The Most Important Part of Any Adventure

It’s funny the thing most people don’t think about when heading out for adventures in the outdoors. I’ve always had a simple philosophy about how to make any outdoor adventure experience the best it can possibly be.

“It’s the little things that matter. The planning and preprations that make you comfortable on your oudoor adventure are key.”

I’ve spent a lot of time in the outdoors, pretty much every waking minute of my life. I’ve also had the good fortune to be the conduit take many others on some of their first outdoor adventures, backpacking, fishing, hiking, camping, doesn’t matter what the adventure is. You have to be prepared, and it’s usually the small things that make the difference.

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Floating the River. Lost. Darkness. Dead Things.

For an Average Flatlander there is one things thing that calls to use like nothing else. What you ask? A River Float of course. Is there anything else like it? What is is about floating down a quiet river that speaks to the soul and to adventure? I think it’s because you get to see what most other people don’t.

Most people don’t float rivers, most people never see the miles of shorelines, inlets, marshes, and wildlife, that someone who floats a river gets to see. You’re alone. One a few people who will probably travel that way for an entire year. Do you think you have to get lost in the most remote regions of the world to see something new and novel?

I say nay. You simply need to float a river.

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