Carmanah
Vancouver Island’s Carmanah Rainforest is an unlogged watershed of ancient Sitka spruce. I traveled there last August, and learned that the valley gained preservation through the efforts of the [...]
RUSH Song and Album Rankings
We were drifting with the motor off in the Salish Sea, sipping Bloody Marys on a perfect Thursday morning when the subject of RUSH's worst song came up. Do [...]
Green River Source Pack Raft
There is something magical about river sources. British Columbia's Fraser begins in a shallow pond, on a pass amidst the soaring Canadian Rockies. Idaho's Selway emerges crystal clear and cold, [...]
Arizona’s biggest Ponderosa pine?
This blob brought to you by Funhog Press I wasn't on any big tree expedition, just scrambling up a nearby canyon to rid myself of that late-November cage-ey-ness. After rimming [...]
Sea kayaking the Sea of Cortez
This blog brought to you by Funhog Press The trip started at 35,000 feet, en route to Chile. I knew we were over the Mexican coast well north of the [...]
Exploring sequoia country
This blog brought to you by Funhog Press In A Guide to the Sequoia Groves of California, author Dwight Willard states, "Eden Creek Grove has biological significance that far surpasses [...]
Finishing Happy on an Alaska Range pack raft route
This blog brought to you by Funhog Press The Happy River is appropriately named. Bouncing and splashing, this clear little stream tumbles along between banks of bright green moss, never [...]
Kuskokwim to Happy River—over Goodman Pass
This BLOB brought to you by Funhog Press The spruce forest alongside Denny Creek was relatively open, soft and mossy too. Any stop in our movement, however, brought gathering clouds [...]
Pack Rafting the Styx into the Kuskokwim, and into the interior
This blog brought to you by Funhog Press The low clouds and light mist of Alaska returned. The small Styx River was lower than the previous evening, and milk green [...]
Route-finding to Alaska’s River Styx
This blog brought to you by Funhog Press Out of the canyon and onto open mountain slopes, sunshine and simple terrain buoyed us toward the River Styx. A herd of [...]
