Archive for April, 2009
Friday morning and we were exhausted. A night of rest did not help, as our feet were incredibly torn up and all of our reserves, both mentally and physically had been depleted. We had pushed and pushed, and ended up pushing too hard. Overzealous ambitions had led us into chasing… Read the rest
At some point during the last few years of empty or mannered line-ups and my endless surf blessings, I’d lost the drive to fight this type of crowd. It ruins surfing for me. Here we were in this drop-dead gorgeous place where dreams linger on after you open your eyes”¦… Read the rest
Our team just returned from our epic adventure to the Challana River basin, where we attempted a huge first descent. Unfortunately, after nearly a week of carrying our boats and gear from village to village, down from 14,000 ft to 8,000 ft, we got shut down at the putin. We… Read the rest
Bali Strickland arrived from Oz smiling and in full form, ready for anything Swell and I could throw at him. As chance would have it the surf was up, the anchorage was a sandy 25 feet, and the sun was shining between puffy white clouds that burst with rainbows over… Read the rest
The Wild is often closer than we think. We often pass by it without seeing it, but it is there – up in a tree, there by the pond, in the park around the corner or right behind your house in the courtyard.
Sunday morning we drove to the Laguna … Read the rest
Two Saturdays ago we competed in The Arizona State games.
Yes, Arizona is the only state that has made adventure racing an official state game.
We packed the Peace Love Car (PLC) the night before, just hours after Sam arrived after a non-stop drive from San Francisco. He’d gave the… Read the rest
Epicocity Project is currently on expedition in Bolivia. During the course of the expedition that will last until late April, EP will be filming for a feature documentary, a National Geographic TV show on global water issues and a segment for the PBS show Foreign Exchange. EP team member Andy … Read the rest
The passage got worse before it got better. The wind went into fitful gusts then died completely and shifted 180 degrees about 25 miles out. We then entered a wall of water–one of the thickest downpours I have ever witnessed. It was a rain was so heavy I couldn’t see… Read the rest
These photos and video are from a 2-week kayak trip I just did from Camarones to Comodoro, a 300 km stretch in the Chubut Province, Argentina. The story will be published this summer in Wend Magazine. In the meantime, I leave you with a short summary:
Our adventure started in … Read the rest
Team Member Chelsey Reporting… Read the rest:
We have been having some wild adventures non-stop for the past few weeks, and it is only the beginning. We are at the start of our 6 month long journey. It all started with us teaching at The Red Rocks Rendezvous in Nevada. We taught
