Category: history
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Exploring Tajikistan’s Untamed Rivers Part Two: The Muksu
The team, burdened by leaking drytops and broken kayaks, explores the frigid, high elevation Muksu River.
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The Grande Finale of the Jamie McEwan Trilogy: Denied- Linville Gorge, 1973
In the final chapter of the McEwan Trilogy, Tom and Jamie attempt the first descent of Linville Gorge. The misadventure results in, among other things, Jamie finding “indestructible pleasure” while sleeping in an outhouse on the canyon rim.
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Jamie McEwan II: Years Later, I Added the Frame- Chattooga River, 1971
Tom and Jamie hit the road in search of warm temps and wild whitewater. Tom, sidelined due to an injury, drives shuttle. Meanwhile Jamie searches for his soul, and a lost paddle, on the Chattooga River.
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The first of the Jamie McEwan Trilogy: Iron Ring 1970
In the first installment of the McEwan Trilogy, Jamie watches his brother “talk to river gods deep in their secret places” as Tom probes a feared hole in Iron Ring on an early Gauley run.