Cleatus Bass, the Cleatus Maximus of Tubing Standing at the 2022 Week of Rivers morning meeting, your Carolina Paddler reporter was intrigued by the colorful person approaching the microphone to address the group. This speaker looked a good bit …
In the past several years there has been widespread publicity and public acceptance of the beneficial effects of conditioning exercise as a deterrent to the development or progression of coronary artery disease. Thousands have started jogging, cycling, and swimming. Perhaps …
The U.S. National Whitewater Center opened in Charlotte, N.C., in 2006, with two established goals: provide a world class training facility for American athletes participating in the Olympic discipline of canoe slalom and to provide a unique boating course for …
Some gear is meant to get soggy. Some is not. I like to keep each in its own realm. For gear that is not meant to get wet or simply just creates added weight (or mold) when it does get …
Have you ever noticed how some people show up on the river and their gear appears to be a hastily arranged carnival parade? Lots of bright colors with no clear idea of coordination? Like a baby sibling outfitted them? …
Exploring Virginia’s Waterways A Paddler’s Guide to Waters of the Old Dominion State By Edward Gertler Seneca Press, 2022 411 pages Report by Bob Brueckner In the opening chapter of his new guidebook of Virginia’s rivers, author and paddler …
Riverman An American Odyssey By Ben McGrath Alfred Knopf 2022 256 Pages Ben McGrath, a writer for the New Yorker magazine, was with his son on the banks of the Hudson River, when a neighbor, Scott, appeared and …
The Canoeist A Memoir by John Manuel Jefferson Press, 2006 215 Pages The Canoeist recounts the early and middle life of John Manuel from his early years spent in Ohio until his relocation to North Carolina in his twenties. …
Comparing Rapids Ratings By Bob Brueckner How close together are guidebooks when it comes to rating a rapid or a section of a river? I compared the ratings for the Balcony Falls section of the James River in Virginia in …
By Sarah Ruhlen Losing the agenda, learning to define my own stoke in life and to find it everywhere, overcoming the depression amoeba, why I can’t quit paddling. This is probably the longest I’ve gone without posting my writing, …
