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Nigel Foster

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Nigel Foster followed his early passion for kayaking, adventure, and the natural world, linking those to design and writing to create his unique lifestyle. Renowned worldwide for kayaking, he travels extensively to instruct, making the most of the opportunities to learn about the places he visits. Although in demand for writing technical explanations of kayak and canoe skills, he enjoys stepping away from the kayak to explore the myriad components that define a place or a face.

Born in the south of England, Foster taught Outdoor Education to schoolchildren before instructing at the National Watersports Center in Wales UK. He circled Iceland by kayak at age 24, and nearly killed himself crossing Hudson Strait solo by kayak from Baffin Island
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Nigel Foster "Up in the Old Hotel" by Joseph Mitchell is a book I intend to read slowly. Conveniently it is a series of short stories, so I can eke it out. Matthew…more"Up in the Old Hotel" by Joseph Mitchell is a book I intend to read slowly. Conveniently it is a series of short stories, so I can eke it out. Matthew G. Kirschenbaum's "Track Changes: a Literary History of Word Processing" is also on my list.(less)
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Encounters from a Kayak: Na...

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The Art of Kayaking: Everyt...

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Guide to Sea Kayaking in So...

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On Polar Tides: Paddling an...

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Nigel Foster's Sea Kayaking

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Stepping Stones: Of Ungava ...

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Open Canoe Technique

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Nigel Foster's Surf Kayaking

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Puzzling Color

I have long been curious about water. It is such an enigmatic fluid. It falls from the sky, flows in rivers to the seas and oceans where it circulates, its surface blown into waves by the wind. Water evaporates and condenses as clouds. 

Water looks clear in a glass.  

 Our bodies are about sixty percent water. We drink it, swimin it, bathe in it. I like to paddle my kayak over its surface. But w

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