the thing that really drives me the most
is exploratory kayaking paddling down
these rivers that have never been
paddled before our goal here is to
paddle the headwaters canyon of the
Chitina River this unrung section
so the headwaters canyon of the Chitina
River is really a new Canyon ten years
ago was covered in ice and now because
of the glacial retreat of the Logan
glacier were now able to access
basically the only little landing strip
that we could find was this hundred yard
long gravel bar so one at a time we had
to strap our kayaks to the bottom of
this small bush plane and then our pilot
shuttled us up there one at a time so of
the course of the un– run 12-mile
canyon we really didn’t know exactly how
much we would be Porgy but there’s a
couple Rapids we portaged they were
really pretty pretty scary and you know
if we were to make a mistake on either
one of those Rapids it could have been
fatal
do you know in an expedition of this
caliber can be kind of high-stress but
when you’re out there with a bunch of
your close friends who are all in their
20s it’s pretty exciting and we keep it
pretty lively
I’ve never been anywhere that felt
nearly as remote as the headwaters
canyon with the chin the river no human
influence at all
I love paddling around on classic rivers
that have been run hundreds and
thousands of times but what’s most
unique to me as a professional kayaker
is when I get into the middle of nowhere
that no one has ever been before and it
just makes you feel really alive
I guess some people really do not
understand it and I like why why are you
doing this
can’t you just do something else of your
life
is exploratory kayaking paddling down
these rivers that have never been
paddled before our goal here is to
paddle the headwaters canyon of the
Chitina River this unrung section
so the headwaters canyon of the Chitina
River is really a new Canyon ten years
ago was covered in ice and now because
of the glacial retreat of the Logan
glacier were now able to access
basically the only little landing strip
that we could find was this hundred yard
long gravel bar so one at a time we had
to strap our kayaks to the bottom of
this small bush plane and then our pilot
shuttled us up there one at a time so of
the course of the un– run 12-mile
canyon we really didn’t know exactly how
much we would be Porgy but there’s a
couple Rapids we portaged they were
really pretty pretty scary and you know
if we were to make a mistake on either
one of those Rapids it could have been
fatal
do you know in an expedition of this
caliber can be kind of high-stress but
when you’re out there with a bunch of
your close friends who are all in their
20s it’s pretty exciting and we keep it
pretty lively
I’ve never been anywhere that felt
nearly as remote as the headwaters
canyon with the chin the river no human
influence at all
I love paddling around on classic rivers
that have been run hundreds and
thousands of times but what’s most
unique to me as a professional kayaker
is when I get into the middle of nowhere
that no one has ever been before and it
just makes you feel really alive
I guess some people really do not
understand it and I like why why are you
doing this
can’t you just do something else of your
life
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