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Iss. 4 (Sept)
Aug 15, 2006

Iss. 5 (Dec)
Nov 8, 2006



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The August Issue

This one harkens back to the good old days with a heavy dose of whitewater. Scott Phair shows us a glimpse of the beginning of rafting on the Kennebec River with his interview with Alan Haley. Paddler of the month Nate St. Saviour heads to a competition at the Reversing Falls in New Brunswick and fares well very well.

Also, Ryan Mahan has some advice for new whitewater dads, including some wisdom from the famous whitewater-paddling Jackson family. Here's a great photo of him and his son Elias taken just last week at Limington Rips on the Saco River.

photo by Nina Graham.

Also, Deb Moulton offers her mountain bike manifesto, as well as sharing with us her forage into racing.

We have a new column debuting from Dr. Kathryn Miles: Backountry Bistro. In this issue, Kate shows us two great recipes: Ballfield Fajitas and Black Bean Soup - the catch is you have to cook them at your campsite!

Whit Horn is this month's cover boy. He's shown here running a probable first descent on Poplar Stream Falls. This great photo sequence was taken by Gary Pearl. Enjoy the issue!

Other News
-Want to win a kayak?
      The Run of River project is holding a raffle for a Necky Zoar Sport Kayak (it's a rec boat worth over $1000!). Tickets are just $2 each or 6 for $10. Proceeds are going toward the effort to bring a whitewater park to Skowhegan. Learn more and buy raffle tickets at www.runofriver.com.

-No camp kodiak convergence this year. We're not sure if we'll hold it again next year or not, but if you'd like to help with planning for CKC 2007 please contact myself or GW Martin (gw@sappail.com).

-We're on the clock for the September issue. Let's make the last one of the summer the best! Deadline has been extended to August 15, 2006.


Thanks for reading and we'll see you on the river.

Nick Callanan
Publisher/Editor
No Umbrella - Maine's Offbeat Outdoor Paper
nick@noumbrella.com
ph. 207 672 3344
fax 207 692 1900