After winning a Grand Canyon rafting permit, I quickly started looking into what gear from the ultralight backpacking world would translate into the river world and what gear I would need to buy and/or replace. It turns out that the gear required for a river trip differs dramatically from the gear
I Got a Grand Canyon River Permit – Now What?
At the end of 2019, I found myself in Tennessee visiting with friends from the Continental Divide Trail. They had just returned from a 23-day rafting trip through the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River; their stoke level at an all-time high. "It was incredible. You have to get out there. It takes