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1 week ago | 
paddlingmag.com | Maddy Marquardt
There are plenty of very real and very frightening shark and kayaker encounters caught on film, but these recent viral videos aren’t among them.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Maddy Marquardt
'I thought I was going to die': Londoner's shark attack terror as she flies home from Caribbean holiday for emergency surgeryRachel Smith, 26, was left needing plastic surgery after the horrifying attack A Londoner has spoken of her terror after she was mauled by a shark in …
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1 week ago | 
hellostranger.substack.com | Maddy Marquardt
I’ve been logged off lately — between work and the weather getting nice, I’ve been spending most of my time outside of work reading, writing with a pen and paper and typing it up later, going for long walks or short runs, propagating my plants, and out on the water paddling! It feels like summer has really actually started and come next weekend I’ll be in full summer swing! I’ll be going part-time in my job at Paddling Magazine, making more time for some classic Midwest travel and focusing on...
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2 weeks ago | 
paddlingmag.com | Maddy Marquardt
When most twenty-somethings set out to travel Europe, they do it with a backpack in hand, trainhopping while visiting museums and bars. John Coyne and Liam Cotter set out with a different kind of European odyssey in mind. Departing from Dublin, Ireland on September 5, 2025 and finishing in Istanbul, Turkey on the Black Sea on April 25, 2025, the pair kayaked from Ireland to Asia, joined by Ryan Fallow in Germany.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Maddy Marquardt
3 hours agoTürkiye: CCTV captures dramatic traffic accidents in western TürkiyeSHOTLIST: KUTAHYA, TÜRKİYE (MARCH 19, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. CCTV FOOTAGE OF TRUCK AND MINIBUS COLLISION THAT KILLED ONE PERSON 2. VARIOUS OF AFTERMATH OF COLLISION KUTAHYA, TÜRKİYE (MARCH 12, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 3. CCTV FOOTAGE OF TRUCK AND PASSENGER BUS COLLISION 4. AFTERMATH OF COLLISION (TWO SHOTS) KUTAHYA, TÜRKİYE (RECENT, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 5. CCTV FOOTAGE OF CAR HITTING PEDESTRIAN 6.
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2 weeks ago | 
hellostranger.substack.com | Maddy Marquardt
My feet hit the pavement but all I can hear is the creak and grind of bones. My running shorts — old, last worn three years ago — cut into my sides. There’s a knot under my ribcage and I imagine my shoes wearing down against the pavement. I used to feel strong doing this, I remind myself. Now, my hair whips around my shoulders and catches in my mouth, too long to be practical. I look down and I hate the way my legs move, awkward and coltish, pale and slow.
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2 weeks ago | 
hellostranger.substack.com | Maddy Marquardt
We reached 90 degrees up on Lake Superior this week and it’s safe to say Midwest summer is HERE! Here are ten Midwest summer adventure ideas to add to your summer bucket list: The Pictured Rocks are probably best known as a sea kayaking destination, but personally I think it’s one of the best places to hike on Lake Superior! Here, you can find waterfalls that pour directly into Superior, perfect coves to swim in, and some of the coolest shoreline hiking views to be found on the Lake! READ: A...
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3 weeks ago | 
paddlingmag.com | Maddy Marquardt
Peter Frank is in the midst of paddling over 6,000 miles around the Eastern United States, up river, with a prevailing headwind and all while dressed like a pirate. Frank is paddling the Great Loop, a route through waterways including the Mississippi, Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways, the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes ultimately circumnavigating the eastern United States. The Great Loop is generally done by motorized boats; Frank is tackling it in a canoe.
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3 weeks ago | 
paddlingmag.com | Maddy Marquardt
Michigan is home to crystal-clear blue waters, sandy beaches and wild rivers making it the perfect place to kayak for everything from a casual float to overnight wilderness trips. Whether you’re looking for a long-haul kayaking adventure on a river or a scenic day trip, here are some of the best rivers to kayak and canoe in Michigan. Michigan rivers are on the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Potowatami, Ottawa, and Chippewa tribes of the Algonquin Nation.
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3 weeks ago | 
paddlingmag.com | Maddy Marquardt
Florida woman Cynthia Diekema, 61, was killed by an alligator on a canoe trip on Lake Kissimmee on May 6, 2025. While out canoeing near Tiger Creek with her husband, the couple drifted over an alligator. Paddling in about 2.5 feet of water the couple likely startled the large alligator who then capsized the canoe, sending both paddlers into the water. An eyewitness account states that Diemekma landed on top of the alligator; Diekema’s husband attempted, unsuccessfully, to fight it off.
