Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area makes for a surprisingly adventurous destination on the Pennsylvania-New Jersey state line. Check out the story at Blue Ridge Outdoors!
Filling a Gap
Category: Paddling & Whitewater
Hard-Knock Lessons in Multiday Paddling
After a long break from multiday paddling, a self-support kayak trip on the rugged Big South Fork of Cumberland River reveals tips, mistakes, and best practices for overnight kayaking and rafting trips. Check out the full article at Blue Ridge Outdoors!
Out in Front with Dan Dixon
The legendary expedition paddler and master instructor, also known as Greystoke, has explored waters all over the world. Read about his wild adventures, including being the first kayaker on Tibet’s upper Tsangpo River during the 1980s. Selected as a top 10 article of the year by Paddling Magazine!
Mysteries of the Eleven Point River
This spring-fed river in the Missouri Ozarks is not only in the national wild & scenic rivers system but it’s filled with mysteries: the ruins of lost towns • a tale of vanished campers • a pervasive fog and karst topography • a name of enigmatic origins. Learn more at Terrain Magazine!
Back to Basics: Rebuilding Paddling Skills in the Southeast
A rusty refresher at the Nantahala River • shadowing a beginner class at Fontana Lake and Little Tennessee • counting strokes on Section 9 of the French Broad • advanced instruction and imbalanced butt cheeks • Read the story at Blue Ridge Outdoors!
Paddling Along the Blue Ridge Parkway
We started in August. A leisurely three weeks of adventuring with hiking shoes in the truck, kayaks and mountain bikes on the roof, and our new travel trailer hitched up behind. Before the camper, we never considered the Blue Ridge Parkway to be a destination, itself. But now we could set up basecamps and explore outward. Check out the story and pics at Duct Tape Diaries!
Paddling through the Wild West: Explorations on the Outlaw Trail
“After tying up the raft, we walked uphill through the eerily quiet ranch. Other than us, a pair of colorfully dressed boaters wandering between worn buildings, it felt like a piece of the Wild West ripped from the past. A rickety windmill slowly turned. Horseshoes hung on a fence rail. A garter snake slithered across the path…” Continue reading at Duct Tape Diaries!
Paddling & Not Paddling Southeastern National Parks
Sometimes, the only way to know if a park is worth paddling is to go check it out. From Congaree to Everglades to Mammoth Cave, learn about our (mis) adventures on water and land–with cameos by herpes-infected macaques and friendly manatees–at Duct Tape Diaries!
A Tale of Two Big Pineys
Big Piney River is a lush float stream in the Missouri Ozarks. Big Piney Creek is a Wild & Scenic whitewater river in the Arkansas Ozarks. Each offers a different experience, and both are worth paddling. Learn more in the summer paddling issue of Terrain Magazine!
How to Become a Paddler
Every summer, at whitewater rivers across the Southeast, a group of rowdy kayakers passes through. Laughing. Waving. Splashing. And curious observers gather on shore, wondering how do I become a paddler? Learn how at Blue Ridge Outdoors!