Canoeing North America's Biggest River - The Mississippi River
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Canoe trip down the Mississippi River in St Louis Missouri. The big muddy offers a lot of canoeing opportunities in the city.
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St Louis Mississippi paddle just became a bucket list item.
I always love the contrast of wild and industrial on that section of the river and the view paddling up to the Arch just does not get old!
Totally! I LOVE the industrial paddling experience. So different than anything else.
Hi Ken. Congrats to 100K subscribers 👍.
Thanks for all the great videos, always a pleasure, always looking forward to the next one.
Way to go!
Enjoyed seeing you paddling something a little more urban. I'm upstream from St Louis in Dubuque, Iowa and I'm fortunate to be able to throw my boat on the car and be paddling on the Mississippi in about 10 minutes. I love the diverse paddling experiences available - big and rough water one day and glassy the next, quiet creeks, backwaters, barges, urban bridges, harbors, flooded forests, etc. - but he main channel is definitely something to be respected.
Very cool backyard that you've got! I'm looking forward to heading back that way in the future!
Ken, come to Pittsburgh! We’ve got bridges, too. It’s a perfect place for an urban paddle and the middle Yough is a little over an hour if you’re looking for a pretty place to get a whitewater fix.
Heck yeah!
That would be a great spot of this channel! Pittsburgh and Ohiopyle are beautiful!
Paddling to the Arch is awesome and Big Muddy is a cool outfitter.
fun video Ken, thanks! It was fun seeing you live on the River Kings UA-cam Channel last night.
Thanks Sean. It was cool chatting with those guys. They're all such top notch people.
Really enjoyed and appreciated this video and your visit, Ken. There's a large, vibrant paddling community here with a number of your fans and followers. Next time you're heading here, share a heads-up via your social media and we'd look forward to arranging a meet-up!
Sounds like a great idea! I will be back!
Do I need to keep my head on a swivel?
Ken, since you said that you love bridges, I would encourage that you tour Pittsburgh. There you will find 900 bridges new and old.
Very cool setting! You should try the Lachine Canal in Montreal for some urban paddling closer to home.
Oh yeah! I've surfed at Lachine many times over the years! Love it there.
Are you going to talk about sprint kayaks/kayaking at some point?
Hopefully I'll get a chance to do some sprint kayak videos soon. I haven't sat in one in years!! Would be really fun to do so again.
Just picked up a Clipper Prospector 14 a few days ago. Fibreglass layup. Had it the water today for the first time. Always enjoy your gear reviews and I look forward to your review of the 14. I hope you have opportunity to run some class II to assess this canoe’s capabilities.
Awesome! you're going to love that boat! I felt that I was paddling it in class 3 with the wind and waves we dealt with the day before! :)
You're pretty good at this UA-cam stuff!
:). Thanks!
It would be awesome to have a camera crew to provide shuttle for your boat.
Paddling down river 20 miles is great. It's the 140 miles of shuttling that stinks. And there's always the guy with room for only one boat on the roof.
I would definitely prefer going under a bridge than over one in a big city.
Kayak Chicago! And there's a lot more places ti kayak than the Chicagi River.
How did you like the Clipper?
Great boat! I was using the Prospector model, which I've paddled many times in other brands of canoes. Well made, lightweight canoes like the Clippers are a real treat to paddle!
Only things that keeps changing on the rivers is the core keeps maken the rivers smaller as time gos on with all the rock dikes .
I like your video but seeing you paddle a canoe with a kayak blade just upsets me. not sure why , perhaps I have issues ;)
Ha! I hear you... it felt weird paddling with the kayak paddle, but after getting worked by the wind the day before on the Missouri River, it seemed like the smart thing to do. I just couldn't keep up with a single bladed paddle in the conditions that we had.
Does anybody think canoeing if kinda boring. Like I’d rather cayak