A really smart woman once told me I didn’t need a drysuit when I could just boat where it’s warm enough not to wear one. Inspired by this approach to winter boating, I booked my first international kayaking trip to Mexico and have been traveling ever since. Although it’s not quite drysuit season yet and
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“The past and future are in the mind only – I am now.” – Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Last month I accompanied Girls at Play on the last five rapids of the Green Narrows on the final day of Creek Week. This was my fifth trip down this section. I had an arch nemesis on this river
Tracy won the trip to Ecuador at the Ladies Southeast Paddling Series party and raffle in October. Here, she tells her experience in her own words: I wasn’t sure what to expect when I stepped off the plane in Ecuador, but I knew it was going to be awesome. I met my other trip mates
This past weekend I had three ladies come out to an Intro to Whitewater Clinic. We experienced both sunshine and a thunderstorm together, worked with wet exits, strokes, ferries and eddies. What really struck me was that in the face of something new, these ladies inner strength, light and laughter shone through. Approaching things from a place
For approximately half of my life, I’ve been on a quest for water. Around the age of 11, when I read a novel about a 16-year-old girl rowing the Grand Canyon, I developed a deep fondness for the concept of navigating waterways via boat. Anyone who’s ever lived with me, traveled with me, or gone
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Ecuador is a country of immense cultural wealth and geographical diversity, unmatched in the Americas. Straddling the Andes, the country features volcanoes, fantastic animals, expanses of Amazon jungle, the Pacific Coast and the Galapagos Islands. Only half the size of France, the striking geographical and cultural contrasts found in this one small country is
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I’ve been traveling to run winter kayak trips for 12 years now and it’s still one of my favorite things to do – combining whitewater kayaking with yoga and travel. Every year is different and offers up a different energy and experience. This year felt particularly joyful and I’m grateful that after so many years
Wilderness river trips tend to draw me in with their present-moment awareness energy – whether it’s the Grand Canyon, Middle Fork or Main Salmon. As soon as I put on my focus shifts to what is right in front of me: The River, the people I’m traveling with and the beauty that surrounds me. Some
By Em Shanblatt The Sun Kosi (soon-kho-see) in Nepali means Holy River of Gold. Graced with mesmerizing mountain views, alluring villages, charming local people, and fun whitewater, this 12 day river trip through the heart of Eastern Nepal certainly delivered. Girls At Play photographer Stef McArdle and I, along with 6 other women truly had
By Em Shanblatt I was fortunate enough this winter to find myself living and kayaking in Costa Rica for two whole months. After the Girls at Play trips had ended, I extended my stay through February, and had the chance to paddle one of my favorite rivers, the Chirripo Atlantico, not just once, but twice!
