Glimpses from a Ten-Day Week
Glimpses From a Ten-Day Week A Carolina Paddler photo essay by Dennis Huntley and Alton Chewning It’s a time for picking up the Lost, the Found… and the Discarded. Time to say goodbye until next year. We had a good …
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Tin Canning and Other Subterranean Adventure Ideas
Tin Canning and Other Subterranean Adventures A Brief List of Runnable Tunnels in Eastern USA a Carolina Paddler Article By Zach Schiada -Much like dams, tunnels or culverts in a stream can negatively affect its health. Streams require natural movements …
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The Early CCC: Making History!
The Early CCC: Making History! a Carolina Paddler article by Tony Comer and Alton Chewning -It was January, 1969. Tony Comer and his wife, Pat, had just moved to Greensboro, NC. They occupied an apartment on a Saturday and the …
Our First Cruise Chair, Tony Comer
a Carolina Paddler article By Alton Chewning -A couple of CCC paddlers were on a Western trip. While dining at a restaurant, an older stranger approached them and asked if the car in the parking lot with kayaks on top …
I Built a Packraft!
I Built a Packraft! a Carolina Paddler Article Text and Photography by Zach Schiada -I do a fair bit of exploring on little creeks and rivers. Sometimes this is logistically difficult where there are long stretches that need portaging on …
Ferguson-Brueckner Celebration
Ferguson-Brueckner Celebration a Carolina Paddler Article By Alton Chewning -Bob Brueckner and Paul Ferguson were paddling on the Haw River one fall day a few years back. They came down the Middle, scraping here and there, and pulled onto the …
Montgomery to Paris with Evy
From Montgomery to Paris with Evy Evy Leibfarth and the 2024 Summer Olympics By Alton Chewning Carolina Paddler brings you a recent article on the Olympic slalom trials in Montgomery. The report by Rolando Arrieta was featured on National Public …
What’s Hurting Our Johnsons?
What’s Hurting Our Johnsons? a Carolina Paddler Article Written by Alton Chewning In the last year, two members of our club, Steve Johnson and Dave Johnson, suffered shoulder injuries while paddling. Both are recovering now and back on the water. …
Wrestling Water
Wrestling Water Erik Bate, Part One a Carolina Paddler Article by Alton Chewning “The art of living is more like the wrestler’s art than the dancer’s in this regard, that it must stand ready and firm to meet the …
B-Side Streams: Upstream Rocky River
B-Side Streams: Upstream Rocky River a Carolina Paddler Article By Zach Schiada The Rocky River is up there on my favorite rivers to run near the Triangle. For me it’s ideal in the sense that it has bigger drops (for …