"Surfing a 300 Mile-Long Wave" - A Canoe Expedition During the Great Flood of 2011
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We guided Editor-at-large (and Memphis native) Hampton Sides on a baptismal cross-channel swim last May. For a preview of the psychology involved, and an interesting preview of Hampton's next work of non-fiction, a Memphis-based oral history of the Martin Luther King Assassination, listen to the podcast on the Outside Website, or read the story.
57 Feet & Rising By: W. Hodding Carter During the Great Flood of 2011, the Mississippi was an unleashed monster, with deadly currents and a flow rate that could fill the Superdome in less than a minute. Defying government orders, Delta native W. HODDING CARTER and two wet-ass pals canoed 300 miles from Memphis to Vicksburg�surfing the crest, watching wildlife cope with the rising tide, and assessing whether man�s �attempts to tame this river will always be doomed. Click here to read the full story.
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