Mitch’s Redneck Guide to Nature a Carolina Paddler Article by Mitch Lloyd ∞ Nature is much too complex for normal folks to remember, all those common names and scientific names and regional names, all those species that look so much …
Jacki, Our New WOR Clinics Coordinator a Carolina Paddler Article By Alton Chewning ∞ With the 2025 Week of Rivers only a few short months away, our thoughts turn to what rivers to run, what old friends to see and …
Sharing the Black a Carolina Paddler Article Text and Photography by Alton Chewning ∞ I’ve known Paul Ferguson now for a couple of years and some change. We get along and enjoy each other’s company. When I first met Paul, …
Carolina Paddler Table of Contents. Here are the articles posted in March of 2025. A Black River Weekend by Jim Butler Jim Butler logs the first sections of an iconic Eastern Carolina river. Sarah Ruhlen Enters Hall of Fame By …
An Access Success a Carolina Paddler Article By Alton Chewning -Remember this old put-in? It was frequented by countless paddlers, slipping and sliding their boats into the muddy trench. At higher levels a seal launch on the left gave a …
It’s Harder to Kill Something with a Name a Carolina Paddler Article By Zach Schiada -Over the last few years, I have been paddling many of our local rivers in the Triangle area. We all appreciate the Lower Haw River, …
Sarah Ruhlen Enters Hall of Fame A Carolina Paddler Article By Alton Chewning Sarah Ruhlen is a legend within the Carolina Canoe Club, and for that matter, among Southeastern paddling circles. Her name is known by teenagers, by oldsters, by …
A Black River Weekend a Carolina Paddler Article by Jim Butler Photography by Jim Butler, Rich Nathan, and John Butler -The Black The Black River, approximately 50 miles long, is a tributary of the Cape Fear River in southeastern North …
Carolina Paddler February 2025 Table of Contents The Art and Agony of a Stone Mason Part Two, the Art by Alton Chewning You may know of Brooks Burleson’s skill with a C-1 but did you know about his work as …
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The Burden of Shoulders a Carolina Paddler Article Text and Photography by Alton Chewning -We count on our shoulders to carry the burden of paddling. They enable us to throw strokes, to brace, to execute a roll. They aren’t the …
