whitewater books :: stories
Here is a collection of biographical and non-fiction, as well as fictional stories to fatten up your library and slim out your wallet.
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non-fiction & biographical
Whitewater Classics: Fifty North American Rivers
Patterned after Fifty Classic Climbs this book is an attempt to pick the best 50 rivers in North America. It also has a nice profile of 50 leading North American paddlers. Great coffee table book but don't try and use it as a guide book.
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Class Five Chronicles: Things Mother Never Told You 'Bout Whitewater
Great collection of class V whitewater stories (mostly rafting). Great book for raft guides.
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Liquid Locomotive: Legendary Whitewater River Stories
Another good collection of river stories edited by John Long. Not as many whitewater stories as Class Five Chronicles.
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Running the Amazon
An absolute classic exploration book about the first source to sea journey down the Amazon, complete with class V whitewater, group breakdowns and bandits with guns. You won't be able to put it down.
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Demon River Apurimac: The First Navigation of Upper Amazon Canyons
Another early exploration of the Amazon river. I haven't read this one yet.
Never Turn Back: The Life of Whitewater Pioneer Walt Blackadar
An engaging story about the paddling career of Walt Blackadar. You do feel sorry for the guy at some point. Also includes some good descriptions of Devils Canyon not found elsewhere.
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Riding the Dragon's Back: The Race to Raft the Upper Yangtze
I haven't read this one but it certainly sounds interesting. Let me know if you think its worth reading.
Rivergods: Exploring the World's Great Wild Rivers
Another Richard Bangs book with accounts of rafting such exotic waterways as the Apurimac and Bio-Bio of South America, the Zambezi and Omo of Africa, the Indus of Asia, and the Colorado and Tatshenshini of North America.
Hell or High Water: Surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River
The story of Scott Lindgren's 2002 expedition to the Tsangpo Gorge. This river and story sounds completely epic.
fiction
Whitewater Rendezvous
I happened upon this title while searching for whitewater guide books. As far as I can tell this is a book about lesbian kayakers hooking up on a river trip. Sounds interesting...