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Travelling around the world on rivers, exploring countries and their people from the river banks.
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3y ago
On Friday, late afternoon, of the weekend we started off with a Boater Cross race on the White Mile of the Illecillewaet river. This was to be followed by a beginner race (Huge Balls, tiny Rapid) on the town section .. check the photos below. The first race involved hiking to the water town and ..read more
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3y ago
Another river that has an event on it during the Jordan river Festival is the Perry river. Located to the west of Revelstoke, the Perry river is divided into two sections. There was a race on both sections, however I ended up spending all the time on the upper. This is a beautiful river and ..read more
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3y ago
2020 has been an interesting year… that is for sure. At one point in September I managed to get out with some amazing staff with Nahanni and Canadian River Expeditions on the Babine and Skeena rivers for 5 days. The river delivered adventure, fun, laughs, bears, eagles, fossil hunting, exploring, good flows, Margaritas, Caesars, Books ..read more
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3y ago
One of the last paddles I got on this past summer was the Canyon section of the Buckley river between Moricetown and Hazelton. After a late night dinner and good tequila by the fire at Buckley River Lodge to finish off the staff trip on the Babine river (post coming soon). Chris, Ursula, and myself ..read more
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3y ago
Podcasts are pretty awesome and love hearing some of the different things that are happening in the whitewater world and ideas that different paddlers and others are doing. Hammer Factor – Through the medium of spoken word, The Hammer Factor helps our listeners learn from professionals and industry influencers since its launch in 2017. Each week ..read more
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3y ago
Wanted to share a few images of driving back through BC after spending a few weeks kayaking on the Taskeo, Babine, Skeena, East Boulder, the Kalum, and the Bulkley river. It was amazing spending time with different people and seeing some really cool and interesting rivers. The hospitality of the people up there is second ..read more
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3y ago
Last year in the middle of a busy summer, I decided to get out on an adventure. This adventure wasn’t close by, it was in Revelstoke, BC, to participate in the Jordan River Festival. I hadn’t been out that way for a number of years and the summer of 2019 seemed like a good time ..read more
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3y ago
Back in June I got to hangout on the River Talk Podcast with Zach Collier and Erik Weiseth. I have enjoyed listening to a number of their eposides in the past and it was great to join them. Ep. 84: River Guiding and Kayaking with Dave Prothero ..read more
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3y ago
Last summer was a good one. One of the trips was down the Alsek river with Canadian River Expedition based in Whitehorse, Yukon. On the trip were good friends Tyler Dinsdale and Chris Rhodes as well as a new up and coming guide Chris Mcgauly. The flows were going to be pretty good. The weather ..read more