Personal floatation devices and paddles banged into my shins as I schlepped the last load of gear from the shuttle van and dropped it in the red dust at my feet. That's when I heard Andrew's voice cut ...

I've never been much of a water person. More a terrestrial type, really. Once I nearly drowned getting caught in a frothy rip at Newport Beach, California, along with two kids who, terrified, tried ...

Backpacking is great. But water is the blood of a landscape. In a boat, drifting at eye level with the water, undistracted by the cutting straps of an anvil pack, you can sit and feel the pulse of a ...

A common question people have is 'Should I get a kayak or a canoe?'. While this is a great question, are you sure you shouldn't also be considering a stand up paddle board, a pack boat, or a packraft?

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In this video, I compare two packrafts that I reviewed this summer - the NRS Neutron and Alpacka Expedition. Should you be considering a packraft? If so, which ...

The sun is high in the sky as I crest the final hill after four miles of hiking through pristine wilderness, surrounded by changing leaves and occasional wildflowers. My hiking partners are dots in ...

One of the cooler outdoor innovations to really take off into its own sport over the past two decades or so, the packraft opens up new adventure opportunities, packing down to backpack size so it can ...

Red striped walls soar in nearly impossible shapes. Swirls of mud boil pale green here, light pink there, and brown a while later. Crisp tasting water spouts out of cracks. Rock towers stand shrouded ...

We’d been paddling the Owyhee River for four days, through the rugged basalt canyons and sprawling plains of eastern Oregon’s high desert. We’d drifted through stretches of water so wide and flat as ...