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The Bear Experience
Loading ...As our days in Kamchatka come to and end, the last two weeks have been filled with extraordinary wildlife experiences. From the salmon to the bears, Kamchatka has shared with us moments that we will hold onto for a lifetime. The team has just returned from Kuril Lake, where Bryan worked on loads of underwater [...]
The Zhupanova River
Loading ...We have just arrived back in the capital of Kamchatka after a 4-day trip on the Zhupanova. This was a unique trip for the team, as our focus turned towards the abundance of fish on the Kamchatka peninsula as well as contributing to a Monster Fish show with host Zeb Hogan. It was a transition [...]
Return to Petroplavosk
Loading ...We have just returned to Petroplavosk, the capital of Kamchatka after completing our second source to sea first descent of the Karimsky River to the North. This was an absolutely incredible trip. We put in next to an active volcano that was erupting every 5 minutes and found hot springs at the rivers edge. We had [...]
The Semelyichik
Loading ...An update from Bryan and the Kamchatka Project Team:
“We completed the Semelyichik in three days from source to sea. We took a heli in and met a sailboat at the takeout. On the flight there we spotted another river that looks amazing, but very difficult. We fly in this morning at 8am and will hopefully [...]
The Gates of Paradise
Loading ...On the rim of the volcano, looking down into the mist, we waited. The same wind that was chilling our sweat whipped the fog into eddies in the chasm below. And then, we saw it; a perfectly circular vent of sand-like ash hundreds of feet high.
Waylaid in Moscow
Loading ...How we handle the unpredictability of traveling is what separates adventure from disaster. We missed the final leg of our flight to Kamchatka by five minutes as a result of a very slow customs line and a few bags that showed up three hours after the rest of our gear. With no flight till the [...]
Winter in the Grand
Loading ...The Grand Canyon is something many Americans associate with their youth, that family trip half endured and half enjoyed. But that view is not enough for a smaller subset driven to experience the power of the ‘Grand’.
Spectacular, Violent Butze Rapids
Loading ...Not one wave but many including whirl-pools, pourovers, and breaking waves that form as tide water squeezes through narrow channels. Exactly what you want when searching for the biggest tidal rapids in the world.
A Little TLC
Loading ...Two years ago I traveled to Washington to help my friend Bob Kelim build my first skin-on-frame qajaq. I remember the excitement of taking it on the water for the first time, happy that the qajaq not only floated, but moved in a straight line… and that I had a part in building it.
Cape Flattery
Loading ...I recently had the opportunity to complete a classic line; rounding Cape Flattery – the most NW point in the continental United States. To the west of the Cape is the great Pacific to the north the Straight of Juan de Fuca. While the Pacific requires no introduction for the unfamiliar it should be pointed [...]
