Most of my early days kayaking (way back when I was in grad school) were spent in the Northeast. I did a lot of river running in my playboat on the Deerfield, then eventually moved up to some creek boating in whatever beat up boat my mentors could find in their old college stomping grounds. The […]
Give Thanks
This thanksgiving day is most likely filled with family, friends and eating far to much. Some of us like to get outside and work some of those calories off before we sit down for dinner. What ever it is that you find this year, take a moment to mentally (or write them down) list all […]
An Ode to Flow
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 […]
