Canoeing: A Woman's Guide [Paperback]

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"""This book is inviting with sound instructional
sequences. Excellent balance in the presentation of the sport and recreation of paddling."""
Dave Harrison
Editor in Chief, Canoe magazine
"""A great beginner's book. . . . Enjoyable and memorable."""
James R. Abel, MD
Wilderness canoe guide, Senior staff physician, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
"""Canoeing will help bring the activity of canoeing into the 21st century."""
Kim P. Whitley
Outdoor specialist, instructor, Department of Kinesiology, The College of William and Mary
" --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Laurie Gullion, expert canoeist, teaches women how to get on the water with little frustration. This comprehensive guide includes learning the basic strokes...probem-solving tips...solo strategies...planning river trips...transporting the boat... and more. Add the personal stories of women canoeists, and Canoeing is guaranteed to increase the reader's confidence and pleasure in the sport.

"A great beginner's book. I like the book's down-home conversations with the reader. It makes the reading enjoyable and memorable. I especially like the view expressed throughout the book that canoeing is something everyone can enjoy. The international approach to the canoeing experience is very interesting, helpful, encouraging, and of interest to more experienced paddlers."

James R. Abel, MD Wilderness canoe guide Senior staff physician University of Massachusetts at Amherst

"Gullion brings a wealth of expertise to print. . . . Readers should rest assured that the book provides some of the latest information on canoeing available. . . . Canoeing will help bring the activity of canoeing into the 21st century."

Kim P. Whitley Outdoor specialist, instructor Department of Kinesiology The College of William and Mary --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

"Share in the joy! These pages are filled with a sisterhood of experience, encouragement, and Laurie Gullion's solid, understandable instruction. Here is a comprehensive guide to the freedom that is canoeing, plus the welcome company of other women paddlers." --Janet Zeller, President, American Canoe Association

"A new generation of canoeing is here and Gullion leads the way! This outstanding instructional book provides a unique perspective on our sport through the eyes and words of both new and expert women paddlers alike." --Becky Mason, owner/operator, Classic Solo Canoeing, Quebec, Canada

For Women Shooting the Rapids or Canoeing the Still Waters

Another first in Ragged Mountain Press's popular Woman's Guide series: the only how-to canoeing book for women. Women have paddled canoes since the first Inuit women used umiaks. Now Laurie Gullion, expert canoeist, instructor, and wilderness guide, has written a practical and lyrical introduction to canoeing for women of all ages. With clear prose and illustrations that demonstrate technical skills step by step, she shows you how to take to the water and become an accomplished canoeist:

Learn the basics that will get you on the water fast, with confidence. Get the boat and gear that are made for your physique. Master the techniques to make you a strong, efficient, canoeist. Practice step-by-step rescue and safety drills. Plan that long-dreamed-of canoeing trip.

"Traveling for many days taught us to focus on the present--the movement of the paddle, the rapid around the bend, the reflection of the clouds, the cry of the peregrine falcon. . . . Often, there was a great, inexplicable sense of joy." --Kathie Armstrong, canoeist for 60+ years

Wilderness guide, college outdoor program coordinator, and American Canoe Association instructor trainer, Laurie Gullion has paddled more than 6,000 miles. She has taught canoeing to people of all ages and has written six books on canoeing, kayaking, and skiing and numerous magazine articles for Canoe & Kayak magazine.