Author: Middy Tilghman

  • A Story for the Ages: Exploring Tajikistan’s Untamed Rivers

    A Story for the Ages: Exploring Tajikistan’s Untamed Rivers

    Note from the editor (SZ): In 2007 Middy Tilghman, Andrew McEwan and Simon Beardmore wrote the following grant proposal to fund an ambitious kayaking expedition to Tajikistan: In the decade following its independence, Tajikistan was embroiled in a civil war that took a devastating toll on its population, and eliminated tourism. Only recently has the…

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  • Welcome to Site Zed

    Welcome to Site Zed

    Site Zed publishes interesting and thought-provoking original content inspired from paddlesports.  The name comes from the Stikine River in British Columbia, Canada.  Site Zed on the Stikine is the scene of a proposed dam, a local fight against dam construction, and a massive rapid that remained un-run until 2012.  The complexity of its history and…

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