Library

The LCCC has a library of books, videos and DVDs that are kept at a member’s house. These can be borrowed by members for a month at a time. As of 2006, here was the current list of titles:

Videos – VHS

  • Bill Mason’s Path of the Paddle (series of four films)
  • Drill Time: Solo Playboating II
  • Ric Taylor’s Solo Canoe
  • Solo Canoeing: Whitewater Bound
  • Song of the Paddle (Bill Mason)
  • Waterwalker (Bill Mason)

Videos – DVD

  • Bill Mason’s Path of the Paddle
  • Classic Solo Canoeing with Becky Mason
  • Drill Time: Solo Playboating II (Kent Ford)
  • From Here to There: Canoe Basics
  • The Kayak Roll
  • The Open Canoe Roll (Bob Foote)
  • Solo Playboating (Kent Ford)
  • Waterwalker (Bill Mason)
  • Whitewater Self Defense
  • Yoga for Paddlers

Books

  • Canoeing Made Easy; I. Herbert Gordon (1992)
  • Canoeing Safety & Rescue: A Handbook of Safety & Rescue Procedures for Lake and River Canoeists; Doug McKown (1992)
  • Cold Weather Survival Conference; (notebook from January 31, 1998 conference at the Portland Marriot, presented by Willamette Falls Hospital and the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Posse)
  • First Descents: In Search of Wild Rivers; Cameron O’Connor and John Lazenby (1989)
  • Oregon River Tours: A Guide to Oregon’s Most Popular Whitewater Rivers; John Garren (1991)
  • Paddle Routes of the Inland Northwest: 50 Flatwater Trips for Canoe & Kayak; Rich Landers and Dan Hansen (1998)
  • Paddle Routes of Western Washington: 50 Flatwater Trips for Canoe & Kayak; Verne Huser (1990)
  • Paddling Oregon: More than 100 Streams, Including SW Washington; Robb Keller (1998)
  • Path of the Paddle: An Illustrated Guide to the Art of Canoeing; Bill Mason (revised edition 1995)
  • River Canoeing: How-to Information on the Canoesport of River Canoeing (ACA pamphlet)
  • River Horse: A Voyage Across America; William Least Heat-Moon (1999)
  • River Rescue: The Standard Reference on River Safety and Rescue; Les Bechdel and Slim Ray (revised edition 1989)
  • River Running: The Classic Guide; Verne Huser (2nd edition 2001)
  • River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea; Colin Fletcher (1997)
  • Soggy Sneakers: A Guide to Oregon Rivers; Willamette Kayak & Canoe Club (3rd edition 1994) – 2 copies
  • The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-La; Todd Balf (2000)
  • Washington Whitewater 1: A Guide to Seventeen of Washington’s Most Popular Whitewater Trips; Douglass A. North (2nd edition 1988)
  • Washington Whitewater 2: A Guide to Seventeen of Washington’s Lesser-Known Whitewater Trips; Douglass A. North (1987)
  • Whitewater Handbook; Bruce Lessels (3rd edition 1994)
  • Whitewater Rescue Manual: New Techniques for Canoeists, Kayakers, and Rafters; Charles Walbridge and Wayne A. Sundmacher, Sr. (1995)


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