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Facing Fears with Friends
How do we measure success? Is there a unit, or gauge? I’ve been exploring this idea while pondering paddling winters ...
Sespe River | Southern California
The Sespe slowly gathers steam as it descends from Rose Valley carving a distinctive U shape around the ever-present ...
Simpson Valley | Canada
As we got closer it became clear that we had made it. The Simpson River was right in front of us.
Donner ünd Blitzen: Desert Scarcity | Rain, Not Reindeer.
For a particular high desert treat we awoke the next morning to the subtle transition of raindrops morphing into the ...
Low Water Highs | Opening Up The Lower John Day
The full moon had dipped below the hilltops before we arrived at the river, and our frigid approach to the narrows be...
The Argentinian Andes
Words By: Agustin Parietti
Photography: Nouria Newman & Ben Stookesbury
In December 2018, Silvio Gurrieri, Robert...
Breaking Up the Monotony | An Eastern Oregon Monologue
Written By: Jo Kemper
I was diagnosed with mono in early April 2018 and told that I’d likely had it for the past se...
Exploring Remote Parts of India | A Kayaking Trip to Arunachal Pradesh
Written By: Pramod Magar
I have explored different rivers in India and Nepal with my kayak, but these rivers in the ...
"The Circle of (River) Life"
I have a confession to make, friends of the whitewater community--I am starting to believe that the river does run in...
Upper White River, Oregon from Keeps Mill to Tygh Valley
Article and Photos provided generously by IR Team Member Jo Kemper
May 13-14, 2017
APPROXIMATELY 1000 CFS FROM PAT ...
November in Pakistan
By: Jo Kemper (IR Team Member Extraordinaire)
Foreword
I’m struggling to condense nearly a month of paddling in Paki...