Canoeing Wild Rivers

The 30th Anniversary Guide to Expedition Canoeing in North America, 5th Edition

Cliff Jacobson

The 30th Anniversary Edition of the classic Expedition Canoeinghas long been considered the premier guide to canoeing and exploring North America's waterways. This thirtieth-anniversary edition expertly details everything you need to know about paddling the continent's wild rivers.

Outdoors writer and wilderness canoe guide Cliff Jacobson draws on his thirty-plus years of river running to give you sound advice, fresh new ideas, and advanced techniques for canoeing in the wilderness. Completely updated and revised, inside you'll find dozens of full-color photos, how-to illustrations, source charts, canoeing and camping tricks, a chapter full of hard-won advice from more than twenty-five of Jacobson's fellow canoeing experts, and a brand new chapter devoted to paddling desert and swamp rivers.

Look inside to find:

How to pick a crew
Route and trip planning
Canoeing and camping gear
Navigating by map, compass, and GPS
How to deal with dangerous bears
Canoe hazards and rescue
Barren-land travel
Preparation and skills are everything when canoeing wild rivers. Take along this guide on all of your canoeing adventures.

Globe Pequot / Falcon Guides

Pages: 352 • Trim: 7¾ x 9

978-1-4930-0825-4 • Paperback • March 2015 • $29.95 • (£25.00)

978-1-4930-1480-4 • eBook • March 2015 • $28.50 • (£19.99)

Series: How to Paddle Series

Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Outdoor Skills, Sports & Recreation / Canoeing, Travel / United States / General

Canoeing Wild Rivers

The 30th Anniversary Guide to Expedition Canoeing in North America, 5th Edition

Paperback

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Summary

The 30th Anniversary Edition of the classic Expedition Canoeinghas long been considered the premier guide to canoeing and exploring North America's waterways. This thirtieth-anniversary edition expertly details everything you need to know about paddling the continent's wild rivers.

Outdoors writer and wilderness canoe guide Cliff Jacobson draws on his thirty-plus years of river running to give you sound advice, fresh new ideas, and advanced techniques for canoeing in the wilderness. Completely updated and revised, inside you'll find dozens of full-color photos, how-to illustrations, source charts, canoeing and camping tricks, a chapter full of hard-won advice from more than twenty-five of Jacobson's fellow canoeing experts, and a brand new chapter devoted to paddling desert and swamp rivers.

Look inside to find:
- How to pick a crew
- Route and trip planning
- Canoeing and camping gear
- Navigating by map, compass, and GPS
- How to deal with dangerous bears
- Canoe hazards and rescue
- Barren-land travel
- Preparation and skills are everything when canoeing wild rivers. Take along this guide on all of your canoeing adventures.

Details

Globe Pequot / Falcon Guides

Pages: 352 • Trim: 7¾ x 9

978-1-4930-0825-4 • Paperback • March 2015 • $29.95 • (£25.00)

978-1-4930-1480-4 • eBook • March 2015 • $28.50 • (£19.99)

Series: How to Paddle Series

Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Outdoor Skills, Sports & Recreation / Canoeing, Travel / United States / General

Author

Cliff Jacobson is one of North America's most respected outdoors writers and wilderness canoe guides. He is a canoeing consultant, and the author of more than a dozen top-selling books on camping and canoeing. He lives in River Falls, Wisconsin.

Reviews

"Expedition Canoeing is a comprehensive resource for your next canoe adventure. Jacobson guides the reader through everything needed for a fun, safe, successful, and enviornmentally sound trip via canoe."
—Tim Jackson, former editor, Canoe and Kayak magazine
(Previous Edition Praise)
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"Jacobson's knowledge of expedition canoeing runs deppers than the rivers he's paddled . . . "
—Eugene Buchanan, publisher/editor-in-chief, Paddler magazine
(Previous Edition Praise)
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