Preparing for a winter rafting trip in the Grand Canyon requires careful planning and packing. Once you're in the Canyon, there's no popping over to the store quickly to get something you forgot. Besides food and beverages, everything you launch from Lee's Ferry will be what you have with you when
Patagonia Guidewater Backpack Review
The Patagonia Guidewater Backpack is a fully submersible 29-liter backpack with an IPX7 rating and is made from 100% recycled nylon. It has a large interior compartment with an interior stretch pocket, a modular zippered pocket (which can be attached to the inside or outside of the pack), an
Grand Canyon Rafting: Favorite (& Hated) Gear
A Grand Canyon rafting trip requires that you bring all the gear, food, and poop containers you're going to need for the entirety of your time on the river from the start; there are no gear shops or resupply points along the way. After scoring my permit, I learned a lot on my trip through the
14 Books to Read Before Rafting the Grand Canyon
I've been doing all I can to prepare myself for my upcoming Grand Canyon rafting trip. One of the things I've been doing (in addition to taking a rowing course on the Rogue River) is investing in reading material for both before and during my trip. There are a surprising number of books
17 Must-Have Items for Rafting the Grand Canyon
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