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9781550462142

Paddle Your Own Canoe

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  • ISBN13:

    9781550462142

  • ISBN10:

    1550462148

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-05-01
  • Publisher: Boston Mills Pr
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Summary

The most comprehensive canoeing techniques book ever is now available for the first time in paperback.Illustrated with 600 full-color photographs, this wide-ranging book is designed with both beginner and seasoned canoeists in mind. Gary & Joanie McGuffin, North America's most celebrated canoeing couple, discuss issues rarely covered in other how-to guides, such as developing fitness and balance.The book offers first-hand, experience-based instruction on outfitting, reading the river, paddling strokes for all flatwater and whitewater conditions, advanced turns and maneuvers, portaging, safety and rescue techniques - even how to tie a canoe on your vehicle.Recommended by both the American Canoe Association and the Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association, Paddle Your Own Canoe features: Canoeist's vocabulary Selecting the right canoe Selecting the right paddle Portaging techniques Self-rescue techniques Solo whitewater spins Complete flatwater techniques Complete whitewater techniques

Author Biography

Gary and Joanie McGuffin are known worldwide for their expeditions as professional adventurers. They regularly publish feature articles in such magazines as Explore, Canoe and Kayak, River, and Photo Life. Their book, Superior: Journeys on an Inland Sea, received the Great Lakes Booksellers' Association Best Book Award.

Table of Contents

1 The Way of the Canoe
9(3)
2 The Outfit
12(8)
3 Balancing the Body
20(4)
4 The Fundamentals of Paddling
24(5)
5 The Art of Portaging
29(4)
6 Flatwater: The Paddler's Magic Carpet
33(5)
7 Getting Centered
38(6)
8 The Path of the Canoe
44(21)
9 Moving Forward
65(13)
10 U-Turns and Sideslips
78(22)
11 Moving Backward
100(10)
12 Flatwater Rescues
110(5)
13 Moving Water
115(4)
14 The River
119(7)
15 Preparing for the River
126(6)
16 Balancing for the River
132(8)
17 Paddling in Circles and Arcs
140(6)
18 Whitewater Maneuvers
146(29)
19 River Rescues and Safety
175(13)
20 Dancing with the River
188(10)
21 Tying It All Together
198(7)
22 Paddle Your Own Canoe
205(1)
Acknowledgments 206

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