Dealing With Dietary Restrictions In The Backcountry. Gluten intolerance, vegan, Halal, nut allergy, dairy-free, Kosher… whatever your dietary restrictions may be, you don’t have to let it hinder your ability to get out and enjoy the backcountry!
Going in Circles: Freya Hoffmeister and Her Plan to Kayak Around a Continent Sea kayaker Freya Hoffmeister has made a name for herself by completing successively larger and longer circumnavigations: first Iceland, then Australia, eventually even South America. Earlier this spring, she upped the ante once again, setting out on her wildest expedition yet. I have Freya Hoffmeister on the line, and I
The India Kayak Road Trip – The Sankh The Sankh river in southern Jharkhand was the last river the group ran before leaving the Eastern States. The Sankh has drops between 20 and 30 meters every kilometer cutting through large granite slides and further drops in an area more akin to the high sierra than the plains of
The India Kayak Road Trip – West to East Shibu tended to respond to most of our questions with the same reply: ‘Okay okay okay’. The reply was no different when we asked if he could drive for over 10 hours from Calicut to Bangalore with six kayaks. With that, a five day race from Kerala to the northeastern
The India Kayak Road Trip - About the paddlers Since you last heard from us, we've been clocking up the miles in the eastern states of India. We've kayaked fantastic new rivers in Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Jharkhand and soon we'll begin the long drive to Meghalaya and beyond. But in all this excitement,