VOLUME 13, ISSUE 1
GET A SPRING TUNE-UP p. 59
YOUR DREAM YEAR STARTS ON p.57
COVER PHOTO: GARY LUHM | LOCATION: SPARKS LAKE, OREGON // PHOTO ABOVE: FREDRIK MARMSATER FEATURES 57 YOUR BEST YEAR EVER
Why limit your paddling to just one or two seasons? Our kayaker’s almanac shows you how to enjoy a dream year of paddling, with a new adventure every month. Plus, head out on the highway with these three bucket list road trips.
66 FACE YOUR
(FRESHWATER) FEARS
Adventure Kayak’s intrepid editor, Virginia Marshall, heads to the greatest lake for a weekend of thrills, spills and swallowing humble pills with sea kayaking’s elite.
DEPAR TMENTS Channel 16
9 COMMUNITY:Adventure Kayak’s new home on the web; saltwater snobs; ask and answer; spring events.
12 EDITORIAL: Of time and tide.
16 WATERLINES: Falling back in love.
Stills
18 PHOTO GALLERY: Skook like you’ve never seen it before, plus 10 pages of 350-dpi-printed heaven.
Flotsam and Jetsam
31 ADVENTURE: An argument for poor planning, by around-Ireland paddler Jasper Winn.
34 PEOPLE: Wild times on the Tames with Harry Whelan.
37 TECHNOLOGY: Inside the wacky world of weather forecasting.
40 WHAT’S UP WITH…Skinny dipping.
42 ROCK THE BOAT: Te fast and the curious—an unhurried kayaker’s spiral into speed addiction.
www.adventurekayakmag.com 5 « Checkout p.48
Kayaker’s Journal
44 7 PLACES: To live and paddle more.
46 FOOD: Hot springs dumplings with Jenny Meens.
48 CHECKOUT: Tings to get you ready for spring.
49 IN THE HATCH: Four paddle jackets for foul weather.
51 KAYAK Q&A : Ask the experts. In this issue: staying straight in wind, and keeping hands happy on trip.
52 BOATS: Build your own Pygmy Murrelet; and—finally, a big brother!—the Necky Elias.
Dream Departures
82 GULF ISLANDS: Six days in Brit- ish Columbia’s idyllic southern isles.
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