A handful of kayakers trudged through the melting remnants of a record snowfall to reach the Lester River in Duluth. Spring has made it a playground for them.
“Paddling white water isn’t for everybody, paddling Class V is for fewer still and racing down it narrows the field even more, but the fact that we have got almost 30 people signed up says a lot about the paddling community up here,” Ryan Zimny said.