations that come from paddling furiously for 36 hours with no sleep.

Well, joke’s on me.