The Best Kayaking Books 2024

1. Kayak: The Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater Technique, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

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Kayak: The Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater Technique, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

2. No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon, Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

Pre-Owned - Erik Weihenmayer is the first and only blind person to summit Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Descending carefully, he and his team picked their way across deep crevasses and through the deadly Khumbu Icefall; when the mountain was finally behind him, Erik knew he was going to live. His expedition leader slapped him on the back and said something that would affect the course of Erik's life: Don't make Everest the greatest thing you ever do.No Barriers is Erik's response to that challenge. It is the moving story of his journey since descending Mount Everest: from leading expeditions around the world with blind Tibetan teenagers to helping injured soldiers climb their way home from war, from adopting a son from Nepal to facing the most terrifying reach of his life: to solo kayak the thunderous whitewater of the Grand Canyon.Along the course of Erik's journey, he meets other trailblazers--adventurers, scientists, artists, and activists--who, despite trauma, hardship, and loss, have broken through barriers of their own. These pioneers show Erik surprising ways forward that surpass logic and defy traditional thinking.Like the rapids of the Grand Canyon, created by inexorable forces far beneath the surface, No Barriers is a dive into the heart and mind at the core of the turbulent human experience. It is an exploration of the light that burns in all of us, the obstacles that threaten to extinguish that light, and the treacherous ascent towards growth and rebirth.

No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon, Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

3. Kayaker's Little Book of Wisdom: A Couple Hundred Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders for Kayakers to Read, Remember, and Share [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Kayaker's Little Book of Wisdom: A Couple Hundred Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders for Kayakers to Read, Remember, and Share by Corran Addison; Scott Power

Kayaker's Little Book of Wisdom: A Couple Hundred Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders for Kayakers to Read, Remember, and Share [Paperback - Used]

4. Kayaking on the Edge, Used [Paperback]

In addition to reinforcing basic paddling technique, this compendium of tips, suggestions, and advice offers developing paddlers new ideas and tricks to use on the river.

Kayaking on the Edge, Used [Paperback]

5. Sea Kayaking Illustrated: A Visual Guide to Better Paddling, Used [Paperback]

For some learners a picture is worth a thousand words--and this lavishly illustrated volume proves the rule. The expert advice and lively illustrations combine to offer serious how-to instruction in an entertaining fashion to sea kayakers of all levels. Developed by an ACA-certified instructor over years of paddling and education, this complete program provides a visual tour of all that sea kayaking can offer, including ingenious tips on advanced paddling techniques, navigation and safety, and more.

Sea Kayaking Illustrated : A Visual Guide to Better Paddling, Used [Paperback]

6. Pre-Owned Canoeing & Kayaking: Techniques, Tactics, Training (Paperback) 1852235284 9781852235284

Crowood Sports Guides are a superbly designed full colour paperbacks providing sound practical advice that will help make you a better player whether you are learning the basic skills, discovering more advanced techniques and tactics or reviewing the fundamentals of your game. This guide to canoeing and kayaking by the well-known British Canoe Union coach and instructor Marcus Baillie, provides sound, practical advice to help make a better canoeist, whether learning the basic skills, discovering more advanced techniques and tactics or reviewing the fundamentals of the sport. AUTHOR: Marcus Baillie is a top British Canoe Union coach and instructor with many years' teaching experience. He is a regular contributor to several magazines. 224 colour photos

Title: Canoeing & Kayaking: Techniques, Tactics, Training Book Format: Paperback ISBN10: 1852235284 EAN: 9781852235284 Author: Bailie, Marcus CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

7. Paddling Tennessee: A Guide to 38 of the State's Greatest Paddling Adventures [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. This guidebook offers trips covering every corner of Tennessee. The paddles are divided into the three primary regions of the state: West Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, and East Tennessee. Each paddle included in the book is chosen as a day trip, though o

Paddling Tennessee: A Guide to 38 of the State's Greatest Paddling Adventures, Used [Paperback]

8. New Dawn for the Kissimmee River: Orlando to Okeechobee by Kayak [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. A modern-day adventure through the heart of Florida "From now on, I'll paddle the Kissimmee beside the ghosts of raucous cowboys, cumbersome paddle wheelers, marching soldiers, and lurking Indians."--Sandy Huff, author of Paddler's Guide to the Sunshine State "Alderson uses his substantial reporting and photography skills to bring us a story of environmental destruction and restoration. I learned a lot about places I've visited dozens of times but never fully understood."--Willie Howard, outdoors editor, Palm Beach Post The Kissimmee Valley, which includes the Kissimmee chain of lakes and Kissimmee River, covers an area from Orlando to Lake Okeechobee. The headwaters and grand gateway to the Everglades, the area is the domain of the alligator and bald eagle, snail kite and spoonbill, stretching more than 100 miles through central Florida. Between 1960 and 1971, the Army Corps of Engineers straightened and diverted the river's flow to control persistent flooding. These alterations shortened the length of the Kissimmee, significantly reduced wildlife populations, and created a lucrative real estate market that further threatened native species. In 1992, Congress acted to restore the river to its original flow. In the spring of 2007, Doug Alderson joined an expedition down the Kissimmee chain of lakes and the newly restored river. Chronicled nightly on local television, the group witnessed firsthand the recovering bird populations, spotted otters, turtles, alligators, and other wildlife, and revealed to thousands of viewers the hidden beauty of this part of Florida. In New Dawn for the Kissimmee River, Alderson uses this twelve-day paddling excursion as a thread to explore the history and ecology of the region, while highlighting the most successful restoration project of its kind in the world, the model for the overall Everglades restoration plan. Doug Alderson , former associate editor of Florida Wildlife magazine and current Florida Paddling Trails Coordinator for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, is the author of Waters Less Traveled and The Ghost Orchid Ghost and Other Tales from the Swamp.

New Dawn for the Kissimmee River : Orlando to Okeechobee by Kayak, Used [Hardcover]

9. The Basic Essentials of Sea Kayaking, Used [Paperback]

Make it easy to get started in the exciting and demanding sport of Sea Kayaking. Paddle the coast of far reaching continents. Photograph sea wildlife at a close distance. Introduce family and friends to a fascinating and vigorous sport. Avoid dangerous habits. Customize your sea kayak for touring excursions. Maximize your limitations. Make packing uncomplicated. Discover your full potential while experiencing Nature's visual splendor. Find harmonies you've never encountered from within yourself.

The Basic Essentials of Sea Kayaking, Used [Paperback]

10. Only Kayak: A Journey Into the Heart of Alaska, Used [Paperback]

In this coming-of-middle-age memoir, Kim Heacox, writing in the tradition of Abbey, McPhee, and Thoreau, discovers an Alaska reborn from beneath a massive glacier, where flowers emerge from boulders, moose swim fjords, and bears cross crevasses with Homeric resolve. In such a place Heacox finds that people are reborn too, and their lives begin anew with incredible journeys, epiphanies, and successes. All in an America free of crass commercialism and overdevelopment. Braided through the larger story are tales of gold prospectors and the cabin they built sixty years ago; John Muir and his intrepid terrier, Stickeen; and a dynamic geology professor who teaches earth science "as if every day were a geological epoch." Nearly two million people come to Alaska every summer, some on large cruise ships, some in single kayaks--all in search of the last great wilderness, the Africa of America. It is exactly the America Heacox finds in this story of paradox, love, and loss.

Only Kayak: A Journey Into the Heart of Alaska, Used [Paperback]