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Packrafters need to limit their gear so it fits on the bow of their six-foot-long craft. This means dehydrated food for dinner, sleeping under a tarp and wearing wet clothes dry. What is river running like when big rafts haul the food and gear...Can an ultralight packrafter be enticed to the dark side? Read More...

Roman Dial demystifies whitewater for the packrafter wanting to understand the natural progression of learning to packraft in the context of increasingly difficult whitewater. Read More...

Ryan Jordan and Bill Stadwiser explore the Bear Trap Canyon Wilderness (the nation's first BLM-managed Wilderness Area) by foot and packraft. Read More...

Bill Stadwiser shares his notes on packrafting Bear Trap Canyon with Ryan Jordan. Read More...

Roman Dial leads first legal (permitted) packrafting trek in the Grand Canyon. Read More...

Carol Crooker interviews Roman Dial about his experience with the NPS for securing a permit to packraft the Grand Canyon. Read More...

A river explorer takes on the Colorado River in a packraft. Read More...

Green River through Desolation Canyon: 84 miles, 67 class II/II rapids, 7 days in a packraft. Read More...

Delving deeper into the Alpacka longboat, gear repair, keeping healthy, and the upcoming ski season Read More...

Erin and Hig talk about packraft innovations and how they record their travels. Read More...

The Outer Coast is at least as challenging as Hig and Erin anticipated - but often in surprising ways. Read More...

After five months on the trail Erin and Hig have their scariest and most surreal encounters in Icy Bay. Read More...

Intrepid adventurers Erin and Hig are four months into their nine-month adventure. They talk about fuel for humans and cooking with wood for months on end. Read More...

Sure the land is gorgeous, but how is losing a few trees hundreds of miles away going to affect me? Read More...

Does keeping the species from extinction matter, or is it natural progression for humans to overrun the planet? Read More...

Erin and Hig talk about the why's and how's of packraft use on their nine month journey along the Pacific coast. Read More...

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