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River Trips: Canoe, Kayak, Raft
Howdy. I normally don’t “reach out”, but I keep running across your blog/website/trip information. I am planning a trip this summer, Gardner to the Missouri as you have done, then on down the Missouri to St. Louis, then on down the Mississippi to the Gulf. I have enough experience, that I am not intimidated. Your information has helped me a lot and will “tap into your sources of information at the appropriate time”, plan on leave 1st of June to Mid June, all depending on the snow pack/weather/spring run off/etc. Last year I did the Snake River from Flagg Ranch,… Read more »
Hi Dave, Thanks for the message. I think I visited your site before to read up on your trip down the Snake. You’ve done a lot of awesome, epic trips. Congratulations! When I left Stehekin, headed to the Canadian border on the PCT, an older couple left just a few hours of me. He was 70 and she was in her 60s. They were fast. They beat me to the border. They thru-hiked the whole thing, so I don’t know who the very oldest thru-hiker is. The PCTA will likely know. That would be a good goal, to set the… Read more »