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Thank you, eckilson, for posting. It appalls me when small children are put in a boat without a pfd. My daughter wore one with a crotch...

Swimming whitewater is hard, and tiring for all paddlers.. no matter your age. Thanks for the reminder. I have not paddled much...

Here is the description of the two canoe accidents.

I'm 65, and definitely not in the physical condition that I was even a few years ago. I realized that during my swim on the Dead - I was...

I have friends or former paddling buddy's i refuse to go with them on the river, because their way thinking about safety is not like...

Thanks for sharing. Here's the St. Croix canoeist excerpt from the article: I bought a WRSI whitewater helmet this year on clearance...

Sobering reading. I have a friend I paddle with occasionally that is in his 60’s and is a dive instructor, and absolutely refuses to...

https://www.americanwhitewater.org/resources/repository/AccidentSummary_Jan-June_2025.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawM6EbBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFEM1...

Drinking beer and shooting guns and having a good ole time. Cat calls. Seen it many more times on the river than at the grocery store.

In one of Paddling Pit's books, he describes a situation where a bear was approaching them and Kathleen had a bear banger in her pocket...

I have a flare pencil on my pfd that fires both flares and bangers, the flares to attract attention when needed and the bangers to...

Those are the two main reasons that I don't even consider taking a gun on canoe trips (or backpacking). Canada, however, has these...

There are a lot of canoe destinations that require driving thru some nasty cities to get there. I definitely get a severe "pucker" when...

That's pretty much the reason I don't take a gun on a regular canoe trip where I am not hunting. It's just a pain to lug around. Plus...

My dad encouraged me to get my NY State "pistol permit" after I turned 21 and was an air crew officer in the Air Force, now over 50...