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Packrafting Safety: From the Armchair to High Adventure, Part III
Packrafting SafetyHow To Mitigate the Dangers of Packrafting By Chad Oelke, cover shot by Mike Curiak In the third of this three-part series, we explore ways to mitigate the dangers of packrafting through: acquiring paddling skills and quickly responding to hazards; how to gain experience and good judgement; common causes of accidents; […]
Packrafting Safety: From the Armchair to High Adventure, Part II
Packrafting SafetyUnderstanding Risk & Packrafting Safety In the second of this three-part series, we explore how to alleviate the dangers of swiftwater travel, including: the basics of reading water; anticipating river flow and force; how bends, gradient, and constrictions change river flow; understanding river features: eddies, waves, and holes; reading rapids; […]
Employee Trip Profile - Molly Harrison & Crew Explore the Brooks Range by Raft
Adventure Stories, Photo GalleryThis summer, Alpacka Raft Customer Service Rep Molly Harrison and four close friends trekked 160 miles through the Brooks Range “There is still wild country left to explore, and we saw the tiniest piece of it up in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.”
Packrafting Safety: From the Armchair to High Adventure, Part I
Packrafting SafetyExploring The Nature of Risk & How We Can Mitigate the Dangers of Packrafting In the first of this three-part series, we explore the nature of risk, why we seek it out, and the gear we need to stay safe. Read part II and and part III. By Chad Oelke In […]
4 Guys, 4 Packrafts, 10 Rivers - Traversing the Mackenzie Mountains on Foot & Packraft
Adventure StoriesFour Adventurers Take On Alaska’s Mackenzie Mountains Via Foot & Packraft Photos by Paul Burbidge. Follow us on Instagram to see additional photos from their adventure. In August, Sky Pearson, Dylan Stewart, Paul Christensen, and Paul Burbidge hiked 620+ miles, paddled 10 rivers, and portaged 93 miles in 21 days, […]
Youngest Adventure Racer Finishes AR World Championships
News, Events, ReviewsHunter Leidinger Becomes the Youngest Adventure Racer to Ever Compete in the Sport’s World Event When Team AR Geogria crossed the finish line at the AR World Champs in Wyoming this afternoon there was a small crowd gathered there greet them … and a golden trophy waiting for one of […]
Adventurer Christian Clot Traverses 4 Extreme Environments to Study Human Adaptability
Adventure Stories, Photo GalleryExplorer and researcher Christian Clot succeeded in multiple solo traverses of extreme environments on his expedition – Adaptation 4×30. Christian Clot traversed the four most extreme environments on earth by foot and by raft to study the adaptability of human beings. He first crossed Iran’s Dasht-E Lut desert, the hottest […]
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 […]
Rig To Flip, Dress to Swim: Setting up for Packrafting Success
Packrafting Safety5 Key Things to Consider When Rigging Your Packraft for Safety Photos & text by Monica Morin (with the help of the Alaska packraft community) There are a million ways to rig a whitewater craft, but the idea is the same no matter where you are around the world. When […]
From Russia With Packrafting Love - Stories from Chukotka
Adventure Stories, Photo GalleryAugust Instagram Takeover: Featuring Russian Adventure Photographer Timur Akhmetov My name is Timur, and I live in the far far East of Russia – Chukotka. This territory is directly across the Bering Strait from Alaska. I am an Environmentalist on a gold mine; I work shift by shift, which is […]
Bikeraft Scotland - Two Adventurers Inspire with Instagram Photo Gallery
Adventure Stories, Photo GalleryHuw Oliver & Annie Lloyd-Evans Showcase Stunning Bikeraft Scotland Shots in Recent @Alpacka_Raft #InstagramTakeover Scottish adventurers Huw Oliver and Annie Lloyd-Evans recently took over our Instagram page to showcase their bikeraft Scotland photos. You can read more about their trips on Oliver’s blog, including his latest, “Way out West: Bikerafting in the Outer […]
100 Colo. Businesses Urge Senators to Protect America’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Conservation EffortsColorado’s Outdoor Industry Companies Seek to Protect National Treasure — The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge This summer more than 100 Colorado outdoor businesses, including Alpacka Raft, asked the Colorado congressional delegation to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by leaving it closed to fossil fuel development. Senator Cory Gardner could be a […]
Packrafting Sjaunja - A Swedish Paddler's Paradise
Adventure Stories, Photo GalleryThree Adventurers Explore One of the World’s Largest Unmodified Natural Areas Cultivated by Humans Check out our Instagram page August 3-6 to see more stunning shots of Sjaunja. Adventurer and packrafter Caj Koskinen recently reached out to us to share some of the stunning photos he shot while packrafting through […]
The Vjosa River: Europe’s Unknown Wild Jewel
Adventure Stories, Conservation EffortsClimb, Paraglide, Packraft: 3 Adventurers Raise Awareness for one of Europe’s Last Remaining Wild Rivers European explorers Sean Villanueva, Nico Favresse, and Tom De Dorlodot recently spent a few weeks on Albania’s Vjosa River (aka the Aoös) to raise awareness for the threats to the river, including numerous proposed dams. Check out our Q&A with […]
In this video, packrafter Monica Morin presents Packrafting Awareness to help prepare packrafting enthusiasts for the upcoming season. Mimicking Avalanche Awareness education, this hour and a half talk is an introduction to what you need to know prior to getting on the water. Packrafting is growing exponentially as these light, […]
Rad Business Profile: Andrew Wracher on the Growth of Bikerafting
Photo Gallery, Athletes & AmbassadorsBikepacking + Packrafting = BikeRafting Andrew Wracher started Bedrock Bags back in 2012 when he had heard about “this thing called bikepacking”. He sewed personal projects for a decade, building up a set of bags for his own bikepacking adventures. He mostly copied existing stuff, but threw some ideas of his own in. […]
Packrafting Afghanistan – 1st Descent of the Oxus River Story & photos by Jonathan Rider Rafting in Afghanistan. Sounds fun. Packrafting Afghanistan. Even better. In September 2015 Edmund Le Brun and I made the first descent of the Oxus River from its source in the Afghan Pamir to the border […]
1st Mancos Valley River Film Festival Fundraiser
News, Events, Reviews**Update!** The event was a huge success. We hosted 275 people and raised almost ,000, which will be divided between Mancos FoodShare and Mancos Pay It Forward, with the money earmarked for Western Excelsior Plant Employees. Thanks so much to all sponsors involved!!! Alpacka Raft Partners with Local Nonprofits to […]
Multisport Adventurer & Alaskan to Teach Packrafting Safety & Awareness Classes If you are unable to attend these packrafting safety courses, presenter Monica Morin will be video taping them. We will share the videos once they are published. Dates for her presentations include: June 12th, 6p.m. at Beaver Sports in Fairbanks and August 1st, […]
Floating The Border - How Trump's Wall Might Affect the Rio Grande & Communities Around It
Conservation EffortsPackrafting the Rio Grande to Discover the Consequences of the Border Wall In January 2017, Richard Forbes, Peter Levin, Robby Dohrn, and Gus Griffin floated along the Rio Grande for 11 days as the narrative backbone for an environmental documentary. The Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande, just downstream from Big […]