Kayaking category: 109 books

This book is stunningly illustrated and has something for everyone, from whitewater adrenaline junkie to extreme sea kayaker. The adventures cover every sort of paddling venue - from mountain chasms, gentle rivers and lakes to crashing surf, dramatic coasts and the oceans beyond them. Paddle from...

Perched impossibly on a ridge overlooking a 10,000-foot drop into Tibet, Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa wait. Heel to toe, connected at the waist by a pair of carabineers that’s connected to nothing else, they stare down the North Face of Mount Everest, a red and white nylon tandem paragliding...

The west coast of Scotland casts a spell on anyone with a taste for adventure, a feeling for the past or a love of the wild, uninhabited places. With tidal currents of awesome power running between fascinating patterns of islands, it is a challenging place for any type of small craft. Robin Lloyd-Jones...

The rich tapestry of Alaska is threaded together by 365,000 miles of waterways, from cascading mountain streams to meandering valley rivers, from the meltwaters of glaciers to broad rivers that empty into the sea. This guide profiles a wide variety of rivers from all over Alaska, concentrating on...

The ultimate guide to paddling whitewater in the western Carolinas, Carolina Whitewater has guided boaters to the best water in the Tar Heel and Palmetto states for almost 30 years. This latest edition includes expanded and updated information for the classic rivers, like the Chattooga, French Broad,...

The Ultimate Guide to Tennessee's Great Paddling! Tennessee truly has something for every paddler, whether float trips down dark water trails of swamp rivers or kayaking excursions along whitewater streams. Paddling Tennessee describes the best and most accessible routes, including Reelfoot...

This is a story of how a middle aged person from the inner city of Chicago starting paddling. It starts with his interest in the outdoors and what sparked his interest in the sport of canoeing and kayaking. Not only does it details some of the urban water paddling available, it also talks about the paddling and environmental community. Paddling is available in almost every urban area.

How To Have A Perfect Boating Experience! Boating is one of the best leisure time for family and friends. But without prior knowledge, this might be a caused of a terrible tradgedy. Be guided with your perfect boating experience Inside this boating guide are some of the information: +...

In a tale remarkable for its quiet confidence and acute natural observation, the author of Paddling Hawaii begins with her decision, at age 60, to undertake a solo, summer-long voyage along the southeast coast of Alaska in an inflatable kayak. Paddling North is a compilation of Sutherland’s first two...

For all the people who have wanted to paddle a canoe or kayak down the Colorado below Hoover Dam but could not find a guide, or for those who read the, often terrifying, descriptions of the brain eating amoeba or the lack of rescue and so were afraid, this book is for you. I try to ease your fears...

This is your complete guide to Canoe/Kayak Slalom at the London Summer Olympics. Learn about canoe/ayak slalom, who is on the American Olympic team and which athletes to expect in the fight for the podium. This guide is your complete insider look at Canoe/Kayak Slalom in the 2012 London Olympics. Includes tips on how to become an Olympic Canoe/kayak slalom athlete!

Most people who buy a kayak, purchase a "bare boat", that is, a boat that is little more than a shell and an uncomfortable seat. This book gives a number of ways to modify that "bare boat" by adding bulkheads and hatches, deck-lines, bungie cords and many orther items that are...

How Extreme Sports Can Model Your Own Inspiration and Success As a child, Tao Berman ran wild in the mountains of eastern Washington. The extreme kayaker and entrepreneur continues to run wild through life. His 98.4-foot kayak flight off Upper Johnston Falls in Banff National Forest made him...

The Ocean is calling me. This is my Journey. With these words, in the spring of 2010, Susan Marie Conrad scaled her world down to an 18-foot sea kayak and launched a solo journey that took her north to Alaska. With no sense of where she belonged in space and unreconciled feelings of a painful...