** This is an old post from last summer (June 2023) that I never got the chance to share. Since I had the time and space today I figured I would update it and get it out to the world.*** I had spent a handful of days on the river when I first saw the Green River running though Dinasaour National monument. I had gotten into a free program in college in which a non-profit flew myself and few other students around Colorado in small planes to see Colorado’s rivers and talk to locale interest groups about their work on READ MORE
Category: Whitewater Kayaking
Back in the boat in Taos, NM
While we were hardly ready to put away our skis, Mark and I were excited to hop in the kayaks for a brief break from the snow and make it back down to Taos for some boating. We met our friend Sam for two days of kayaking on the Rio Grande. While Sam had made dozens of run down the Racecourse in the past few seasons (a popular stretch of class III whitewater near Pilar, NM), Mark and I hadn’t been on the Rio Grande in two years. When we had last been there, we were just learning to kayak READ MORE
Wet, Hot, Kayaking Summer
Written by Mark Johnson Do you ever wonder what your face would look like under the pressure of certain life threatening danger that can only be prevented by vigorously heeding the commands of your fearless leader while simultaneously trying to squeeze out a fearful little toot? I do not, thankfully, because I have a photo of myself making that face. Disregard the my boatmates who appear to be simply having fun splashing their way down the rapids. This photo perfectly captures the dualistic nature of paddling on whitewater; it is quite fun, and quite scary. And it’s fun to be READ MORE