Travel
“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” – Bill Bryson
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Why we paddle…
There is something you get out of paddling that you can’t get in any other sport. It’s finding the happy balance with an always changing force of nature, and it makes you feel very small yet powerful at the same time.” Shannon Caroll
“Our deepest fear…”
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It s our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people around you won’t feel insecure. We are…
We should always be learning.
I absorb ideas from every course I can, and put them to practical use.
“Any day on the river… is better than not being on at all.”
“The Cache la Poudre River, just west of Fort Collins, is one of the most beautiful and exciting rivers I have rafted. The ever-changing water makes every day new and fun. Throughout the season, the water level can vary as much as 4 feet and that makes for very different experiences on the river, all…
Tales from the Rookies-those who were not offered a job
“I have to quit training. My muscles are too big.” Cockiness and excuses are bad traits by themselves, in combination they are even worse (but funny!). Tweet
Courage…
“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you, you are wrong. There are always difficulties rising, which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end, requires some of the same courage…