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Episode 87, Canoeing Deep Dive with Steve Pagas, part two.

Hello and welcome to the Adventure Sports podcast.

This is your host, Kurt Lindville.

Today is part two of a two-part series by Steve Paragus on canoeing, where we do a deep dive into the details of how you can better enjoy wilderness canoeing. So if you've not heard part one yet, please go back to Friday's episode and

listen to that one first. Now on with part two, Steve Paragas. Well, Steve, I grew up in

Telequa, Oklahoma.

And Telequah is situated on the Illinois River, which is a scenic waterway in Oklahoma.

And there are a lot of canoe outfitters up and down the river that let people do short float trips.

You know, usually it's a single day sort of a thing, a 12-mile or maybe a 20-mile trip where,

you know, there's a decent current. But in Oklahoma, the water's warm, the air is hot, and canoeing is

just pretty much the same as swimming. You're going to be in the water as much as you're in the

canoe, and that's part of the fun so when you're

up north when the seasons are are colder when you've got those the cold water because it's like

you said spring or late fall and the water's getting pretty cold we're not about swimming anymore

it's a little bit different sport how do people need to dress for the conditions?

Oh, that's a great question.

Spring and fall is different.

For sure, in the summer you can get away with short sandals and a t-shirt,

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