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Ellesmere
An ice floe the size of a football field drifted slowly toward the cliff, rotated, and buckled. The air filled with a human-like groan, followed by a sharp crack that echoed off the nearby mountain. Ice crystals exploded and threw rainbows in the sunshine, while 10-foot thick chunks of ice rose 30 feet out of the sea and smeared against solid rock.
Boomer and I were trapped.
Winter project: the DIY wannigan
As someone recently bit by the traditional bug I decided it was high time to build a wannigan or two of my own. The project can easily be completed in a few evenings of work, basic tools and about $25 of materials.
Slow Train
Our managing editor packs a season’s worth of Alpine whitewater into one frenzied week, and learns that paddling Switzerland via rail and bus isn’t about time
Temagami Canoe Country
ear-mutiny comes on Day Three of an early-season canoe trip in the wilds of northeastern Ontario. We came to Temagami, a 6,000 square-mile canoe-tripping paradise, to visit a lake that was named after my great-grandfather over a century ago. Marooned on icebound Smoothwater Lake, it’s painfully clear we’re not going to make it to Mihell Lake.
To Save a Wooden Canoe: Part 4
“So you’re starting to see what I mean about all the sanding?” says Ron Pellinen, my wooden canoe-building mentor, when I walk into his shop on a brisk March morning in Northern Ontario. Perched on an office chair in his workshop garage, Pellinen has just cut the power to the orbital sander he was using to smooth the contours of a thwart, one of the ash crosspieces that adds strength and structure to a canoe.
To Save a Wooden Canoe: Part 2
Removing and replacing broken parts is step two in restoring an old beauty
To Save a Wooden Canoe: Part I
(Ed’s note: This is the first piece in a series.) “The canoe is the simplest, most functional, yet aesthetically pleasing object ever created.” —Bill Mason, Path of the Paddle By Conor Mihell Published: January 14, 2011 The late Canadian canoeing legend Bill Mason was fond of extolling the virtues of wood and canvas canoes in [...]
Trip Report: Ecuador 6 days, 6 runs, One good time
Darcy is pantomiming to me from an eddy at the bottom of a rapid on Ecuador’s Mishualli River. She’s pointing, tapping her head, and finally motioning with her paddle. I feel like a flustered kid on first base who has forgotten the steal sign.
The Best Way to See New England’s North Forest Canoe Trail
The Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT) links the waterways of New York, Vermont, Québec, New Hampshire and Maine.
Changes in Expedition Canoeing
Cliff Jacobson talks of the changes he has seen in over 50 years of expedition canoeing.
Boating Charities They make our paddling world a better place.
Instead of electronic doo-dads or ugly ties this year, why not give the gift of charity instead? There’s a host of organizations that are worthy of your hard-earned greenbacks – this list highlights a some of them. First Descents strives to become the leader in innovative camps supporting young adults with cancer. Using kayaking, extreme [...]
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