A Canoeing and Kayaking Guide to the Carolinas

by Bob Benner and David Benner

Book Overview

The ultimate guide to paddling whitewater in the Carolinas, A Canoeing & Kayaking Guide to the Carolinas (formerly Carolina Whitewater) has guided boaters to the best water in the Tar Heel and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897325206
• ISBN13: 9780897325202
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Carolina Whitewater, 9th (Canoeing & Kayaking Guides)

Received book in a timely manner and in excellant condition. It was purchased as a gift so I cannot vouch for its content.

Great resource

Very descriptive & helpful resource for finding the kind of paddling water you are looking for in the Carolinas. So glad I bought this book!

A Word of Warning

This is indeed THE guide to paddling in the western Carolinas, but it contains one extremely important error: the put-in listed for the Upper Green (class III) is actually the put-in for the Narrows (class V).The true put-in for the Upper Green is just below the Tuxedo power plant; the take-out is what Benner mistakenly describes as the put-in.

This is THE book

on North Carolina white water. There are a number of regional white water guide books, and while they can be more helpful in some ways, they are not nearly so comprehensive. Benner has got it all. If it's in NC or SC and it's whitewater, then it's in there. The Caveat: Bob Benner is the old school author of most of the book. His son, David, is from the more elite hair-head generation. This means that the rivers rated by David are on a different scale from those rated by Bob. The good news: careful reading will reveal the difference between Bob's description's and David's.