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Category: Paddling

Again and Again and Again
Biking / Packrafting / Paddling / USA / West Virginia

Again and Again and Again

October 14, 2022November 16, 2022

I’m just back from paddling and hiking in one of my favorite places, West Virginia’s New River Gorge. The New has been an outdoor destination of mine for most of …

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Approaching the line
Packrafting / Paddling / USA / West Virginia

Approaching the line

October 15, 2021February 9, 2022

Paddling whitewater has been a lifelong pursuit of mine, maybe because I’m decades into it and still picking up new things. I’ve learned a lot about technique, reading water, and …

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Dreams Awake
Maine / Paddling / USA

Dreams Awake

August 24, 2021September 26, 2022

We’re fresh from another adventure in northern Maine, our first visit since 2018. The slogan “Vacationland” is on a lot of the license plates up here, and that’s about right. …

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An Upright Pursuit
North Carolina / Paddling / USA

An Upright Pursuit

August 12, 2021August 5, 2022

I always try to balance risks so that they are risks worth taking–by acquiring skills, experience, and maybe gear, too. After all, things do occasionally go wrong in the outdoors, …

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Repeat Novelty
Food and Drink / Packrafting / Paddling / USA / West Virginia

Repeat Novelty

July 9, 2021October 7, 2022

A few years back, we made grouper with mole verde sauce on a backpacking trip, using a recipe inspired by Souzz’s travels to Oaxaca, Mexico. Preparing the mole required a …

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Changing Course
Kentucky / Paddling / South Dakota / USA / Virginia

Changing Course

April 24, 2021September 8, 2021

As a whitewater paddler, I’ve always wanted to see the world class rapids of the Russell Fork. It was the expert test piece for my era, steep and difficult–and well …

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Known Firsts
Packrafting / Paddling / USA / West Virginia

Known Firsts

May 3, 2020January 9, 2023

Before the quarantines started some weeks back, Souzz and I snuck in an overnight paddling trip to Hopeville Canyon in West Virginia. We’d run that stretch on day trips several …

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Water, Barley, and Yeast
Food and Drink / International / Packrafting / Paddling / Scotland

Water, Barley, and Yeast

August 6, 2019February 9, 2022

Suzy and I left Nethy Bridge yesterday morning hoping to paddle some of the River Spey in our packrafts, which are ultralight inflatables that are quite capable in whitewater (although …

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Stepping In Old Footprints
North Carolina / Packrafting / Paddling / USA

Stepping In Old Footprints

March 30, 2018February 9, 2022

My last post was about the Adirondacks, a place that I’ve visited over and over through the last several decades. There are only a few destinations like that for me, …

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Paddles, Pies (almost), and Parades
Cabins / Food and Drink / Paddling / USA / West Virginia

Paddles, Pies (almost), and Parades

July 5, 2016September 8, 2021

With a kayaking trip planned to the mountains this weekend, we decided we’d stop through Petersburg, West Virginia, to catch their 4th of July parade on the ride back home. …

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