Eagle Vision Outdoors

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Forecast on the River: Wet 🌊 Rain or shine, it’s ALWAYS river time and we’re getting wet either way!

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Tandem Sea Kayaking Through The Grand Canyon | We were standing next to our kayak on the bank of the Colorado River in the depths of the Grand Canyon, its rusty red rocks towering above us. Downstream lays a tricky and impressive rapid called Hance. We have just returned from scouting the line and we’re rethinking our moves.

“Are you nervous?”

Jill looked up at me with a wry smile. “No, ” she stated flatly. “We’ve got this. We’ve made it this far and hey… I trust you.”

I smile as Jill climbs into the bow seat of our yellow 22-foot double sea kayak. Once her gaze is off me, my smile contorts into a bemused grimace and I push the bow away from the shore into the deceivingly tranquil muddy waters above the chaos downstream. I climb into the rear seat and find myself chuckling under my breath. I am bemused at her statement, what does trust have to do with not feeling fear?

I call “forward paddle” and in unison we paddle our large oceangoing craft out of the eddy into the downstream flow to face the coming rapid. As we drop over the lip into the cauldron of standing waves and foaming recirculating holes stretching out ahead for 200 meters or so, I find myself thinking “Hell! It doesn’t matter how much she trusts me. This is crazy.”

Read the full story of Jamie Sharp and Jillian Brown's eleven-day trip down the Colorado River, kayaking the Grand Canyon together in a tandem sea kayak here: https://bit.ly/4axwrxo

📷 & ✍️: Jamie Sharp

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