Up the Creek

<h4>Introduction: Why Do We Do These Things?</h4><h3>Chapter 1. Live and Learn--Maybe</h3><h4>Lost Canoe on the Clearwater River, Dean Gyug</h4><h4>Experience on the Slater River, Pam Little</h4><h4>My First Wilderness Rapid--And Almost My Last, John Lentz</h4><h4>Good-Bye to an Old Friend, Doug McKown</h4><h3>Chapter 2. The Right Tool for the Right Job</h3><h4>Swamping on the Swampy Bay River, Sara Seager and Mike Wevrick</h4><h4>A Close Call, George Drought</h4><h4>Big Waves and Small Canoes, Jim Buckingham</h4><h3>Chapter 3. Random Acts of Nature</h3><h4>Whitewater with a Twist, Dave Christopherson</h4><h4>Grizzly Encounters on the Clarke and Thelon Rivers, Mel Baugham</h4><h4>Up the Creek Without a Canoe, Jack Stefanyk</h4><h4>Gail, Lee, and Bear Makes Three, Lee Pearson</h4><h4>Meeting the Big Wheel at the Wheeler, Laurel Archer</h4><h4>The Wild Nahanni, Pam Little</h4><h4>Adventure in the Night, Doug McKown</h4><h4>Foster River Burnout, Doug McKown</h4><h4>The Cat and the Rapids, Jim Buckingham</h4><h3>Chapter 4. Injury and Illness</h3><h4>The Heart of the Matter, Tom Brown</h4><h4>Where There's Fire, There's Fire, Doug McKown</h4><h4>The Lemon Theory Works, Tom Brown</h4><h4>Break a Leg, Doug McKown</h4><h4>A Feverish Trip on the Gull River, Mel Baugham</h4><h4>Burned, Tom Brown</h4><h4>A Trip Cut Short in Nootka Sound, Dean McLeod</h4><h3>Chapter 5. The Choices People Make</h3><h4>Leap for Life, Doug McKown</h4><h4>A Situation on the Kananaskis, Jim Buckingham</h4><h4>Broken Yoke Gorge on the Wathaman, Laurel Archer</h4><h4>The One-Minute Measurement, John Silver</h4><h4>All in a Day's Work, Doug McKown</h4><h4>Never Give Up, Cliff Jacobson</h4><h4>Mishap on the Notakwanon River, Bob Henderson and Warren Trimble</h4><h4>Keystone Canoeists, Doug McKown</h4><h4>Cool on the Credit River, Toni Harting</h4><h4>A Tragedy on the Bow, Doug McKown</h4><h4>A Bad Choice on the Manigatogan, Dean McLeod</h4><h4>Where Is Everyone? Bill Hosford</h4><h4>Have Map, Will Travel, John Buchanan</h4><h4>A Break at the End of the Day, John Silver</h4><h4>Where Exactly Are We? Doug McKown</h4><h3>Chapter 6. People Versus People</h3><h4>The Trip from Hell, George Drought</h4><h4>Decisions on the Arctic River, Ric Driediger</h4><h4>When Things Go Wrong, Hap Wilson</h4><h3>Chapter 7. Solo Adventures</h3><h4>Gordon River Breezes, Roger Parsons</h4><h4>Miracle at Stanley Mission, Jack Stefanyk</h4><h4>How to Christen a Canoe, Jim Buckingham</h4><h4>Trouble on the Vermilion, Doug McKown</h4><h4>Solo on Superior, Jim Greenacre</h4><h3>Chapter 8. It's All About Safety Awareness</h3><h4>Resources</h4><h4>About the Contributors</h4><h4>About the Editor</h4>