After years of training, my 13-year-old daughter and I recently rose to the challenge and met a long-term goal of paddling a multiday whitewater river, in a canoe, without spills, swims or mishaps.

Adventure Adviser: Here are a couple of options, within a half-day’s drive from Manhattan. A mere two hours away, Clark Outdoors (860-672-6365) is a small outfitter in West Cornwall, Connecticut.

Adventure Adviser: Lucky for you (and me, too), there’s a pretty simple answer to your question. For top-notch, accredited whitewater schools in your neck of the woods, there are really only two ...

Once upon a time, whitewater slalom competitions — which encompasses whitewater canoeing and kayaking — were held on natural stretches of whitewater. The rules were (and are) deceptively simple.

Whitewater canoeing occupies the same niche as horse-buggy racing and black-powder rifle shooting: A sport requiring skills and special equipment the mainstream world has moved beyond. It’s easier, ...