We were recovering at our Obenge base camp when we heard the strange screams. “Pardon Papa! Pardon Papa!” over and over again, with a sound like bamboo being chopped down prompting each yell. Effrin, a local guide, pointed to the corner of camp and explained in half French, half English… Read the rest

Our last night on the river, we camped at the edge of Cinta Larga land and we saw members of the tribe for the first time. Tattooed from head to toe, they still have their traditional bow and arrow hunting weapons — the tips of arrows were stained with blood… Read the rest

More than 100 elephants are killed every day by poachers.
Tomorrow, nations from across the globe will meet at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Doha, Qatar to consider permitting one-off sales of stockpiled ivory. Both Tanzania and Zambia have proposed selling their ivory stocks despite… Read the rest

The EP crew had a wild time in Thailand this week! We’ve spent the last few days hanging out with tigers and riding elephants in the forest. But it’s not all fun for the crew, we’re here to start field work for the Elephant Ivory Project — an expedition with… Read the rest

Proposed mountaintop removal mining in southeastern British Columbia, Canada is threatening one of America’s most endangered rivers and North America’s wildest remaining valley — The Flathead. Our new film — Flathead Wild… Read the rest — follows the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) as we descended on the Flathead River Valley, along

After an awesome trip, the crew is on their final leg of their expedition — heading home. Thanks to all of the folks who have followed us on our expedition down the River of Doubt! We really couldn’t do any of this without the support of our friends, family and… Read the rest

The crew took off this morning for one more round of whitewater — taking on the rapids of Cachoeira de Teotônio (Teotônio Waterfall).
The falls are on the Rio Madeira — the longest and the second largest tributary of the Amazon. The river gets its name “River of Wood” from… Read the rest

On Nov. 27, the Epicocity Project joined up with a team of scientists to descend the remote River of Doubt in southwestern Brazil. Our mission — to catch some of the huge fish that Teddy Roosevelt first described during his exploration of this Amazon tributary in 1914.
Unlike Roosevelt’s expedition,… Read the rest

Last year, the Epicocity Project traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo on and expedition to collect scientific data and complete the first successful descent of the Congo River’s lower rapids.
And in Fall 2010, the team will venture to the DR Congo again. This time to save elephants from… Read the rest

Dear kayakers, rafters, canoeists, stand up paddlers and all paddling enthusiasts,
We are among the luckiest people in the world. We have the opportunity to easily experience some of the most beautiful, remote and pristine places there are, simply by floating through them. But, for one day this October we’re… Read the rest