Voyageur’s Companion Archive – Rocky Mountain Canoe Club

Voyageur’s Companion – December 1998

Paddling personalities Profile
Gates of Ladore
Nationals come to Colorado in 1999
Adirondack Racing

Voyageur’s Companion – February 1999

Notes From the Prez
Conservation Updates
Pre-Season Trip Schedule
Perfect Practice Makes Perfect (Lake Drills)
The River of No Return

Voyageur’s Companion – August, September 2000

New President Needed
Rendezvous Recap
Houston Canoe Club’s SW Canoe Rendezvous
BLM, Ruby/Horsethief and Dominguez Canyon – the scoop on poop
Downriver Race Results

Voyageur’s Companion – October 2002

Wrap-up for 2002
Eleven Mile Canyon
Salmon River, Idaho
Summer Paddling Adventures
- Quetico Provincial Park
- Nopiming Provincial Park, Manitoba
- The Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River
- Lake Itasca, Minnesota
2002 Canoe Experience
The 2002 North American Canoe Championships
Beating the Summer Heat in Saskatchewan
Big Water Paddling in a Sea Canoe
Northeast Canoe Trip

Voyageur’s Companion – September 2003

Running Whitewater with Sammer
Slalom Nationals
Grass River
The Lure of the Wild
RMCC Membership
The Duck’s Story
Tips For Paddling Class V Whitewater In An Open Canoe
Canoeing and Touring Back East

Voyageur’s Companion – April 2003

Rio Grande Thanksgiving
Green Rain
Freestyle Canoeing
South Platte Joint Paddle Trip
Escalante Canyon

Voyageur’s Companion – June 2003

San Miguel River
North Fork of the Cache La Poudre
Niobrara River
Filter Plant Run on the Poudre

Voyageur’s Companion – May 2004

San Juan River; Mexican Hat to Clay Hills Crossing
The Summer Rendezvous
Dragon Boat Festival 2004
RMCC Trip Schedule 2004
RMCC Safety Fair

Voyageur’s Companion – October 2004

The Upper Missouri River in Montana
Who never said it rains in the desert?

Voyageur’s Companion – January 2005

Permitted Rivers
Salmon River
Slalom Nationals
Recreation Access Tax
Piedra River
Yampa River, Craig to Duffy Mountain

Voyageur’s Companion – March 2005

Big Bend trip report
Esquif, a winner
Smorgasbord at Pool
RMCC Founding and Early History
Conservation Report

Voyageur’s Companion – June 2005

Lake Superior
Gunnison River
Insurance
Dolores River

Voyageur’s Companion – November 2005

The Care of Canoes with Wooden Gunwales
Basic Physics of Whitewater Canoeing

Voyageur’s Companion – January 2006

Lac La Ronge, Saskatchewan
Colorado Wildlife Habitat Stamp

Voyageur’s Companion – March 2006

A small incentive for leading trips
Interesting useful paddling links
River Safety Rules
Conservation Report
CD recycling, or getting help in an emergency
Quartermaster List

Voyageur’s Companion – Summer 2006

Ask Father!
Before McPhee Dam was completed, Part 1 – 1983
Trimming your Canoe
The Annual RMCC Rendezvous
MY Rival, R.I.P
The Shortest Trip
Tips from the Field
Before McPhee Dam was completed, Part 2 – 1984
The trick of the spare paddle
Response to “Ask Wally”

Voyageur’s Companion – August 2006

2006 Summer RMCC Rendezvous
Colorado River from Pumphouse to Dotsero
I Should Have Known (Desolation-Gray Canyons)
A Winter Paddle on the South Platte
A funny thing happened on the way to …

Voyageur’s Companion – November 2006

Boundary Waters Trip Report
Green River Trip Report
Safety Corner: Thoughtful’s Spring Padding After the 2005 Floods
A Brief History of Stream Gauges

Voyageur’s Companion – March 2007

The Wind at Our Back Adventurers (Saskatchewan trip)
You Can See It Form Space: River Stories
Minutes of the RMCC Annual Meeting
Wilderness Medicine Class Offered to RMCC in April

Voyageur’s Companion – June/July 2007

Summer River Rendezvous 2007
Northgate Canyon
North Platte – Six Mile Gap to Treasure Island

Voyageur’s Companion – August 2007

Deso-Gray on the Green River
Shoot the Chute
Hypothermia Fundamentals
Gee, I didn’t know that!

Voyageur’s Companion – October 2007

Green River, Flaming Gorge to Swallow Canyon Boat Ramp
Down a Muddy River: The Colorado from Cisco Landing to Big Bend
Rodeo Rapid
Ashes to Splashes: A Middle Fork Epic (Part 1)

Voyageur’s Companion – January 2008

Insurance Situation
Counterpoint
San Juan River – Sand Island to Clay Hills Crossing
Ashes to Splashes: A Middle Fork Epic (Part 2)

Voyageur’s Companion – March 2008

REI Paddle Demo
RMCC Winter Pool Olympics
South Platte River Joint Spring Paddle Trip
Thank you
Canoe Storage – Looking Up
Westwater Wild and Serene

Voyageur’s Companion – June 2008

The Dolores River, Slick Rock to Bedrock
Personal Locator Beacons – report on the SPOT

Voyageur’s Companion – August 2008

2008 RMCC Rendezvous Roundup
Fitness Training for Canoeing
First Aid Kit for Canoe Trippers

Voyageur’s Companion – October 2008

A Paddling Venture on Shoshone Lake
A Wind in Our Face Adventure on the Drinking and Churchill Rivers
A Novice Trip Coordinator’s Experience Using ACA Insurance
Warning about camping a Lake McConaughy in Nebraska

Voyageur’s Companion – February 2009

Recipe for a Sweat Lodge…River Style
Hate Tamarisk? Love to get a free Green River Split Mt Trip?
Editor’s Eddy Lines
Paddling in Veracruz, Mexico
Camp Handwasher

Voyageur’s Companion – April 2009

Children in the Outdoors and in the River: Fun? Frustration? Or Future Investment?
The Paddling Season Ahead
Big Bend Trip
RMCC Suggested River Trips – Class I to III
Just Doing My Part

Voyageur’s Companion – June 2009

Why would I want to attend the Rendezvous?
White River Trip
Secrets of Trip Leading, Simplified
A Mostly-Newbie Experience Taking Canoe Classes
A Solo Trip – Near Disaster
The Half-Tank Rule
Physics of Crossing Eddy Lines

Voyageur’s Companion – August 2009

Rio Chama
Yampa River
Rendezvous Dutch Oven Cookoff Results
Anne’s Pizza
Secrets for Keeping Ice for 6 Days in the Desert, and other thoughts on managing food on a river trip
Canada 2009: Water, Water, and More Water

Voyageur’s Companion – October 2009