SOLID CORRECTION
As soon as Lendal Paddles’ managing partner Michael Duffy read our review (“Paddle De- luxe,” Early Summer 2012,
www.adventurekay-
akmag.com/0058) of their new all-carbon XRange four-piece tour- ing paddle he picked up the
phone.Adventure Kayak editor Michael Mechan wrote in his review, “Lendal’s Alan key-release Paddlok sys- tem keeps joints secure, but there’s a bit more play than in a two-piece paddle.” In two days, Michael’s (of Lendal) customer service depart- ment had Michael (of Adventure Kayak) a new XRange. “What you have now is what every Lendal dealer has in their showroom,” Duffy assured us. Let the record show that in our replacement XRange, there is absolutely no play in any of the joints.—Scott MacGregor
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT
We call them Dream Departures for a reason. All belong on your bucket list, but most of us would be happy if we could paddle even a handful of these routes. In our last issue (Early Summer 2012,
www.adventurekayak-
mag.com/0059), Dream De- partures columnist Lorenzo Del Bianco presented a six- day adventure in Patagonia, and surprised Oakville, On- tario, reader Barry Butcher. “My partner Sandi and I were just there in early March and did this exact route—this is a paddling paradise with fantas- tic scenery and great people!” Butcher wrote.
“Thanks for stirring up those memories.”
EVENTS Learn traditional skills from some of the world’s finest Greenland style instructors at the Ontario Greenland Camp (don’t miss the report in our Early Summer 2012 issue, “Everything I needed to know, I learned at Greenland Camp,”
www.adventurekayakmag. com/0060) near Bracebridge, September 6–9 (www.ontariogreen-
landcamp.com). Another traditional festival, The Gathering: Greenlandic Style Skills (
www.qajaqmn.org) lands at Minnesota’s Lake Carlos State Park the same weekend. October’s tempestuous weather makes it the perfect month for pol-
ishing rough water skills. The month kicks off with the highly antici- patedGales Storm Gathering on Lake Superior near Wawa, Ontario, October 5–8 (
www.galesstormgathering.com). Top coaches from the Great Lakes, both coasts and the UK will be attending and partici- pants can arrive early to partake in a BCU, ACA and Paddle Canada training week—look for a full report in our Spring 2013 issue. The Georgian Bay Storm Gathering (“Gathering for a Storm,” Spring 2011,
www.adventurekayakmag.com/0062) reconnects rowdy pad- dlers near Parry Sound, Ontario, October 11–14 (
www.georgianbay-
stormgathering.com); and the Lumpy Waters Symposium returns to Pacific City, Oregon, October 19–21 (
www.lumpywaters.com).
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