education

Before You Start
Want some Excercises to get in shape for Paddling? How about stretches so you dont hurt yourself?
Click HERE for some chiropractor recommended moves

Want to get that Core Muscle group strengthened? Try THESE excercises from Greg Redman of Wave Physiotherapy. This program was used for some of the National Team.

Kayak Rolling
Here is a good site with lots of information on how to roll a kayak (yes this would apply to you sea kayakers too) GORP - Four Elements of the Eskimo Roll http://www.gorp.com/gorp/publishers/menasha/pad_bomb.htm

General Sea Kayak Info
Heres a site thats set in Chesapeke Bay but has lots of good general information for sea kayakers http://www.seakayak.ws

Want to do some Whitewater tricks? Try this site;
http://www.jacksonkayak.com/techniquesjk/techniques.cfm

Know Your Universal River Signals?
Click Here for a list

Want a little info regarding Tidal Currents?
Click Here

A ton of Information regarding Hypothermia,(big file) Compliments of Transport Canada
Click Here

Need A Gear List to make sure you don't forget anything?
Click Here

Camp Cooking Recipes from our August 2010 meeting
Click Here

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KCKC LIBRARY
Revised January 1, 2011

CAMPING & RECREATION
CAM 1 Kayak Cookery #1
CAM 2 Kayak Cookery #2
CAM 3 The Happy Camper
CAM 4 Wilderness Survival Manual
CAM 5 The Wilderness Cookbook
CAM 6 The Essential Knot Book for Boats
CAM 7 The Essential Knot Book for Boats (2)
CAM 8 Roughing it Easy
CAM 9 The Trailside Cookbook
CAM 10 Mary Bell's Comple Dehydrator Cookbook

CANOEING
CAN 4 "A" Canoeing Safety & Rescue #2
CAN 5 Canoing, the Essential Skills and Safety
CAN 6 Canada's Best Canoe Routes
CAN 7 More of Canada's Best Canoe Routes
CAN 9 Canoeing for Everyone
CAN 11 The Basic Essentials of Canoeing
CAN 12 Canoe Tripping With Children

CHARTS
CHA 1 BC Atlas Volume One
CHA 2 BC Atlas Volume Two MISSING ???
CHA 3 3442 - N. Pender to Thetis Island
CHA 4 3443 - Thetis Island to Nanaimo
CHA 5 3670 - Broken Group
CHA 6 Catalogue of Nautical Charts, Pacific Coast
CHA 7 3052 Okanagan Lake
CHA 8 92L/11 Port McNeil

DESTINATIONS
DES 3 Desolation Sound & the Discovery Islands
DES 5 The Northern Gulf Islands
DES 6 Wild Coast # 1 North & West Vancouver Island
DES 7 Wild Coast # 2 North & Central BC Coast
DES 8 Wild Coast # 3 South Coast, E Vancouver Island
DES 9 Kayaking Vancouver Island
DES 14 The Nootka Trail (2)
DES 16 Kalboona in the Yellow Kayak (NW Passage)

GENERAL
GEN 1 Savvy Paddler
GEN 2 Epedition Kayaking
GEN 3 Paddle Your Own Kayak
GEN 5 The Essential Sea Kayaker
GEN 7 The Kayak Shop
GEN 8 Sea Kayaking - Long Distance Touring
GEN 9 The Optimum Kayak
GEN 10 Whitewater and Sea Kayaking
GEN 11 Sea Kayaking Illustrated
GEN 13 Recreational Kayaking - The Ultimate Guide
GEN 14 Outdoor Adventure Kayaking (with DVD)
GEN 15 Performance Kayaking

NAVIGATION & WEATHER
NAV 1 Simple Kayak Navigation
NAV 2 Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation Andrew Stevenson #611
NAV 3 Maritime Radio Course
NAV 5 Quick Reference Card, Navigation Rules
NAV 6 Quick Reference Card, Coastwise Piloting
NAV 7 Quick Reference Card, Weather Forecasting
NAV 8 Sea Kayak Navigation Card, Understanding the Global
NAV 10 Living With Weather (Along the BC Coast)

SAFETY & FIRST AID
SAF 1 Wilderness First Aid
SAF 2 Sea Kayaking Safety and Rescue
SAF 3 Sea Kayaker's Deep Trouble
SAF 4 SAS Survival Guide

STROKES
STR 1 Sea Kayaking Rough Waters
STR 2 Rolling a Kayak
STR 3 Sea Kayak Strokes

VIDEOS/ DVD'S
VID 1 Greenland Rolling w/ Dubside
VID 2 Greenland Rope Gymnastics
VID 3 Cold, Wet & Alive
VID 4 KCKC Pig Roast
VID 5 DVD Pacific Horizons
VID 6 DVD Sea Kayaking MISSING ???
VID 7 DVD Nigel Foster's Volume 2 Essential Strokes
VID 8 DVD Nigel Foster's Volume 3 Directional Control
VID 9 Discover the Okanagan Canoe Holidays
VID 10 Costal Weather for (BC) Mariners
VID 11 The Brent Reitz Forward Stroke Clinic

WHITEWATER
WWT 3 Basic Essentials of Kayaking Whitewater