Rivers

It was ten years ago when we pedaled our gear-laden mountain bikes along Chile’s Lago General Carrera and caught our first glimpse of Chile’s wild and wonderful Rio Baker (Baker River) watershed. Never before had we experienced such a vast and ecologically diverse corner of the planet – and our… 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

Laughter, tears, joy, fears . . . emotions that are felt during a First Descent. First Descents are defined in kayaking terms as “the first person to paddle a certain river or rapid” or it can be a Personal First Descent (PFD) defined as “the first time YOU experience that… Read the rest

Leaving Washington, I felt as though my first stop in Missoula, MT would be a perfect fit for me. As I made my way along the Clark Fork River, the feeling of comfort was soon replaced with fear and confusion–the country wave wasn’t working. Instead of smiles and the polite… 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

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

We had been driving for a while when we left the main road behind. From the fairly flat landscape our eyes had become accustomed, we found ourselves slowly going down a twisted dirt road – high walls on each side, perhaps 50 meters high. The road was cutting its way … Read the rest

Team Member Chelsey Reporting:… Read the rest
The runoff here in Arizona has been amazing the last few weeks! We were able to take part in it on a little 8 mile stretch of Oak Creek Canyon down in Sedona. We ran it after a long day of driving back from Santa Barbara,