3 days ago I, Along with 15 other individuals stepped off four rafts onto the muddy shores of the Colorado River at Pearce ferry Arizona. Over the last 16 days we had traveled 280 miles through the Grand Canyon following were the river flows and now our fantastic journey was at an end. It […]
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18 August: Return to the Grand, the Year so far and Moving Madness
I have let this blog slide! It has been a super busy year of adventures and work (both which have sent me traveling all over the world) and I have struggled to keep posts coming onto the blog, despite half writing a bunch. So I am now getting back to my old ways , […]
Beneath an Arctic sun
It is rounding up to be an amazing Trip with Jeff, not quite what we had originally planed though still awesome. Here is what Jeff has written so far on the trip as we head off. you can read more of his posts on our trip here I will try and write some myself if […]
Heading South from Tromso.
May 15th Tromso Norway It is 12am and it there is still light in the sky; sitting in the hold of a small live aboard boat, half asleep, I am writing this. Outside the water is glass calm yet the boat creeks gentle with the oceans pulse, small hills surround the area and framing […]
SKGABC Guides Exchange to Tromso Norway
May 13th Sea Kayak Guides Exchange The past weekend I found myself at the SKGABC Guides exchange on Quadra island. I had been asked to come and present and talk on the Grand Canyon by Sea Kayak adventure from last Christmas, read more on that adventure here, this also meant a great social/ learning occasion […]
TRIP TO THE OREGON COAST
This weekend was all about surf and Tech, TRAK needed to do some testing on their hydraulic system in real conditions, so I headed to the USA. I Seattle I picked up Lloyd Penner and his son Spencer, Lloyd is the engineer for TRAK and he had brought with him a really cool testing […]
March 22nd Pure Life, Rich Coast “Pura Vida, Costa Rica”
My first week in Costa Rica has been spent helping run an Client Group on the Osa Peninsula with Martine Racette. This Itinerary will become apart of my Company “World Wild Adventures” Key trips offered in Central America, and offers a wonderful rustically luxurious soft adventure trip for people keen to see one of […]
Surge in the Black TRAK.
A couple of weeks back, Nolin from TRAK kayaks had returned from the Philippines, where TRAK parts are made, with a New for 2013 BLACK Skin for the TRAK T1600. This skin Meet up with me at the Chicago Boat Show while I was Rep’ing for TRAK there, and Came home with me. Not […]
A Short Video From the Grand
James Manke put together this short piece from our Project Grand Canyon Trip. More to come Later in the year.
Returned From the Grand Canyon Sea Kayak Expedition.
James Manke finding out if the Rafting Class 9 rapids are actually 6’s if you do them backwards in a Kayak. A: No. On new years day we loaded up our sea kayaks and gear onto a trailer with 5 cross river boats and a OC1 and headed for Flagstaff up the Diamond Creek access […]