We’re now moving into the dry season here in Eastern China. Some how I had foolishly hoped the wet season here would be the same as back home in the Southeastern USA, the winter. Our wet season here happens to be more convenient for kayaking, the summer months is when we receive most [...]
This past Sunday, November 11, my pal Cooper invited me to go hiking with an outdoor club. We counted off to see how many people we had and I was last, #58. Hiking in these mass groups sounds crazy but when you’re dealing with this huge population, you get big groups and my last trip [...]
I had a great time on the water Saturday. Went to another place on the NanXi Jiang and had a great time. My sister-in-law dropped Liu Jian, Hang Hang and I off with my two boats. The proposed idea was for us to paddle and one swim along. The water was good, a little chilly [...]
Since I’m still looking for rivers to paddle here in China I’m still actively reading the forums back home and on the AWC pages there has been a little talk about Patton’s classification as a Class III rapid when it used to be listed as Class II rapid. I chimed in there but then [...]
Liu Jian and I are back for more! We again went to Nine Hills Lake for practice. This time my wife and her sister went along. Liu Jian is actually my wife’s, sister’s husband. Their little girl, Sarah, went as well. So we had three shuttle bunnies along to watch [...]
Been here 3 weeks and I finally got into my boats. They made the journey in the bottom of the United Airlines 747 with me. On the day I arrived my brother-in-law and nephew anxiously helped me unpack my Huck & Hoss. Between them I had packed about 200 pounds of gear, clothing, various sports [...]
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