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Paddle Your Own Canoe: An Illustrated Guide to the Art of Canoeing
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Product Description
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 Paddle Canada, 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
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #175782 in Books
- Published on: 2003-02-01
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: .57" h x 11.17" w x 8.21" l, 1.69 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 208 pages
Editorial Reviews
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The most comprehensive book ever written on canoeing technique... essential guide for recreational paddlers is packed with information. (Bushwacker's Wilderness Journal 20030705)
Helpful to both seasoned and novice canoers. (Globe and Mail 20030629)
Entirely practical, based on long experience, and aimed at anyone who simply wants to improve canoeing techniques. (Linda Turk Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal 200806)
This is, quite simply, the best presented instructional canoeing book ever. It surpasses even Bill Mason. (Stuart Fisher Canoeist )
Excellent for those ready to take basic skills to the next level. (John Helling Library Journal )
Globe and Mail 07/05/2003
Helpful to both seasoned and novice canoers.
About the Author
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.
