If you are looking for a paddling challenge, and you are physically prepared to paddle long distances in difficult conditions then you will need to check out the Dam to Dam Paddle in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  

Outdoor Chattanooga is having their first annual extreme river adventure. Kayaking and Canoeing the Tennessee River Blueway from Chickamauga Dam to Nickajack Dam. This 50 mile in two days paddling challenge is being held on Saturday & Sunday, October 24 & 25.

Saturday morning paddlers will put in at the Greenway Farm on North Chickamauga Creek and paddle 27 miles to the Pot Point Campsite. According to their website, Outdoor Chattanooga will provide dinner and Sunday morning breakfast. Sunday will be the remaining 23 mile paddle to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Shellmound Recreation Area on Nickajack Lake .

Outdoor Chattanooga states on their website that this event is not for beginners. It is for highly experienced and physically fit kayakers and canoeists only.  If you are interested in this paddling event you better hurry and register. According to their website, registration must be received by October 22nd.

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Coming up on Saturday, May 16 in Rochester, Minnesota is the Christopher Schmidt Wilderness Adventure Scholarship. The scholarship fund was established to assist with expenses, for youth and the disadvantaged, who wish to participate in outdoor activities such as wilderness trips, camping trips, naturalist, or environmental programs that are offered by qualified organizations who specialize in providing those types of experiences.

This scholarship was created in memory of Christopher Brian Schmidt. Although Christopher never made it to the boundary waters, he loved the outdoors – camping, hiking, fishing, canoeing, wildlife, nature and weather observation, as well as outdoor winter activities.

He also enjoyed writing stories about outdoor adventures that he imagined. It is in the hopes of sending as many youth as possible on the adventures they dream of, and fostering a passion in them for the outdoors that this scholarship was established.

Paddling enthusiasts to participate in a float up the beautiful Zumbro River in exchange for a donation to the scholarship. Suggested registration/donation $25 per boat.

Schedule of Events:

• 9 a.m. – meet and do a car shuttle,
• 10 a.m. – boat launch
• After the paddle: Food provided for the paddlers at Chester Woods County Park on Hwy 14, just a few miles east of Rochester. Bring your own beverages.
• Also: Gear Swap – bring any camping or paddling gear you would like to trade, donate, or give away.
• And: Prizes – a drawing for prizes including the door prize, a $500 gift certificate, generously donated by Wilderness Inquiry.

More About the Zumbro River Paddle:

Participants will be paddling a 10 mile stretch of the Zumbro River starting at the canoe launch on County Road 7 just north of Zumbro Lake, to the canoe launch in Zumbro Falls. This is some very scenic bluffland, not the Boundary Waters, but some of the most beautiful country Minnesota has to offer.

For More Information and to Register, click here.

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