Expedition Boating

by Daz Clarkson Born in 1975 Daz has paddled around the world, including Pakistan, Morocco, France, Italy, Nepal, Switzerland, Norway and Canada, this year see's him journeying to Tibet and tackling the Grand Canyon of the Stikine. If you want to read more then try Daz's first book, Riding the Tears of Everest, published by …

YCC Extreme Race

After a season on dry rivers and cries of when is it going to rain the first YCC Extreme race was party to the highest conditions any of us had seen on the Upper Tees. Organiser X Pres colluded with colleagues and hastily revised his original grand master plan and broke the river down into …

Scotland March 2006

Scotland 24th – 27th March Three cars headed north early on the Friday morning, with the weather man promising rain all day long.  We arrived at the Bridge of Orchy and inspected the guage, the level wasn’t even registering, the short drive to Glen Etive revealed a trickle coming down the Allt Charroiun, so 5 …

Whistler Bike Park

Whistler Bike Park Len Black getting set for a day in the park, beat him to the bar and he might just let you buy the first round. The bike park has been open for a few years now and offers huge potential for fun or injury. Whistler lies 2 hours north of Vancouver and …

Upper Tees 22.01.06

Upper Tees 22.01.06. Park at the High Force  car park and pay your 3 to paddle, this section has a year round paddling agreement in place and runs fron ditch low to spate conditions. Getting on Below High Force there are a number of features to keep you interested until you reach low Force where …

River Divas on the Kent

The Kent – 15.01.06. Den – you will do as I tell you Three of the ladies employed Dennis of Kayakojacko for the weekend to go through some river and boating skills, after spending day one on the Tees it was off to the Kent for more practice and coaching. Although it had been raining in …

Leh to Manali, India 2000

Leh to Manali, India 2000 This trip started like most things do over a couple of pints; a few weeks later Jack and I were booked on a plane to India The mountain  Kingdom of Ladakh lies in Northern Indian high in the Himalaya, the Leh to Manali traverse is a three week trip incorporating …