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POWELL to POWELL
The fifth and final installment of the Powell to Powell film series follows the group of college friends finish its Colorado River journey from the source by crossing Lake Powell in a solar-powered raft. The series points to the need for water-use awareness and progressive solutions, as the population of the Southwest will continue to grow, “the river will not.”
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C&K’s Best in Paddling issue
01.15.2010
Two years ago, James Castrission and Justin Jones arrived at New Plymouth on New Zealand’s North Island, 62 days after setting off from mid-New South Wales, Australia, becoming the first team to paddle the Tasman Sea.
What do you do on a 5,000-mile solo paddle? Talk to yourself.
01.14.2010
Jacob Stachovak is in the middle of his 5,000-mile Portage to Portage Paddling Project, a solo kayak expedition around the eastern United States. His adventure links the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes via the Gulf Coast, East Coast, and New York Canal Systems starting and ending in the small town of Portage, Wisconsin (see [...]
Science and Survival
01.13.2010
Science and Survival Searching for answers, and a way out, on Africa’s Congo Words by Kyle Dickman Photos by Skip Brown The crowd is growing restless. The naked kids thronging around us have quit throwing back flips into the algae-brown water of a sheltered eddy and are joining in a pulsing chant: Muzunga, muzunga! (White [...]
Sea Lion – Hayley Shephard talks about her bold solo sea kayaking expedition
01.12.2010
In one week’s time, New Zealand ex-pat Hayley Shephard will leave her home in Alert Bay, British Columbia to sail to the bottom of the globe to attempt the first solo circumnavigation of Antarctica’s South Georgia Island by sea kayak. Lying in the heart of the “Roaring Forties,” South Georgia’s 375 miles of ice- and [...]
Photo Shop with C&K’s Rob Zaleski
01.11.2010
Housings. Why use one? Anyone can shoot from the sidelines of a river, but to set your images apart from the pack, try a housing. Whether your intention is to impress your bros, fill a blog after a multi-day or get published, housings afford you the opportunity to capture truly stand-out images from unique perspectives [...]
Beatdown- An Essay
01.11.2010
BEATDOWN- An Essay Every photo tells a story, but not many of them tell the whole story. The day this photo was taken on Punch Bowl Falls, I was dealing with a full-blown case of Giardia, and the only reason I know what happened four miles upstream was because I defied doctor’s orders to join [...]
Arlene Burns Unfiltered
01.06.2010
Arlene Burns River Guide, Traveler Arlene Burns has led only a handful of commercial trips in the last 15 years, but she still has the unmistakable presence of a river guide. It’s noticeable in a voice that’s friendly, alert, and disarmingly honest. The tone is strangely familiar, too: It’s the heroine of the 1994 thriller [...]
Got the Winter Blues | Heres Why Costa Rica rules
01.05.2010
Costa Rica: The Goods Part I By Kyle McCutchen via Colorado Kayak Supply A mere two weeks of anticipation went into our last minute trip to Costa Rica for a week of jungle hucking. The decision to bail on all of our family obligations for the Thanksgiving Holiday was made like many great decisions… at [...]
MONEY TALKS
12.30.2009
For James Baxter, starting a nine-month, 3,800-mile ski and kayak trip in the dead of Norway’s long winter was easy. Using the expedition to raise money for a school-building initiative in the remote mountains of Nepal was the real challenge. But the hardships the 49-year-old Scottish adventurer chose to face–winter camping above the Arctic Circle, [...]
Out To Dry
12.30.2009
1. Astral Buoyancy redefines creeking comfort and safety with its new Greenjacket. A locked-down lower-torso foam panel under a second, adjustable outer panel means a mobile and customized fit. This USCG-approved vest has 15.5 pounds of floatation and plenty of ‘oh crap’ features, including a 1,200-pound tested rescue harness, Spectra front safety loop and a [...]
Dirtbag Diaries: Lost Coast, Northern California
12.29.2009
Craig: Chuck Graham and I had been talking about paddling and surfing the Lost Coast for two years, and then everything came together: time, weather and a nice little combo swell. We paddled from Westport almost up to Shelter Cove in five days. Dave: Before we left on the trip, Craig was telling me stories [...]
5 Good Minutes With Standup Paddler Brian Keaulana
12.28.2009
5 Good Minutes With Standup Paddler (waterman) Brian Keaulana Paddler, surfer, stuntman, waterman – Oahu’s Brian Keaulana is beyond definition. Deeply rooted in the Hawaiian ocean tradition, the stunt double, who has played himself in Baywatch and done scenes for movies like Waterworld and Blue Crush, explains why standup paddling is here to stay and [...]
Self-Support Sea Kayaking in Hells Canyon
12.28.2009
Sea Kayaks on Rivers explores paddling a Necky Chatham through Hell’s Canyon
Style War Euro vs Greenland
12.24.2009
Euro versus Greenland is sea kayaking’s answer to the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry—the tribal loyalty is so rabid that you forget everyone is still playing the same game. When it comes to the forward stroke, though, Greenland- and Euro-style paddlers have more in common than die hard fans of either style would care to admit. Know [...]
Cutting Logging from Algonquin
12.23.2009
Cutting Logging from Algonquin Conor Mihell After over 40 years of lobbying, the Canadian non-governmental conservation group CPAWS-Wildlands League is making progress in its goal to eliminate forestry operations in Ontario’s Algonquin Provincial Park, one of the most popular canoe-tripping areas in North America (see C&K July 2009). In November, the Algonquin Forestry Authority—the consortium [...]
Out For Blood
12.22.2009
Manitoba’s Bloodvein River serves up introductory whitewater, pristine wilderness, and some pulse-quickening surprises
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