SPRING 2007 VOLUME 6 ISSUE 1


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DEPARTMENTS 3 Base Camp 4


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DESTINATION 10 The Wild Ones


Letters Paddle finds a home. Did Moses have a ghost writer?


Kindling Grandparents and grandkids go tripping without the middlemen. After being quiet for 200 years, marshes in Eastern Canada are noisy with trumpeter swans.


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Toy Box Brunton’s snazzy Wind River Range; roomy doesn’t begin to describe Eureka’s Tunnel Vision tent; Mion’s Current, a sandal for a warming planet; the Giro Rodeo bike helmet for little cowboys and cowgirls.


8 Little Explorers


Kids learn about the forest and the trees


14 Bubble Street If dad’s going to keep up on the trail he’d better lay off the brake levers. By Paul Mason.


2 FAMILY CAMPING COVER PHOTO: BOB ALLEN PHOTO THIS PAGE: DOUG HAMILTON www.rapidmedia.com


DISCLAIMER The athletics and activities described and illustrated herein are performed by trained athletes and could result in serious bodily injury, including disability and death; do not attempt them without proper supervision, training and safety equipment. Rapid Magazine Inc. is not responsible for injuries sustained by readers or failure of equipment depicted or illustrated herein.


When new parents strap in their kids and saddle up for a family biking trip to Ontario’s Sandbanks Provincial Park, they learn the first rule of bike gangs is that the bosses are always in charge. By Beth Rubenstein and Mike Payne.


SAFETY


12 Ready to Roll Checklist Five things to check on your kids’ bikes to make sure your next cycling excursion is safe and fun. Now where did that wrench get to… By Tyler Merringer.


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