Nine days of sea kayaking with NOLS near Puyuhuapi, Chile. We paddled in 3′-4′ waves with wind and rain driving into our faces. The ocean and rain would leak through our dry suits and we were constantly wet. The pictures don’t show it, but the weather here is challenging. It’s a temperate rainforest with constantly changing conditions. Sunny and dry one moment, strong wind and … Continue reading Chile: NOLS Sea Kayaking Seminar
2 full days, 4 flights, and a bus to Coyhaique. I’ve traveled 6,000 miles. I arrived tired and dirty. It’s beautiful here. It’s sunny and breezy and the calls of many unknown birds are in the air. I took a long nap in one of the wall tents after a glorious shower. Right now, I feel a million times better than I did at the … Continue reading Chile: NOLS Patagonia
Two weeks in the river environment. The ancestral lands of the Ute, Ouray, and Uinta. Deep canyons. Bighorn sheep. Beavers. Great blue heron. Ancient petroglyphs. These photos show me rowing an oar rig and smiling. I’m laughing and look like I’m having fun. What they don’t show is the fear and panic I felt for so much of this trip. I have a deep rooted … Continue reading UT: Reflecting on the River Seminar
Roll clinic or beach vacation?!? Halfway through my Utah River Seminar and we’ve run down Desolation and Gray Canyons. Now we’re off to Lodore Canyon for four more days. So much learning and humility. Continue reading UT: Halfway Down The River
Now I’m in Utah?!? Got a last minute spot on the Utah River Seminar and now I’m off to river kayak for two weeks! Since I’ve been a sea kayak instructor, I’m about 70% certain that I’ve seen a river once. Alaska to Washington to Oregon to Idaho to Utah in 48 hours. Colorado and Wyoming after this. ALL. THE. THINGS. Continue reading UT: NOLS River Seminar
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