Midwest Paddlers Get Geared Up Early This Year
Josh Wolfe 04.10.12
Midwest river flows have come a month earlier this year with minimal snow levels and warm days. Many boaters were propelled to hit the water quickly if they were to have any chance of making a run. Paddlers also had to deal with ice in the rapids as it was pinned to the bottom in different areas. Luckily, the major drops were void of ice.
With spring coming earlier this year around the nation, outdoorsmen in all venues are seeing and feeling the results. One advantage: those with the means to head out for the river or the woods probably did not encounter as many other people as they normally would.
Check out these YouTube clips of kayakers running Patawatomi Falls on the Black River in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The action is intense and the music quirky. Perfect.
Video 1:
httpv://youtu.be/aKfm3wDvAgs
Video 2:
httpv://youtu.be/k61i4Ix8RSM
It didn’t take long for me, following in my father’s footsteps (literally), to develop a deep appreciation for the outdoors. Because it’s there in the wind, in the rain and a cool summer sunrise where I’ve learned more than in all the classrooms combined. My journalistic work is the sum of all I’ve taken from the outdoors and all I want to give back.
It was during a long, grueling two-year stint working as a banker in Huntsville, Alabama, I finally realized I needed to follow my dreams. After sojourning several places across the country, I now call Asheville, North Carolina, home, where I am the co-founder, publisher and editor of The Golf Sport (www.golfsportmag.com) magazine and editor of Sporting Classics Daily (www.sportingclassicsdaily.com). I am also a contributor to OutdoorHub and Global Outfitters, and hope to really inflate that balloon over the next couple years.
For me, it’s the power of the pen that makes the outdoor adventure live forever – as it is resurrected on the page in front of me. I am so fortunate to be a part of the outdoor community and make my passion a career.
