The Nation's Best Paddling Colleges
Table of Contents
Features
Daze on the Kusko
by Michael Rath
For some, the reward for surviving a long winter teaching elementary school in the Alaskan bush is found in the solace of a self-support sea kayak trip upon the arrival of summer.
Nation's Top Paddle Colleges
Rah, rah, ree...kick 'em in the knee! Rah, rah, roat...blow-off class and boat! A guide to some of the best paddle colleges in the U.S.--where cars at the student union are topped with canoes and kayaks and even the professors wear river sandals.
10 Kid-Tested Canoe Rivers
by Buck Tilton
A guide to some of the best rivers to canoe with your kids--Pampers, playpens and all.
Letter from the Editor
Eddylines
Letters to the editor.
Hotline
Scott Shipley elected Man of the New Millennium; a first-hand account of the Illinois River tragedy, a leech-filled canoe race in Belize; a cartwheel-tumbling waterfall rodeo; and more!
Letter from the ACA
Innuendos
| A field guide to Grand Canyon motor rigs. | by Roy Webb |
| Another round of perplexing puzzles for paddlers. | by Kristy McGill |
Paddle People
Paddling with Kulu, a 6'6" raft guide from Africa; and Pacific Northwest dugout paddler Betty Lowman Carey.
Health
by Buck Tilton
Misery in Motion: how to combat motion (urp!) sickness.
Paddle Tales
Rocky rafting on the Jarbridge; a raft inflates inside a Volkswagen; Operation Rescue Tube; and more!
First Descents
by Nathan Taylor Ward
Sea kayaking Mongolia's Dark Blue Pearl.
ECO
World-wide Dam Day unites river activists; Ontario's wilderness up for grabs; a proposal to remove dams on the Snake; and more.
Frames
Marketplace Review
Tops for touring: nine paddle jackets that let you kayak in comfort.
GEAR
What's new in inflatables by Mike Malterre Nine top solo touring kayaks by Rick Hill Wave Sport's X by Jim Grossman
A double-burner collapsible stove; walkie-talkies for watersports; and a survival kite for sea kayaking.
BOOK AND VIDEO REVIEWS
Skills
How to run upstream gates
by Scott Shipley
Torso rotation: the Great Debate
by Kent Ford
Destinations
Four Northeast Canoeing Classics:
New Jersey's D&R Canal by James Held Massachusetts' Secret Charles by Michael Tougias Massachusetts' Lands-of-the-Trustees Waterways by Christine Ridout Upstate New York's Adirondack Park by Bob O'Brien
Inn of the Month: Kayak Costa Rica Lodge
Flipside