Keith Plunkett started at sunrise about 50 miles north of the Ross Barnett Reservoir and paddled all day to raise money to find a cure for the disease.
Plunkett said the trip was made in honor of his grandmother, Lucy, who died from the disease. He called his mission against the illness "Lucy's Revenge."
"My grandmother, when I was a young kid, had Alzheimer's disease. It was a tough thing to go through as a child," Plunkett said.
Lucy Plunkett lost her battle with the disease in 1993. Since then, Keith Plunkett said he has been determined to take the disease head-on.
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