“Have had to do this on a couple of spring
fishing trips in the Boundary Waters.” From a comment posted on Canoeroots’ Facebook page by GREG FELLMAN.
RE: HAVE YOU EVER TRIED THE CRAZY SPORT OF ICE CANOEING?
Campfire [ COMMUNITY ]
Put It On Ice Photos of ice canoeing during Quebec’s winter carnival festival caused a stir amongst Ca- noeroots’ Facebook fans—most were impressed, others were shocked and some sounded like they were getting cold just looking at the photos. The competition pits teams of six against each other on the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
Paddlers must push, pull and paddle across the broken landscape of ice and open water. “You’re all mad! Gotta try this,” wrote Graham Devenish. Though few others echoed
his level of enthusiasm, Suzie Lemoine wrote that she’d “absolutely” try it. Charlie Floyd, on the other hand, was not impressed, writing, “No, I haven’t done
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this nor do I intend to do this to a canoe of mine.” Some commenters didn’t think ice canoeing was so different than off-season trips.
“Been there, done that,” commented Matt Thompson. “Not in a race though, just with a group one winter in Scotland.” Paddlers further south just seemed confused—“What is that hard stuff anyway?” asked Katie Henthorn from Georgia. “I feel sorry for these folks who are without liquid H2O.”
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