PDF Reprint - Lightweight Paddling

Catalog No. BPLV3PADDLING

Description

Originally Published In: Issue 3, Winter 2006

PDF reprint of an article on Lightweight Paddling from Backpacking Light Magazine (Print Version).

• Title: Lightweight Paddling
• Author: Alan Dixon
• Word Count: 10,144
• Images: 24 Photos, 2 Tables

Abstract

It’s early morning Christmas day, my birthday. Alison and I stand on the banks of a river deep in the Everglades. Mangroves line the river casting a deep shade. Tropical birds call. We feel more than a bit like a scene from The African Queen.

"Hey can you wait around a few minutes until we make sure everything fits in the Kayak?" Our 20-year-old, seasonal hire driver has just dropped us off. Spread around us is our food, gear, and dozens and dozens of bottles of fresh water. I don’t feel like a poster child for lightweight anything. This is our first long trip in a kayak. It doesn’t seem possible that both of us and all of our stuff will fit in the narrow kayak.

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