Don’t become Exhibit A
Who would have thought the humble canoe could get you into so much trouble? But, as this riveting collection of canoe disaster stories illustrates, a casual weekend of paddling and camping can sometimes turn into a confrontation with eternity.
“Up the Creek” details life-threatening accounts from the paddling front lines. The illusion of perceived control is punctured again and again as Murphy’s Law intervenes to show us who’s the boss. The book closes with a chapter on safety awareness that may help canoeists and other water enthusiasts avoid winding up in a volume like this in the future.
-- Michael Koehn
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