Canoe & Kayak
May 6th, 2013

This story featured in the 2012 July issue. By Mike Lynch In the 19th century, guideboats were the main mode of transportation for wilderness guides in the Adirondacks. Today, guideboats have been largely replaced by the lightweight likes of carbon fiber and Kevlar canoes. That is, unless you’re in the world of Chris Woodward—one of ...

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Canoe & Kayak
May 6th, 2013

This story featured in the 2012 July issue. Yuri Klaver plans to kayak and ski 6,000 miles around the top of the world. Can he do it? C&K Expeditions Editor Jon Turk weighs in. Stone Age Siberians migrated from Asia eastward across the circumpolar north, with pregnant mothers, bone-tipped spears, and parkas sewn from whale ...

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Canoe & Kayak
May 6th, 2013

Canoeing for me has always been about escaping the crowds, cruising alone across a misty lake or working with a partner to negotiate a boiling whitewater river. Big canoes, however, the curious 20-foot-plus behemoths powered by a half-dozen or more paddlers, are the exact opposite. Big canoes require a crowd....

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Canoe & Kayak
May 6th, 2013

The weather is getting warmer, and spring is just beginning to emerge, which means paddle sport enthusiasts are knocking the dust and cobwebs off their boats and are ready to hit the water. But before heading out, remember a few very important notes to ensure a safe time on the water....

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Canoe & Kayak
May 6th, 2013

"YukonJohn" navigates the backwoods of Florida in his trying account of the grueling 300-mile, multi-craft WaterTribe Everglades Challenge from Tampa Bay to Key Largo. ...

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Irene's Kayaking Blog
May 5th, 2013

Hand rolling your whitewater kayak is a really useful thing to be able to do, whether it’s because you broke a paddle, got it knocked out of your hands, or threw it to the side after securing your boof on a 90-foot waterfall.  Ha!  Oh wait, I forgot  – not a joke for some people.  ...

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Canoe & Kayak
May 5th, 2013

In this installment of The Inside Line, we look deeper into the profile on Bill Nedderman from the "Covert Operators" feature package headlining C&K's current May issue, available on newsstands now. The stealthy Iowa paddler waxes about life off the grid and on his low-profile, 6,000-mile route around the eastern United States in his homemade canoe. ...

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EXPLORING ELEMENTS
May 4th, 2013

  –WIN a LED Lenser M7R through this Giveaway: CLICK HERE TO ENTER– ($159.99 MSRP. Giveaway ends 5/13/13 at 11pm MST.) The LED Lenser M7R is an amazing little light to have on your next adventure. It is only  6.14″ long and weighs only 7.27oz. The durability (IPX4 certified), intensity (220 lumens) and the adjustable focus … Continue reading »...

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Canoe & Kayak
May 3rd, 2013

This story featured in the July 2012 issue. The Big Bend Saltwater Trail stretches across 105 miles of seagrass-carpeted shallows and shifting sandbars bristling with live oak and pals. The coastline here is too shallow for yachts and the ground too swampy for condos. That makes this stretch of north Florida coast a thriving refuge ...

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Canoe & Kayak
May 3rd, 2013

This story featured in the July 2012 issue. Darin McQuoid captured Ben Coleman on a rare descent of California’s Slate Creek this April. “Ben was boat-scouting and just charging, catching eddies that are marginally even eddies,” McQuoid said of the lush six-mile, Class V run that feeds the North Fork Yuba. “I think it was ...

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