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 [...]
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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 [...] I just want to thank everyone who emailed, called, and visited the website during the recent Cape Fear [...] 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 [...] The Cape Fear River is formed by the confluence of the Deep and Haw rivers in southeastern Lee County. The Cape Fear Basin (watershed) is the largest North Carolina, containing over 9,000 square miles. The watershed is under tremendous development pressure, with over 100 acres of forest and cropland lost each day. As North Carolina’s population [...] 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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