Planning a Record-Setting Expedition a Carolina Paddler article by Alton Chewning ∞ What Ilia Smirnov was preparing for is difficult to categorize. A multi-week expedition? Yes. A wilderness adventure? Yes and no. A race? It definitely was about going …
Texas Whitewater by Steve Daniel a Carolina Paddler Book Report by Zach Schiada ∞ (Author’s note:) I’m writing about a guidebook that I recently read by Steve Daniel. In doing so, I cannot help to think of the recent passing …
Understanding Holes by Teresa Gryder a Carolina Paddler Reprint This article first appeared on the Lower Columbia Canoe Club website. [Author’s Note: This is Part 1 of a series about holes in which we talk about what makes holes, and …
A hasty search for a watery grave by Red Smith a Carolina Paddler reprint ∞ This article first appeared in the New York Times. John Burton started paddling at Camp Mondamin, a boys camp in Tuxedo, NC. He and other …
Patton’s Run by Alton Chewning a Carolina Paddler article ∞ Like many young men from North Carolina, Charlie Patton was called to serve in World War II. After the war, Patton came home to Brevard and found work as a …
Tragic Death on the Ocoee a Carolina Paddler Revisit “Tragic Death on the Ocoee” is an article written by “GratefulEd”, a frequent poster to rec.boat.paddle [An apparently defunct site]. This article first appeared in the CCC’s newsletter, The Paddler in …
Canoe Camping in the Okefenokee Swamp By Robert Martin a Carolina Paddler article ∞ In December of 2018 Gary Gurkin, a wilderness canoeist who has paddled all over North America and is one hell of a whitewater openboater, called me …
The Hookman A short story by Timothy Hillmer A Carolina Paddler Reprint Editor’s Note: This short story by Timothy Hillmer originally appeared in the book, First Descents, published by Menasha Ridge Press in 1989. Edited by Cameron O’Connor and John Lazenby. “The Hookman” is …
Narrows of the Yadkin by Zach Schiada A Spectacular Lake Paddle And Possibly the Best Piedmont Whitewater We Can’t Paddle. ∞ Recently, I took advantage of a rare opportunity (for me) to paddle the Falls Reservoir, which is partly …
Ilia Smirnov’s Pursuit of a Guinness Record a Carolina Paddler article by Alton Chewning What does it mean to dream of doing something big and to be so close to accomplishing it? It means every stroke holds sweet promise. Time …
