Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Cliff Jacobson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint: Falcon Guides
Edition: Fifth Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 19.30cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.826kg
ISBN: 9781493008254
ISBN 10: 1493008250
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 March 2015
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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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 Jacobson's knowledge of expedition canoeing runs deppers than the rivers he's paddled . . . --Eugene Buchanan, publisher/editor-in-chief, Paddler magazine
""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 ""Jacobson's knowledge of expedition canoeing runs deppers than the rivers he's paddled . . . "" --Eugene Buchanan, publisher/editor-in-chief, Paddler magazine
Author Information
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.
