Nick Wright
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Pro Tip: Cooler Management on Rafting Trips
Packing the coolers is a very important part of your camping or rafting trip. Meal times are where everyone comes together to remember the day, and enjoy the comfort of a delicious meal in the great outdoors. Coolers are the reason we can cook fun, home-cooked meals in the backcountry instead of just eating canned beans the whole trip. In order to get your food to camp safely, you need to...
The Best Rafting Trips for Fishing
Fishing is a great way to pass the time on multi-day rafting trips. Some of the best fishing in the country lies in remote places, typically only accessible by whitewater raft. You get to experience how the fish behave and feed in their natural habitat, unlike in a stocked lake. Wilderness fishing destinations are typically not fished very often, unlike the popular holes in your average nearby creek. Rafting trips provide...
The Best Rapid in Each State: The Southeast
If you've seen our list of best rapids in the western states, you'll know that we follow an incredibly scientific formula to determine the best rapid in each state. This formula factors in: Technical challenge Wave size and splashiness Potential for a good story Feeling of elation upon completion We strive to choose rapids that are technically challenging, but aren't necessarily gnarly class V+. The best rapids in the state should...
Cast Iron Dutch Oven Cooking
Cast iron dutch ovens are a common cooking tool in a camp kitchen. You can use them to create delicious meals that will have people on your trip wondering "How could you possibly have made this all the way out HERE??" If you would like to learn to impress your friends with your dutch oven cooking skills, read on. What can you use a dutch oven for? A cast iron dutch...
How Do Rapids Form in a River?
Whitewater rapids are an integral part of boating. Whether you are running day trips full of continuous whitewater or multi-day trips with lots of flat water, everyone agrees the most exciting part of any rafting trip are the rapids. River runners spend years learning effective techniques for safely navigating rapids, gaining an intimate knowledge of how water moves. A huge part of learning how to run them is understanding why and...
The 10 Best Western River Trips
The western United States is filled with spectacular multi-day river trips. People travel from all across the country (or even all across the world!) to run these rivers. The mix of rugged western scenery, world class whitewater, and phenomenal on river camping bring people back to these rivers year after year. A popular topic of campfire conversation (or in some cases, debate) while on a river trip is, unsurprisingly, river trips....
The Best Rapid in Each State: Western U.S. Edition
Our incredibly scientific formula for determining the best rapid in the state takes many elements into consideration: Technical challenge Wave size and splashiness Potential for a good story Feeling of elation upon completion Obviously, the best rapid in the state should be technically challenging and hopefully soak you and your passengers along the way. By these criteria, we could easily choose the biggest, gnarliest, hardest Class V+++ each state could throw...
The 10 Best Multi-Day Family River Trips in the West
What makes a great family river trip The best multi-day family river trips offer fun for everyone. A river trip is a great way to spend quality time and bond as a family. Great family river trips meet the following: Large campsites with access to hiking Flow in the summer when kids are out of school Mostly class II and III whitewater, with few class IV Good for inflatable kayaking and...
