Tag Archives: Rafting

Jed and Austin eplore the magical depths of National Canyon

Grand Canyon – 2013 – 27 Day Trip

Where to start!? This winter has been really fabulous for me, in December I was invited on a 10 day self support kayak trip down the Grand, after returning from that I was able to plug into a 27 day trip that included rafts. The … Read More

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Brush Creek Kayak and R2

Brush Creek is a Tributary of the Kern River. It is located in southern California. The rapid in this photo is called Spearchucker, it is typically portaged. I have seen it run numerous times, just depends who your with. My friend and fellow guide Cody … Read More

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Gore Canyon, Upper Colorado River, Class V

I had the pleasure of hanging out with the boys from Liquid Descents in Kremmling, Co. Gore is a really great run and I would love to get out to the race in the next couple years. Above: Gore Rapid in the background, Austin Nickell … Read More

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Kaweah River, Town Run, Class IV+

The Kaweah river town run is the greatest class IV run!  This was my first California river experience and it was great. Guiding there in 2009 with Kaweah Whitewater Adventures was awesome. This year (2010)  I got a group of people together to go do … Read More

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Cataracts of the Kern, Class V

In 2009 I had the chance to R2 my Super Puma down the Cataracts section of the Kern River. We put in below the rapid Toilet Bowl, and I took out at Triple Drop. A few of the kayakers bucked up and ran Triple Drop. … Read More