The Klamath Part I- The Upper by JK Team | Dec 18, 2012 | Trip Reports, Whitewaterby Paul Gamache It’s 103 degrees out and I’m surrounded by poison oak. Oily reddish-green leaves litter my entire kayak. I shudder at the thought of sitting down in this poison, wishing there was a cold mountain stream beyond the bushes instead of the dam restrained...
Japan – The Hidden Whitewater Gem by JK Team | Nov 14, 2012 | WhitewaterThis spring, I went on an amazing paddling trip to Japan. Prior to leaving for the trip, I had countless people question why I was going to Japan to kayak. ‘Is there good whitewater in Japan? Why are you going all the way to Japan when there’s kayaking in California?’...
Back from the Arctic- Rifles, Crampons and Kayaks by christopherkorbulic | Nov 6, 2012 | WhitewaterThere is something very strange about grabbing crampons and a rifle with your paddle as you prepare for paddling, then walk to the deck of a sailboat, but this was how our day began. Ben Stookesberry, Pedro Oliva, and I were ascending onto the Braswell Glacier in the...
Amazon Warzone by Rafael Ortiz | Sep 19, 2012 | WhitewaterAmazon warzone by Rafa Ortiz In front of us another class V horizon line that I was ready to run blind in order to get out of there. Â It was the same feeling as the one from a war movie when the soldiers are in the trench and surrounded, one of the most dangerous...
Hello Corsica Creeking and Goodbye to the Rizzanese River by Kat and David Levitt | Aug 22, 2012 | Whitewater An oasis of beauty and history, the island of Corsica thrusts upward into the sky its jagged ridges and soaring peaks that resemble the Sierra Nevada of California. But Corsica also enchants its visitors with quaint old villages precariously perched on mountain...
Japan Part 2: Three Days on the Nakatsugawa, “A Wet State” by colinkemp | Jul 22, 2012 | Whitewater[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/jgn-nHExCog?fs=1&hl=en_US[/youtube] After the two warm-up days in the Minakami area, we decided to drive to the Nakatsugawa for some runs on it and its main tributary, the Zakogawa. On our third day in country, as we left the...
Paddling – Italian Style – part 1 by Jessie Stone | May 22, 2012 | Trip Reports, WhitewaterWhat’s not to love about Italy? Delicious food, friendly people, and great cappuccino. Well add to that spectacular scenery, incredible whitewater, and little driving and you have Val Sesia. I had heard of the this area for kayaking for some time, but it was not until...
A Look Into Chris Korbulic’s Journal Entries leading to the Descent of Kundawika Falls by christopherkorbulic | Jan 28, 2012 | Creeking, River Running, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater Dec. 30 There’s a small path to the river from the last village, the truck can’t go. The villagers say it’s 20 km, but the GPS says 12. To rent bikes from the village, we have to take a rider too, so the longer the trail, and more time we have...
An Expedition Complete in Northern Zambia: WONDER GORGE by christopherkorbulic | Jan 21, 2012 | Creeking, River Running, rivers, WhitewaterHow quickly time passes and things can change. December 7, one year since our expedition in the Congo ended tragically with the loss of Hendri Coetzee, I spent on the rim of the Zambezi Gorge, above rapid number 7, with Ben Stookesberry, Pete Meredith, Hendri’s best...
Kafue River Expedition: Northern Zambia by christopherkorbulic | Jan 19, 2012 | Creeking, River Running, rivers, Team JK, WhitewaterThe man in back wants to see you; at border posts, visa offices, consulates, these are never words you want to hear, especially when at first it seems that you’ll walk away from the receptionist with visas in hand, grinning, and the sun shining on your face. It...
Stookesberry and Korbulic revel in final days in Venezuela by christopherkorbulic | Apr 16, 2011 | Creeking, WhitewaterRio Caroni, Bolivar, Venezuela We were sitting around a glowing fire that heated our dinner and lit the amphitheater of jungle around us as we leaned back on boulders or pieces of fallen trees. It was Pedro Oliva, Ben Stookesberry, and me waiting for what we were...
