Yes, it’s time for our annual Fall Sale along with Sotar. Order your new boat now and save! Why order through us instead of Sotar directly? Good question. I have a good answer… We will meet Sotar’s fall sale price (20% off retail) on all boat orders through the month […]
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New cataraft frames are now on the market. Features include light weight, with fully adjustable seat bar, scout rails, adjustable oar towers, and full breakdown into small package for shipping with stainless steel pins. Since they are full breakdown, they can be ship much easier and cheaper than a welded […]
New Frames For Sale!
We’ve been putting the prototype aluminum break-down frame to the test. The verdict? Works great on our small and large boats. It is really nice that the seat and oar towers are adjustable to fit any rower. It breaks down into 7 pieces (it even fits inside the cab of […]
Update on Frames
Currently testing out a new frame design. Very similar to our existing steel frames, but this one is aluminum and much lighter. Features an adjustable seat bar, adjustable oar towers, and breaks down into seven compact pieces. Without the seat/oarloacks it weighs in under 25 pounds! If it works well […]
New Frame – Prototype
Here is a recent article on-line at Canoe & Kayak magazine about our detention in Guatemala while trying to boat the Rio Copon. While it was very serious and we were lucky to make it out alive, it is obvious that these people feel very strongly about the local river. […]
More on Guatemala
Well, we weren’t able to run the Rio Copon. We were denied access to the river by the local villagers (to say the least). On the plus(?) side, we did make the Guatemalan network news and had several newspaper articles written about our attempt to run the river. Most of […]
No Rio Copon…
We had a really good time on the Rio Lanquin and Rio Cahobon. Thanks to Max, Paul, Josh, Peter, and Nils for being on the river with us, and Kike doing the shuttle along the river with lunch and gear. The best place to stay in Lanquin is the Posada […]
Great Rivers in Guatemala
Hola, I am finally on my way to Villahermosa, Mexico to catch up with Lacey who has just gotten off a trip on the Rio Usumacinta. Next, we are heading next to Guatemala to meet up with a group to hopefully run the Rio Copon and do our part to […]
Off to Guatemala!
Check out the latest trip report on the First Descent of the Rio Tehuantepec in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico! https://golightoutdoors.com/trips/rio-tehuantepec-another-first-descent/
New Trip Report
We are now in Veracruz at the Language Immersion School for the next two weeks to improve our Spanish communication skills. We spent a couple of days at the Aventurec compound outside of Tlapacoyan and rafted the El Encanto section of the Rio Filobobos which we had done before – […]
Spanish Language School
Greetings from Oaxaca City where we are celebrating Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with the locals and dining on delicias mole negro. We are resting up after making a first descent of the Rio Tehuantepec and then a couple of runs on the Rio Copalita, including twice […]
Hola from Oaxaca
Headed back to Mexico to run some more rivers in Oaxaca. Maybe Veracruz if there’s time! Will try and post some pictures along the way.
Back for More!
Check out the latest Trip Report from our adventure on the Mulatos/Aros/Yaqui rivers in Mexico on the Trip Reports page.
Mulatos Trip Report
Well, after our great adventure in Mexico, a lot of us returned to our “normal” lives and went back to work and such. Lacey and Rocky turned right around and drove down to Mazatlan to explore some more rivers. First up was the Baluarte. Rocky was kind enough to send […]
Wish I Was There!
We just finished participating (as “guides”) in the first commercial descent of the Rios Mulatos/Aros/Yaqui in northern Sonora, Mexico with Rocky Contos of Sierra Rios. It was an adventure to say the least! Unfortunately we ended up doing our trip during one of the worst droughts in the Sierra Madre […]
Adventures in Mexico
What do you do when its hot on the Grand Canyon? You take the train down the Little Colorado River! All Aboard!
Training on the Little Colorado
Order Online from NRS or purchase directly form your local boating and outdoor recreation retailer. Twelve retail stores including NRS now carry the book. NRS has made it very easy to order through their online catalog. For those of you waiting to order from Lacey directly – She will be […]
Where to Buy THE BOOK
Just finished a 16 day private rafting trip down the Colorado River through the grand canyon. What can I say, the canyon is, well, GRAND! Spectacular scenery, interesting side hikes, and cool activities like forming a floating train of bodies in the Little Colorado River. We took our “big” boats […]
Grand Canyon
After running the Cache la Poudre River outside of Fort Collins at high water with some local boaters, we headed for the Arkansas River near Buena Vista. Just in time for (you guessed it) more high water! The flows were finally starting to recede and get near prime boating levels […]
Surfs Up in Colorado
Interesting craft to say the least! Apparently about 30 sets of these hard plastic cat tubes were produced and are now owned by various people associated with rescue agencies, their friends, and several river rangers. They are about 11′ 6″ long and are not round tubes, but oval in cross-section, […]
Hard-shell Cats
A belated post about our trip down the SF Boise River after running the Owyhee for the second time. We had time in Boise before heading for the Gates of Lodore (trip report) and decided to check out the run from Danskin Bridge to Neal Bridge on the SF Boise […]