by Alyssa Taylor Looking out over the rocks and seeing Bull’s Sluice, knowing that in a few moments I’d be riding down that far right tongue was a nail-biting experience for me. What was even more thrilling was the rush I got as I entered the eddy right before the...
by Mary Mills Mary Mills is a slalom boater. She did not get into slalom because she aspired to go to the Olympics. In fact, there was more than a little reluctance when the suggestion was made that she try paddling the slalom gates. Just a little… Thoughts on...
by Greta Durbin On a beautiful sunny November afternoon, my mom asked, “Greta, do you want to run the Middle Haw this weekend?” I gulped, “Yeah, sure.” The Middle Haw? No sweat, right? I’ve done the Tuck, the Nanty and the Lower Pigeon. No problem. But you know what?...
We always encourage our kayakers to enjoy more than just the rivers in Ecuador. It is such a fascinating country that just one week of kayaking is not enough to take it all in. A number of years ago, we headed out to do some exploring on our own, including a trip to...
So how/why did kayakers end up in the area of Ecuador they did – the area called “the Oriente?” Back it up….the country of Ecuador is a divided into three geographic regions: the Sierra, the Costa and the Oriente. The Oriente starts on the...
