paddling

Greetings from Swan Lake. We have made quite the transition since our last update. We went from paddling and lining upriver to paddling downriver. We bade farewell to the Fond du Lac as we waded and worked the canoe through a maze of boulders where it trickles out of Wollaston… Read the rest

Greetings from the Fond du Lac River. Since our last update, we have left the sloping granite shores of Lake Athabasca and begun paddling among the sandstone ledges of the Fond du Lac River.
Our stay in Stony Rapids was amazing thanks to Ed at the Whitewater Inn and Waterfront… Read the rest

We have spent the past week paddling on Lake Athabasca. After making our way off the Tazin River through a series of lakes and portages, we came out onto the big lake near the community of Camsell Portage. It is a very small town, but they do have all the… Read the rest

The fourth stage of the North American Odyssey has begun! Dave, Fennel and I got a ride up to Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories from my father. We gave a few presentations at the school in Fort Resolution and then hit the water.
The principal was nice enough to drop us… 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

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

When you play outdoors, it’s essential to take care of and work to protect your favorite spaces. At least that’s what we believe here at Wend, because if you don’t work to ensure that natural places aren’t here for future generations, we all lose out.

But sometimes working to protect… Read the rest