Canoecopia participants from years past always ask Rob Kesselring for an entire session of his tales of adventure and misadventure. Your time has come. Come listen to this storyteller share some goose-bump inducing tales from his lifetime of paddling the world. Grizzly Bear charges, Hippos, Starvation, Broken bones, Elephants, Floods, Pins, Tipovers, Whirlpools, Bullet dodging, all true and all spun with enthusiasm and panache. If you have joined Rob on a guided trip you have heard some of these stories around a campfire. The only thing missing this time will be the campfire.

The Noatak River is the largest pristine watershed left in the United States. In 2021, Kesselring completed his seventh paddle down the Noatak. He knows this portage-free, 450-mile river from its headwaters to the Arctic Ocean. He also knows two of the Noatak tributaries, the Kugururok and Kelly. Come see a river in all its moods and hear grizzly stories, 25 bears in one summer alone! The Noatak: beyond belief but within your reach.

Fresh and revised for 2023 Canoecopia. an entertaining, information-packed session from one of the most experienced canoe guides in North America. Canoe camping tips and secrets gleaned from decades of wilderness river travels in Canada, Alaska, Africa, the Boundary Waters, and the desert Southwest. Planning, packing, canoe choice, paddling techniques, gear, safety, navigation, cooking, campsite selection, weather, bears, essential knots, group dynamics, and even some stuff you don't know you don't know.