Larry’s Tips No. 5: The Vacuum Sealer
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 …
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The Colors of Paddling
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? …
Water Words: “Exploring Virginia’s Waterways”
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 …
Water Words: “Riverman”
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 …
Water Words: “The Canoeist”
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. …
Water Words: Comparing Rapids Ratings
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 …
The Rules of Stoke
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, …
Carolina Paddler July 2022 Table of Contents
Carolina Paddler July 2022 Included in this issue are the following posts: The Paddler Everyone Likes First 10 Presidents of CCC Blame Game Larry’s Tips #4 The Ouch Pouch Rapid Quiz and Coming Attractions
Quiz and Coming Attractions
RAPID QUIZ -This quiz first appeared in the January 5, 1975 edition. It is not credited but presumed to be the work of the editor, Steve Erikson. Test your knowledge of rapids’ names. Match the rapids on the left …
Larry’s Tips No. 4: The Ouch Pouch
Larry’s Tips: The Ouch Pouch CCC Paddler tip #4, The Ouch Pouch, by Larry Ausley I’ve been playing around some with ways to reorganize my on-water first aid supplies and kit. Most of the times I’ve needed first aid …