Re: [Paddlewise] "The Art of Kayaking", 1932

I was pretty sure that I hadn't stumbled upon anything that lots of paddlers
don't already know about, but as someone who has only recently discovered
Greenland kayaking it's fascinating reading for me and, who knows, perhaps
other P'wisers.

Interestingly enough, while reading Chapman's chapter my imagination
conjured up a picture of a grizzled paddler who looked a lot like
Strosaker... commando style... with an autograph.


Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA
www.nwkayaking.net

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Chuck Holst <cholst_at_bitstream.net> wrote:

> In the sequel, "Watkins' Last Expedition," Chapman has a fascinating
> description of a stormy trip down the Greenland coast with a group of
> Inuit,
> during which he capsized several times and had to roll up using a storm
> roll. He also describes using the sliding stroke. Unfortunately, when my
> mother-in-law moved in with us, my copies of Chapman's BAARE books got
> packed away by my wife along with the rest of my library while I was sick,
> and I don't know which box they are packed in.
>
> Chuck Holst
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In Chapter XII of "Northern LIghts" (the official account of the British
> arctic air route expedition) the author (F. Spencer Chapman) discusses the
> advantages of using a kayak to keep the expedition fed as opposed to
> hauling
> tons of food along. Ten pages of fascinating reading. Thanks to a posting
> on
> www.paddlingplanet.com.
>
> http://www.arctickayaks.com/PDF/Chapman1932/chapman.pdf
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