Canoeing: Canoeing

Book Description
Smart, instructive, and beautifully designed, every book in the Trailside Guide series contains the essential information readers need to master outdoor activities and have fun in the process. Norton proudly reissues these best-selling guides with fully revised "Sources & Resources" sections (including where to find the Web sites, gear, services, books, clubs, and organizations that make for foolproof outings); updates to reflect the latest in gear technology, wilderness medicine, and first aid; and advances in techniques. You can take it with you: Trailside Guides are designed to be used on the trail. Their handy size makes them easy to take along on outdoor adventures. Picture this: Trailside Guides show you how it's done. Each book has more than 100 color photographs and dozens of informative, full-color technical illustrations you'll refer to again and again. Buying Guide: Each Guide has all the information readers need to make informed decisions about what gear is available, and what they should buy. Step-by-step: Tutorials take readers through every aspect of a given outdoor activity. Each Guide covers planning and preparing for a trip, getting in shape, technique, safety, and first-aid tips, and how to have more fun along the way! Easy to use: Trailside Guides provide information quickly. Every book contains detailed illustrations, information-packed sidebars, and a complete index and bibliography. Technique tips: Any physical activity is more fun when it's done right. Trailside Guides are written by experts and contain lucid explanations that help the reader quickly achieve proficiency. It's a big world out there. Get into it with the Trailside Guides. Color photographs and drawings throughout.


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Join in the joy of canoeing with Gordon Grant, World Champion canoeist and one of America's leading canoe instructors, as he puts his bombproof four-week course of instruction into words. With his unique, stream-tested method, Grant gives beginners the tools and tips they need to control a canoe on lakes and moving water. You'll be able to run Class II and easy Class III whitewater with confidence after reading this book and practicing Grant's recommended exercises. As you gain skills you learn about more advanced canoe designs and materials, safety and rescue, how to read a river, the importance of scouting rapids, and knowing your own and your paddling partners' limitations.


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