Last weekend, something miraculous happened. It rained in the Southeast. I took a little trip down to Johnnies Creek in Alabama to join the masses in celebration of this groundbreaking event. A couple of days later, we headed up to the 2800cfs Russell Fork to meet up with Adam Herzog and Drew Austell to get some high water, low temperature action. Here are some highlights…
Today we talk with Jeff Snyder about one of his chosen modes for river travel, striding. For those that aren’t familiar with striding, it is simply paddling down river while standing up. I’ll let Jeff explain… Run Time: 17:57. This is a mostly audio podcast. Enjoy.
At last, the long awaited arrival of C1ing at the top of the LVM list of priorities. Actually, we were going to interview Jeff Snyder about striding but that got delayed until next week. So here you have it, a short interview to find out why people C1. It is what it is. Run Time: ~10 min.
As you, our faithful viewers, may have noticed, we added a new section to our website recently. The Golden Stroke. We have had inquiries from several of you wondering, just what is the Golden Stroke. Today, Rev. William Jones explains.
This week, Teva’s Pat Keller gives us some thoughts on why he and so many other people love to go out and test their limits on wilderness kayaking adventures. Hike away from the roadside runs, get out into the cut, and find out why so many people love to experience the feeling of being in the wilderness. If nothing else, I hope this inspires everyone to get out and kick it in the mountains. LVM 29 is coming together and has some good accounts of adventure kayaking on the Thule Bheri river in Nepal, as well as some more continental locales. Run Time: 16:03.
This week, we are a little tardy, but keeping it real with some good squirt footage and a conversation with Paul Bartholic. Paul has been squirting for a long time and knows what’s up, so check out his thoughts on this esoteric precurser to modern day playboating. If you all of a sudden find yourself drawn to the depths, check out PS Composites or Jim Snyder’s The Squirt Book. Danger, zombies ahead…
Run Time: 18:06. Enjoy.
This week, we focus on an increase in whitewater parks and the role they play in introducing people to whitewater paddling. Fergus Coffey, head of instruction over at the US National Whitewater Center, offers up some numbers and insight as to how many people have developed a love for whitewater as a result of the opening of the US National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, NC. Take a watch and a listen and post any comments you have about this on this page. Enjoy. Run Time: 12:03.
First off, appologies for the technical difficulties the last few days. This has been posted, deleted, re-posted, etc. Thanks to John Grace's computer science degree, now it works, and you can subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and it will work on your iPod and iPhone.
So the Monday Morning Madhouse is here to stay. This week we have Christian Magallanes in the studio talking about a harrowing rescue situation he was a part of on Big Creek in the Smokies. It involved a swimmer being submerged under a log for over 12 minutes and the rescue effort which took place to save his life. Fortunately he made it relatively unscathed, but there are some good lessons to be learned here so take a listen. Mr. Magallanes also gives a brief account of a recent expedition he completed on the Thule Bheri River located in one of the most remote regions of Nepal. Hope you like it, we'll be on time next monday with the next installment. Subscribe on iTunes for free!
We like to save our best content for our subscriber DVDs, but wanted to share this piece with everyone. Right now in Canada there are literally hundreds of dams being built from the East to West Coast of the country. Other than to raise awareness we have no idea how to stop/slow it down. If you ever wanted to kayak in Canada best make your move.
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