The Best of Paddler Magazine; Stories from the World's Premier Canoeing, Kayaking and Rafting Magazine,9780897323307

The Best of Paddler Magazine; Stories from the World's Premier Canoeing, Kayaking and Rafting Magazine

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ISBN13: 9780897323307
ISBN10: 0897323300
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2000-09-01
Publisher(s): Menasha Ridge Press
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Summary

With a circulation of over 200,000, Paddler Magazine has pblished quality stories about paddling for over ten years. Now the finest stories form the world's premier canoeing, kayaking, and rafting magazine have been collected in The Best of Paddler Magazine. Readers will find tales of challenging expeditions to Nepal, Cape Horn, and Mongolia; personal narratives describing the people and environments of Newfoundland, Fiji, and Sweden; reflections on the sport and its risks; humorous vignettes; and a who's who list of this century's most influential paddlers.

Table of Contents

About the Editor vii
Editor's Preface ix
HUMOR
Death of a River Guitar
3(4)
Eugene Buchanan
Loony Laws Concerning Canoes
7(4)
Eugene Buchanan
All in the Family
11(4)
Eugene Buchanan
The Helmet Speaks
15(4)
Jonathan Katz
Some Real Rodeo Announcing
19(4)
Eugene Buchanan
Paddling Penance
23(4)
Eugene Buchanan
Evolution of a Paddle Species
27(10)
Eugene Buchanan
Aaron Bible
Kayaking with Dr. Spock
37(6)
Eugene Buchanan
DESTINATIONS
The Mirage of Wilderness
43(6)
Richard Bangs
Kayaking and Kava
49(8)
Eugene Buchanan
Sea Kayaking Sweden
57(6)
Jamie Spencer
Sea Kayaking Ireland
63(4)
Denise Dowling
Canoeing Alaska's Iniakuk
67(12)
Eugene Buchanan
PROFILES
Paddlers of the Century
79(34)
REFLECTIONS
Geezers and Goals: Paddling San Francisco's Race for Treasure
113(8)
Paul McHugh
Huck Finn Style on the Potomac
121(8)
Richard Bangs
The Tragic Summer of 1997
129(12)
Eugene Buchanan
In the Shadow of Quartzite
141(8)
Eugene Buchanan
Reconnected on the Selway
149(4)
Jon Turk
Why Am I Like This?
153(4)
David J. Regela
Why Paddle Class V?
157(8)
Doug Ammons
EXPEDITIONS
Taming the Toltec
165(4)
Peter Heller
The Temptation of Turnback
169(8)
Ken Madsen
Latvian Style on the Bashkaus
177(14)
Eugene Buchanan
Cape Horn---Once More with Feeling
191(8)
Jon Turk
The Thule Bheri: River of the Hidden Land
199(8)
Doug Ammons
Circling Mongolia's Dark Blue Pearl
207(4)
Nathan Taylor Ward
Chasing Guiness: Setting the World Canoe Record
211
Neil Armstrong
Chris Maguire

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