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It takes a special kind of person to want to run 120 miles through the Rocky Mountains. In my case, it takes someone who originally thought it was a relay.
The Gore-Tex TransRockies Run is a fully supported, six-day stage race that takes participants (in teams of two) 120-miles through… Read the rest

I love kayaking and being on rivers for 3 distinct reasons.

  • I love the challenge of improving my technical paddling ability, paddling harder whitewater with ease.
  • I love the people that I meet on the river, the smiles I share with my friends and the great times we all cherish
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While the boys were running the Golden Gate section of the SF American, my personal mission was to be as helpful as possible. I drove 3 separate groups of paddlers to the top of the run. I bought the guys a 24-pack of PBR (Portland!). I flirted with Safeway bakery… Read the rest

As I type this, I’m sitting the Safeway parking lot in Pollock Pines, CA. I just dropped of my buddies at the top of the Golden Gate section of the SF American River. I’m not paddling because I hurt my shoulder, the first shoulder injury of my kayaking career. We… Read the rest

Yellowjacket Creek was one of the best days last spring.  Set in a beautiful, remote gorge west of Mt. St. Helens, I paddled this river with some of my best friends.  Great people in great places – life couldn’t be sweeter.

Tomorrow I am headed to the promised land  –… Read the rest

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