Welcome to the cyberspace hangout of Elmore Holmes,
a paddler in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
***Elmore's Monthly Columns***
What is Elmore talking about when he says "paddling"?
What makes Elmore so special that he gets his own "Paddling Page" on the Internet?
Elmore's home river: The Mighty Mississippi!
Published articles about Elmore
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Elmore's got stuff for sale! |
Feast your eyes on some great photos:
Mississippi River, February, 2003. Photo by Joe Royer. |
Sonny Salomon surfs the upper wave on the Caney Fork River in Rock Island State Park, middle Tennessee. Photo by Elmore Holmes. |
Richard Carson runs Humpty Dumpty in Little River Canyon near Fort Payne, AL, March, 1995. Photo by Elmore Holmes. |
A red mangrove forest in Everglades National Park near Key Largo, FL, February, 2005. Photo by Martha Kelly. |
Arkansas River at Salida, Colorado, June, 1999. Photo by Robert Lieb. |
Travis Trimble paddles a flooded South Sauty Creek near Guntersville, AL, March, 1994. Photo by Elmore Holmes. |
FIBArk Downriver Race, Arkansas River near Cotopaxi, Colorado, June, 2005. Photo by Martha Kelly. |
Robin Dodd runs the Meatgrinder section of the Crystal River near Redstone, CO, June, 1994. Photo by Elmore Holmes. |
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Martha Kelly gets set to paddle in Memphis Harbor, May, 2004. Photo by Elmore Holmes. |
Olympic champion Greg Barton churns up the water in Memphis Harbor, May, 2001. Photo by Elmore Holmes. |
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tutor, click here.
Elmore Holmes III
May 30, 1930-July 25, 2005
"I miss you, Dad"