Chip

Patience. It’s hard, but if you rush things, you risk re-injury, and that would be a setback which keeps you off the water even longer...

I was about to leave a rest stop in Southern Maryland when an elderly couple pulled in next to me. The old woman on the passenger side...

Rather than break up the bulkhead, I suggest you consider adding a concrete skid plate on the bow. Concrete is a versatile material...

If you get a hand pump, also get some tubing to extend the nozzle a foot or so. Otherwise, it’s difficult to direct the outflow of the...

I mounted a pair of pumps in my Encore, right behind the pedestal. They weren’t permanently mounted, but I never removed them. The pumps...

My Kevlar Rendezvous makes horrible noises when grinding over rocks. There have been times when I was out paddling and there really...

If you keep ending up on the white water runs, I gotta question how hard you are looking for flat water. There is more flat water on the...

If I’m paddling a rapid with a newb, they’re in the stern and I’m in the bow. In the bow, I can pick the slot and get the bow there. All...

My buddy wanted to canoe camp Maine’s St. John river, which includes rapids, so we thought I should learn whitewater. In ‘99 I took...

Bears, sharks, snakes, hippopotamus. All are animals you could possibly encounter while canoeing or camping. If you do encounter them...

I have not done a lot of trips with portages, and don't remember seeing any weird sites on portages. The only odd thing I saw was a...

Check out trabecular bone, also known as cancellous or "spongy" bone. The photo shows the structure of this type of bone which we are...

Pete's post, with which I completely agree, sent me to the dictionary. Trabeculae is an anatomical term, but works well to describe...