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Adventure Bikes and Whale Bones - Bjørn Olson
Adventure Stories, Photo GalleryIn the summer of 2017, four Alaskan adventurers, Bjørn Olson, Kim McNett, Daniel Countiss, and Alayne Tetor, set out from the village of Point Hope and fat biked and packrafted to the northern-most community in the United States, Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow). Photos and captions by Bjørn Olson.
Bikerafting Three Unknown Rivers in Kyrgyzstan - A Photo Essay
Adventure StoriesNavigating the Unknown on Three Rivers in Kyrgyzstan by Packraft & Bicycle – A Photo Essay by Kit Guncheon, with Mike McGrath Photos and captions by Kit Guncheon.
Photo Essay - Queets River Packrafting
Adventure Stories, Photo GalleryQueets River Photo Essay by Benj Wadsworth A semi-professional outdoor adventure and landscape photographer, Benj Wadsworth captures images on his off-the-beaten-path adventures around North America. He skis, kayaks, packrafts, and hikes from his home base in Seattle, Wash., and he carries a camera with him everywhere. “My photos attempt to […]
Finding Joy & Movement on Alaska’s Freezing Willow Creek Thanks so much to Galen Johnston for letting us share this story and video that he first posted on his personal Facebook page on November 6, 2018. We felt like it was an appropriate story to start 2019 with. Happy New […]
Leigh & Spring McClurg Made Drastic Changes to Their Sedentary Lives, Moved to Canada, Learned How to Adventure in the Wilderness, & Became Successful Adventure Photographers — Here’s How… We are featuring photos by the McClurgs all this week on Instagram. Follow us! The Happy Outdoor Nuts Self-described storytellers, outdoorsy nuts, […]
Accidentally Weightless on the Gothic - A 5000 Miles of Wild Story
Adventure StoriesA Packrafter’s Long Road to Recovery After a Waterfall Accident on the Gothic River is Slowed by Arthritis, But Nothing Dampens His Stoke – A 5000 Miles of Wild Story Share Your Story to Support the 5000 Miles of Wild Campaign (and also get the Chance to Win a Werner […]
"Biking-Birder" Seeks Green Birding World Record - Gets Face Dyed by Native Peruvians
Adventure Stories“Biking Birder” Gary Prescott seeks Green Birding World Record, Part I Story & photo by Gary Prescott. Trepidation filled me as I inflated my colorful Alpacka packraft and the fast, shallow whitewater of the tributary river of the Amazon, the Madre de Dios, rushed past me. The long walk in […]
A Trip of a Lifetime - Patagonia by Packraft
Adventure StoriesPatagonia by Packraft – Story & Photos by Ashley Perry
Back To School – Mountain Middle School's Packrafting Adventure
Adventure Stories, BikeraftingStory & photos by Pete Basinger. Mountain Middle School does a one week intensive class called Intersession every spring. Classes range from silversmithing to traveling to Costa Rica. Sara Tescher and I wanted to offer a bikepacking Intercession, and thanks to the generous community in Durango and Alpaca Raft we […]
My First Time - Overcoming Fears & Learning to Packraft
Adventure StoriesOne Swiftwater Rescue Course & Three Days Packrafting the Dolores River Changed My Life The first time I packrafted, Alpacka Raft COO Sarah Tingey took me on a swiftwater rescue course to Moab. Petrified of cold, fast-moving water for most of my life, I spent the entire first day nauseous […]
The Walking Wounded on the World's Biggest Expedition Adventure Race
Adventure StoriesGodzone – Alpacka Athlete Ambassador Dulkara Martig Takes on Adventure Racing In 2018, Alpacka Raft, Dulkara Martig, competed in the 7th Godzone, the world’s biggest expedition adventure race. In this article, she transports us into the depths of Fiordland National Park in New Zealand, sharing the jigsaw of emotions that […]
Packrafting Kids: My name is Alexander Watt, I’m 12.
Adventure Stories, Family & KidsPackrafting Kids: My name is Alexander Watt, I’m 12. Story by: Alexander Watt | Photos by: Jeremiah Watt My name is Alexander Watt, I’m 12, this summer, to get out to do stuff other than sit on my computer because of COVID-19 (which I still do a lot) I’ve started […]
Packrafting Life's Turbulent Waters
Adventure Stories, Family PackraftingOvercoming Tough Times Through Mindfulness, Gratitude & Adventure Happy New Year, and cheers to new beginnings! Story by Leialoha Sousa-Sommo, photos by Cameron Sanders As I pulled out totes for our most recent packrafting trip, I felt like a neglectful boat owner. Sure, they were packed with love but that’s […]
Fluid Trails – Bikerafting Kahurangi National Park
Adventure Stories, Bikerafting, Athletes & AmbassadorsFluid Trails – An Epic Bikerafting Adventure Through New Zealand’s Kahurangi National Park. “Fluid Trails” follows three adventurers as they embark on a bikerafting adventure across Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand using mountain bikes & three packrafts. The park is an ancient place of rare birds, rolling alpine tussock, earthquake […]
Packrafting Patagonia's River Puelo from Source to Sea
Adventure StoriesThe Puelo, An Expedition From Source to Sea Story & photos by Fernando Fainberg About a year ago I saw some pictures of Chilean expeditionary great, Pablo Besser, on an trip to the Patagonian fjords. He was using an inflatable boat to navigate, that could be stored in his backpack. […]
A Bikerafting Film: Helen's Story
Adventure Stories, Bikerafting, Packrafting Safety, Athletes & AmbassadorsHelen’s Story Follow her journey on the first bikerafting instructional course in New Zealand through Packrafting Queenstown. Story, Photos and Film by: Deane Parker of Deane Parker Adventure Channel. Bikerafting for me was my introduction to Packrafting, I’d paddled a packraft for about 4 hours prior to loading a bike on a […]
Broken Roads—A journey through Knoydart, one of the UK’s least accessible peninsulas.
Adventure Stories, Bikerafting, Athletes & AmbassadorsBroken Roads—A journey through Knoydart, one of the UK’s least accessible peninsulas. Story, Photos and Film By: Annie Lloyd Evans Featuring Annie Lloyd Evans and Huw Oliver This is my pee bottle, don’t be alarmed if you see me using it in the night”. Quite forward from a man id […]
8 Days Packrafting Idaho's Middle Fork
Adventure Stories, Photo GalleryA Packraft Adventure on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, Idaho Follow us all this week on Instagram to see more photos & read more stories by Dan Ransom The Middle Fork is definitely not a traditional packrafting river. It’s one of the most famous and popular river trips in America, with over […]
Jesse Selwyn Explores an Ephemeral Desert River, Made Boatable by a Rainstorm Mike’s email arrived on Friday afternoon. We were expecting friends from Denver for a weekend visit, so I declined his invite. Shortly after a large storm shut down I-70 and our friends canceled their trip. I relayed this […]
30 Years in Alaska - A Photo Essay by Philip Tschersich
Adventure Stories, Photo GalleryA Photo Essay of Kodiak & Other Parts of Alaska Photos & captions by Philip Tschersich Philip Tschersich has called Kodiak, Alaska home for almost 30 years. He has traveled extensively throughout the Kodiak Archipelago on foot and by sea kayak during that time. About five years ago a friend […]