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Paddling Pathogens

by Jeffrey Lee · Comments (0)
01 Sep

High Waters, High Risk? Recent annual high water and flood events in North America sometimes provide kayakers and canoeists with new paddling opportunities. What dangers may lurk in the murk? We’ve all seen the news images in recent years depicting kayakers or canoeists plying the flooded streets and fields of the latest high-water event, either […]

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Categories : Safety, Weather
Tags : Disease, Flood, Illness

Safe Cold-Water Kayaking

by Jeffrey Lee · Comments (0)
18 Jan

Paddling a semi-frozen lake or river can be an exhilarating way to experience your local waters in a whole new light. “One of the reasons there are so many terms for conditions of ice is that the mariners observing it were often trapped in it, and had nothing to do except look at it.” Alec […]

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Categories : Equipment, Kayaking Technique, Safety, Weather

Video: Hurricane Sandy on Lake Michigan, Milwaukee lakefront

by Jeffrey Lee · Comments (0)
09 Feb

As Hurricane Sandy devastated the American Northeast during late October 2012, the storm became the largest-diameter Atlantic hurricane on record, and its effects were felt as far away as the upper Great Lakes. Shipping traffic was slowed as some vessels sought shelter, and gale warnings were issued for Lake Michigan, while waves of 20 feet […]

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Categories : Videos, Weather
Tags : Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, waves, wind

Book Review: “Extreme Waves”

by Jeffrey Lee · Comments (0)
02 Nov

“Extreme Waves” offers hard numbers well interspersed with juicy tales of rogue waves and adventures at sea Author: Craig B. Smith Copyright 2006, Joseph Henry Press, ISBN-10: 0309100623, 312 pages Any paddler who has been out in big water and experienced a large breaking wave dumping onto his kayak knows that it can feel like […]

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Categories : Book Reviews, Weather
Tags : waves

Kayak Weathercocking

by Jeffrey Lee · Comments (27)
31 Oct

Handling Beam Winds in a Sea Kayak “It is the set of our sails, not the direction of the wind, that determines which way we will go.” Jim Rohn So, you’ve learned and practiced all the basic strokes: the forward, the sweep, the stern rudder, the draws and the braces. But any paddler who’s been […]

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Categories : Advanced Paddling Strokes, Kayaking Technique, Weather
Tags : waves, wind

The Great Lakes: A Little Slice of the Sea

by Jeffrey Lee · Comments (0)
31 Oct

The Oceanic Nature of the Great Lakes (Note: An abridged version of this essay appeared in the Early Summer 2013 issue of Adventure Kayak Magazine) “Those are some serious pieces of water.” Jon Turk, renowned expedition paddler and author Deep in the heart of North America, surrounded by forest and field, there is an ocean. […]

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Categories : Bowspray essays, Weather
Tags : Lake Superior
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