Arizona Paddling 2026—Who says you can never go back?
A chilly take-out in '98 Twenty-eight years ago, my wife Lisa and I completed the first descent of West Clear Creek with the late Josh Lowry. Josh wore a wetsuit [...]
Big Island Big Trees
A cool breeze had me seeking the warmth of the jeep for the first time since I'd arrived on the Big Island. Standing in breezy mountain air at 7,000 feet [...]
November Arizona Kayaking!
November: Turkey, Football, Fall colors, but whitewater? Not really. Okay, sure, maybe back East you could paddle. The Pacific Northwest? Yes, but be ready to brave the cold short days. [...]
Canyoneering Illusions—A Cool Reality
Doubts surfaced while packing the ropes. A 165-footer and a 60-footer, would that be enough? It had been 18 years since I descended Illusions Canyon. I didn't remember any really [...]
Klamath Renewed – To the Sea
Most great rivers reach a place on their journeys where culture and geography connect; creating a place of tangible power imbued with human reverence, and signaling a clear transition in [...]
Klamath Renewed—Into the Mountains
The old hatchery below Iron Gate Dam was quiet, as was the river bank that was once crowded with anglers. With no dam to gather migrating fish at the end [...]
Klamath Renewed – Drained Reservoirs and Returned Rapids
Below the whitewater of Hells Corner, the Klamath placidly enters farm country. For the past 107 years, it then entered Copco Reservoir. No more; we noticed our arrival at the [...]
Klamath Renewed – Whitewater
The Klamath at Keno Dam is warm, algae-filled, and stinky. Three of us launched on the still waters of Lake Euwana—the reservoir behind the dam—to get a small sense of [...]
Klamath River Sources
Where does a river truly begin? Sometimes the answer is obvious, as with British Columbia's Fraser. It empties a pond atop a mountain divide, and the growing stream is immediately [...]
Canyoneering—Expanding Possibilities
When I wrote Canyoneering Arizona 27 years ago, the essence of the sport escaped me. It was all about exploring river basins then; mainly just hiking down creekbeds that I [...]
