CONTENTS:
CH1 INTRO
CH2 Equipment and Clothing
CH3 Making your paddle Strokes more Effective
CH4 THe Art of reading fast water
CH5 River Tactics
CH6 A safety code for you
CH7 Rescuing yourself and others
CH8 strategy on the hypothetical River
CH9 teaching River Canoeing
CH10 Slalom Canoes are different
CH11 Enjoying River Canoeing
Appendix
guidebooks
references
river dificulty classification
Slalom rules
English gate test
Back cover of the Book:
Basic River Canoeing will equally valuable to a water front director of a youth camp, a guide for a group of river travelers, or a wanderer of far wilderness waters.
It begins where flat-water canoeing books stop and simply and concisely describes how and why the components of wild water, canoe, and paddle equal high adventure.
Bob McNair is an engineer who has applied his knowledge of hydrolics to the safe, sure handling of a bucking canoe in roaring river rapids. With his wife Edith, he has successfully competed in white water races in many parts of the U.S. He was one of the founders of teh American White Water Affiliation and of Philadelphia's Buck Ridge Ski Club and a trainer for Boy Scout Councils in the eastern states. He was a founder of America's first school for river canoeist, "The Red Ridge College of Canoe Knowledge."
But Bob is more that a top-flight canoeist and slalom competitor. He's a competent teacher and enthusiastic sharer of the skills you will need to master a thrilling sport.
CH1 INTRO
CH2 Equipment and Clothing
CH3 Making your paddle Strokes more Effective
CH4 THe Art of reading fast water
CH5 River Tactics
CH6 A safety code for you
CH7 Rescuing yourself and others
CH8 strategy on the hypothetical River
CH9 teaching River Canoeing
CH10 Slalom Canoes are different
CH11 Enjoying River Canoeing
Appendix
guidebooks
references
river dificulty classification
Slalom rules
English gate test
Back cover of the Book:
Basic River Canoeing will equally valuable to a water front director of a youth camp, a guide for a group of river travelers, or a wanderer of far wilderness waters.
It begins where flat-water canoeing books stop and simply and concisely describes how and why the components of wild water, canoe, and paddle equal high adventure.
Bob McNair is an engineer who has applied his knowledge of hydrolics to the safe, sure handling of a bucking canoe in roaring river rapids. With his wife Edith, he has successfully competed in white water races in many parts of the U.S. He was one of the founders of teh American White Water Affiliation and of Philadelphia's Buck Ridge Ski Club and a trainer for Boy Scout Councils in the eastern states. He was a founder of America's first school for river canoeist, "The Red Ridge College of Canoe Knowledge."
But Bob is more that a top-flight canoeist and slalom competitor. He's a competent teacher and enthusiastic sharer of the skills you will need to master a thrilling sport.
