Just cleaning up some files and ran across the podcasts I sent while paddling the Cape Fear River back in 2006. I’ll be doing something similar when I paddle down the Neuse River in a few weeks. Podcasts are a great way for me to give real-time info on what’s happening on a trip, and [...]
It’s always the small things that get me excited about trips. One of these is my ziplock wallet. I always empty out my regular wallet and put the bare essentials [...]
Things are really heating up for the Cape Fear River Expedition. I will be paddling 200 miles down the Cape Fear River, beginning November 1 from Jordan Lake in central North Carolina. Along the way I will be taking water quality samples and reporting results from the river. Podcasting in real time is also on [...]
1) Round things roll. Round drybags roll downhill really well. Fishing drybags out of the river with a paddle first thing in the morning is no [...]
When you’re sealed up for in a kayak for several days on end, bad things are going to happen. The cockpit of the ‘yak becomes a chemistry lab from [...]
Last week I walked 2.5 miles from a boat ramp on the Cape Fear River to Riegelwood to buy a newspaper and find out the election results. I’m beside myself with [...]
I’m kind of a numbers dork, and while I’m paddling for ten hours a day, I have nothing to do besides figure out all manner of minutia concerning the trip. Here’s [...]
Cape Fear River Podcasts – Preparations – October 31 2006
Here’s a podcast from Oct 31, 2006. I was preparing to go down paddle the Cape Fear River and going through the last-minute details. Enjoy.
-John
Oh man I am pumped! This is something I really wanted to do on the Mississippi River but had no idea how to pull [...]
Just thinking about what I’ll be taking on this next trip down the Cape Fear River. After thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail and paddling the Mississippi River, I’m really burnt out on most of the usual stuff. I can’t stand the thought of oatmeal after overdosing on it on the trail, and I’m just now being [...]
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