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I almost forgot to write about this. I paddled the Bowling Alley section of the North Chick (North Chickamauga Creek) this past Saturday morning. It’s been raining almost every day for the past 3 weeks here in Tennessee, so I’ve been itching to go kayaking.
A good friend, Jeremy Malin, invited me and offered to let [...]

Don’t get me wrong, I can stay afloat and move in the direction of my choosing. However, I don’t know “proper” techniques, and I’m sure I could be much more efficient. My girlfriend, Heather Thielen, spent every summer working as a lifeguard before graduating college and joining corporate America. So, she is my teacher.
I haven’t [...]

I just got back from a weekend in North Carolina. Montie Schmiege, Heather Thielen, and myself went to the Davidson River campground near Brevard, where we camped with Montie’s parents. Yesterday Montie and I went to DuPont State Forest [dupontforest.com] to do some mountain biking. The day was incredible and the mountain biking there is [...]

On Sunday I took a friend, Mike Freeland, for his first whitewater kayaking trip. This weekend the TVCC had a Paddle School on the Hiwasse, so there was a little more traffic than usual, but not bad. It was slightly overcast, and the water was colder than I remembered. I should’ve worn a top.
We started [...]

For the long Memorial Day weekend, I went kayaking with some friends (Heather, Sarah Sydnor, Ryan Camp, and Kathy Stair) to Little Tybee, where we camped for a coupla nights. The weather was sweltering, but beautiful. I packed all of my gear and more than my share of the group gear in and [...]

I took a camping trip to Foster Falls (Near Jasper, TN) this weekend. I went with Heather, Julie Riggs, Montie Schmiege, and Ryan Camp. We just went for Friday night. Julie and Montie climbed there with Stephanie Johns on Friday, and Heather, Ryan, and I arrived around sundown.
After finding camp (sans people), [...]