Water is my favorite element. Why, you might ask? The Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu sums up my feelings better and more concisely than I ever could. “Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever […]
Sit This One Out
I find the longer I am in this sport, the harder decisions I have to make. For me, some of the hardest are when I have to pull off a river, or when to not put on a river in the first place. Normally at this time of the year, you would expect a report […]
Green River Take Over
On Sunday, October 19th, Laura Farrell organized a Women in Charge – Green River Take Over event. Usually, I am all for all-girl paddling events, but I almost did not go to this one. I feared that organizing a massive group to paddle the Green River on a Sunday two weeks before the Green Race was not the […]
Carnifex Cottages Cabin Review
Quick post gauley review: A group of 8 all chipped in this weekend to avoid the drunken kayakers and actually try to get some sleep on a cabin that is part of the Carnifex Cottages in West By God Virginia. While $195/night is a bit steep (in my opinion), plus taxes, splitting this 8 ways […]
Gauley Fest Weekend
It’s almost that time and one of the biggest kayak parties will hit the Gauley River. Here at Paddle In Pink, we wanted to give you as much helpful information as possible before you make the trip to the Fest. AWA does a great job of laying things out for you so below I am going […]
Product Review: Astral Brewers
I truly loved my 5-10 Savant boating shoes. The soles had such wonderful grip that you could leap from rock to rock with no fear. They were comfortable, you could run a several miles in them, and they stayed on. Unfortunately, they are no longer available. Today, I gave a potential replacement for the Savants, […]
