Keeping Warm for Winter Kayaking
Most kayakers hang their boats up for the winter, but that doesn't have to be the case. Winter is often the best paddling season: no
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Stories by Neil Schulman
What Will The Sharing Economy Mean...
Within a few blocks of my house, I can borrow a whitewater canoe, a high-performance tandem sea kayak, a sprint kayak and a lightweight
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7 Cool Places to Paddle in 2016
It’s only the beginning of 2016. The snow is deep. But when that snow melts in a few months, it will come flowing into the rivers and
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Seven Strange Outdoor Things to Do...
Here are seven unusual things you can do this winter to embrace the Northwest’s most maligned season. How unusual they are, of course,
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Six Skills For Being a Great...
Decades ago, photography gear was expensive, heavy, and difficult to use. Today, it's readily accessible and high quality, allowing just
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7 Invasive Species in the Pacific Northwest
America, they say, is a nation of immigrants. On a human level, it’s led to vibrant cultural exchange, economic growth, and a broader
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Mistakes to Avoid When Sea Kayak Camping
There are a few mistakes that every sea kayaker dreads making. They’re usually learned the hard way, or through a friend who learned
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How To Paddle for the Long Haul
Nobody is getting younger. Unfortunately for you and I, that includes us. For every friend who is paddling well past retirement
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6 Animals That Change the World...
Every species has its place in nature, but certain critters have outsized impacts on the ecosystems around them. Here are some that may be
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The Forgotten Columbia River
Sitting on the bank of the Columbia River eating lunch, I noticed a canoe rounding the corner. A few minutes later, a paddler on
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Seven Images That Changed The Outdoors Forever
Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich, 1918 You probably thought images meant photographs—and most on this list are,
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Eight Tips for More Graceful Kayaking
Paddling a kayak is hard to do gracefully. When you stop and think about it, you’re sitting in a chair at water level, windmilling your
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Six Reasons Why You Should Like Swamps
Swamps, bogs, wetlands, estuaries, marshes, muskegs; most people hate—or at least avoid them. We think of swamps as buggy, muddy, too
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Seven Influential Naturalists You Need to Know
Everyone’s heard of Muir, Darwin, Cousteau, and Audubon. They’re rightly famous for revolutionizing our understanding of the natural
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8 Wild Parks in Portland, Oregon
As time goes by, we get busier. Escaping for a weekend or a week in the wilderness becomes harder and harder. So, more of our outdoor
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6 People That Changed Outdoor Sports Forever
Maybe you’ve heard of them, and maybe you haven’t. Either way, you’ve felt their impact. These six people have changed the face of
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