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Swiping a Shuttle: The Tinder Misadventure
Sometimes the shuttle is the adventure (click for video). Cabot and I sat on the boat ramp, watching the aquamarine tendrils of the Salmon River swirling at our feet. As we drank our last two Rainiers, I checked my phone. Still no signal and the hour was growing late. It had started as a joke,…
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Pop a Squat
“Oh woah, sorry!” “For what?” I looked up at my friend from the squat I just popped. Bare ass dangling over the rock’s edge, crouched and facing in toward the group, I waited. “Well, uhm, I mean,” he turned his body away, clearly wanting to exit the moment, and yet also still hovering out of…
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Exploring Tajikistan’s Untamed Rivers Part Two: The Muksu
The team, burdened by leaking drytops and broken kayaks, explores the frigid, high elevation Muksu River.
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A Story for the Ages: Exploring Tajikistan’s Untamed Rivers
By Middy Tilghman, Simon Beardmore and Andrew McEwan 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…
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A Father-Son Picnic on the Middle Kings
He believed me when I told him that the Middle Kings was the pinnacle, the ultimate river. I planted the seed.
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Packraft Descent of the Middle Kings
Trudging down the steep trail to the bottom of the valley, I couldn’t shake the feeling that we might be finally pushing too far.
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Alone in the sierra: Sam Sharp
I was 100% confident in my capabilities, and I knew the line I was gonna have. I’ve had no greater feeling at the bottom of a rapid.
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Rocky Contos and the Deepest canyons on Every Continent
Interview conducted by Site Zed
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Bull Lake Single Push Onsight
This mission was completed by Team Beer in July, 2023. Words by Louis Norris. Photos by Ben Luck.