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Back in April I was challenged by our Editor-in-Chief Chicago Mike Toughill to do a cleanup on any river of my choice. Naturally I chose the Nolichucky Gorge. Not only is it my home river, it happens to be my favorite river. Eight miles of beautiful gorge wilderness. Some of the prettiest scenery that East […]
Pesh Fest was great this past weekend! High flows on the Peshtigo and the Midwest kayaking community enjoying every minute of it. This was the 2nd annual installment and it was the best so far! The Peshtigo was running around 29 inches the whole weekend! That is the highest I have ever seen it and […]
A few weeks ago Jeff Vannoy and I set aside a day for a Nolichuckey Gorge trip. After I Wallaced my pretty little booty off on the Doe River, and had the longest swim of my life, my confidence was rock bottom. What would you expect from loosing your boat to a strainer, having the […]
EDITOR’S DESK: Associate Editor Taz Riggs takes us back in time to the Chilean classic in part 3 of our monthly series on the Bio-Bio River. Enjoy! When I first came to the Bio-Bio, I considered the river to be within a wilderness. By first aid and rescue terms, we were more than two hours […]
We were just crossing the eddy line and paddling out into the main current when I felt a sudden blast of air, actually, multiple jets of air–blowing up! One by one small holes appeared around us in the tubes of our boat! Pssst! Pssssstt! Pssssssssssst! The boat was deflating under us. In the din of […]
There are many things in this world that do not make sense to me. Politics, women, life in general. The river though, now that makes sense. It is as complicated and as simple as anything in this world. Confusing as it may sound, just think on it for a moment. Rivers are the veins of […]
As it is now the end of another month, it is time for another instalment from Paddling Banter! As we all look forward to warmer weather and for some the meltwater to fill the rivers, take some time and have a laugh at these awesome comics. The English Paddler: What other stereotypes can you […]
Last summer, two major milestones of my life passed. One, thirty one years had gone by since beginning a career as a river guide. That also meant that in late June more than half my life had been spent as a guide. Neither three decades of working on the river nor my sixtieth birthday caused […]
March in the Upper Midwest means Old Man Winter is due to depart, taking with him the ice and leaving his snow to melt into the ever increasing flow of our little known but much loved whitewater rivers. It’s also when the Wisconsin and Illinois boating community looks forward to Rutabaga Paddlesports’ annual Canoecopia, billed […]
In the spring of 2015, hundreds of activists in kayaks and small boats fanned out on Puget Sound to protest Shell Oil Company resuming oil exploration in the Arctic. The paddle-powered environmental groups vowed to disrupt the oil company’s efforts to use Seattle as a home base for their rigs returning from Alaska’s northwest coast, […]