Over the years, the Gazette has printed many of my stories of travel in kayaks, bear boats, catamarans and sailboats, but always the kayaks were central to the story. Not this time.This time we flew into Buenos Aires and, after several nights there including a very long evening eating Argentine beef, drinking Argentine wine, and … Read more
PUNTA ARENAS, Chile (AP) — A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed. The incident, caught on camera, quickly went viral.Last Saturday, Adrián Simancas was kayaking with his father, Dell, in Bahía El Águila near the San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan when a humpback whale surfaced, engulfing … Read more
Authorities in Green Lake, Wisconsin, say that a local man who went missing while kayaking this summer may have staged his own death and fled to Europe.Mr. Borgwardt had last texted his wife on the night of 11 August. The message said he was turning his kayak around and heading to shore soon.But when … Read more
Authorities in Green Lake, Wisconsin, say that a local man who went missing while kayaking this summer may have staged his own death and fled to Europe. We believe that he is alive. We know that he’s not in our lake,” Matthew Vande Kolk, Chief Deputy Sheriff for Green Lake County, told the BBC.Ryan Borgwardt, … Read more
Welsh teenager Finn Burnham was shocked when his friend, Callum Wylie, took his own life. Wylie, a gifted adventure athlete and musician, lived with Asperger’s Syndrome. In his grieving process, Burnham decided to challenge himself to raise awareness for the upstart Callum Wylie Foundation, a non-profit supporting youth with Asperger’s Syndrome. Burnham admits that sea kayaking terrifies him, … Read more
Students play water polo on kayaks in the Turner Center Natatorium. Photo courtesy: Cameron Geranios The University of Mississippi Department of Campus Recreation has converted what is normally an outdoor sport –– kayaking –– into an action-packed indoor activity for students. Rather than kayaking on a lake or river, on Kayak Thursday, participants paddle in … Read more
My first marathon, 15 years ago, was a cry for help. A silent cry, it turned out, because I told almost no one. I signed up for the race in Fresno, Calif., to try to erase a bad year. I figured if I pushed my body hard enough, it would somehow clean my slate and … Read more
In a packed auditorium one early autumn night, I sat and listened to ten older students give a presentation about the Carleton Association of Nature and Outdoor Enthusiasts, or CANOE. Two things immediately crossed my mind: one, I suspected that some of the other first-years present thought it was actually a club about canoeing (it isn’t), … Read more
In a packed auditorium one early autumn night, I sat and listened to ten older students give a presentation about the Carleton Association of Nature and Outdoor Enthusiasts, or CANOE. Two things immediately crossed my mind: one, I suspected that some of the other first-years present thought it was actually a club about canoeing (it … Read more
Alongside the traditional kayak singles and canoe singles, a new Olympic event will make its debut in canoe slalom at Paris 2024: kayak cross. Get to know more about this thrilling race that is like no other in the world of canoe. At the Olympic Games Paris 2024, breaking will make its debut while other … Read more