(Don seeing how the new Superhero does in big water. The verdict? Pretty damn good it seems) Don and I just finished an amazing week of kayaking here in Idaho. I never knew how awesome the paddling is in this state—especially at high water! We rolled into McCall and were immediately hooked up by the […]
Archive | June, 2011
Schedule of the rest of the Awesome gear you can win from Small World Adventures
(Don enjoying some scenery after the portage on the South Tuolumne) So far we are off to a great season of paddling! After spending time in Colorado and Washington, we headed to California where we found very odd spring weather which foiled some of our plans for the “typical” spring runs, but did allow us […]
Extreme Cooler Packing–the Biggest Challenge of the Middle Kings
Speed descents on hard rivers seem to be all rage these days. What first caught my attention was when Tommy Hillike and John Grace did the Middle Kings (including the hike in) in 1 day. Then Chris Korbulic and Ben Stooksberry did it in an even shorter day. If I’m not mistaken, Tommy and John […]
The Small World gang trying to stay warm in the CA spring
Don aspiring to style his line at No-Looky Falls Even though the goal of all kayakers is to style their lines, stomp their boofs, and stay upright, the reality is that we all make mistakes. Even the best kayakers will be off line sometimes. Unfortunately, making mistakes often means being upside down and that […]
Memorial Day Weekend Paddling on the North and South Yuba
We’ve been a bit slow to get things going online since transitioning from guiding in Ecuador to skiing in Colorado to boating in the US again this year, but we’re back. After a great couple of weeks in Washington this spring, we headed south to sunny California. Only to our surprise, California wasn’t sunny! We […]