Our Head Instructor
Neil Rucker
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| As a whitewater instructor myself, I am in awe of the work that the Canoe West staff does and the experiences and opportunities they provide for students. Canoe West is one of those rare cases where all the right ingredients come together to create something truly remarkable... Bill Cross, Co-Author of Western Whitewater | ||
Our Head Instructor Neil Rucker |
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The author of A Canoer’s Guide to the Middle Klamath River and the owner and lead canoeing instructor of Canoe West, Neil’s love affair with the outdoors has spanned 60 years and is still going strong. After a career as an educator in the public school system, Neil combined his teaching expertise with his love of rivers and canoeing and began imparting to others the fine art of paddling. | River Appreciation 101 has always been a large part of a Neil Rucker canoe clinic. An avid outdoorsman, birder, and former falconer, Neil is always willing to take a pause in the paddling lesson to admire a doe and fawn feeding on water weeds in the shady shallows along the riverbank, or point out an osprey diving feet first for a fish. Neil's many years of teaching canoeing and recognized expertise as a paddler has earned Neil the appellation "old man of the river"-- whether he wants it or not! If you want to learn to canoe, Neil’s the man--after all, he wrote the book. |
| Canoe Quiz Answers: 1 (b), 2 (b), 3 (b) |
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