#Kayaking

What is at stake: Cayoosh Creek

This is a video of a day trip we did to a section of Cayoosh Creek just outside of Lillooet in July 2016. It is mainly a class IV section but the biggest rapid in the middle of the run is very dangerous and no easier nor any less dangerous to portage than to paddle. There aren’t really any older videos or many descriptions of this river around, which is odd since jut next to it runs a highway. It is such a gorgeous section and I would love to see more people running it. I hop

Idrija – A Hidden Run in Western Slovenia

Andraž Krpič

Idrija – A Hidden Run in Western Slovenia

Rainy November days in Slovenia… Most people seem to not enjoy this time of the year too much. Us kayakers are a bit special. For me, the best part of realizing that I was going to spend this fall back home was the expectation of this wet weather. Idrija is a creek on the border of Slovenia and Italy that needs a lot of rain to become runnable for kayakers. Not many people know of its existence but it is only one of many little streams in the area that bring so much joy to us

When passion returns: From Canada to The Balkans

Andraž Krpič

When passion returns: From Canada to The Balkans

I seem to have a talent of organizing my schedule so I maintain a constant level of stress. Or maybe I simply have a talent of stressing out. Constant moving, hard work and FOMO-driven play time sometimes leave me feeling drained. Is this bad form of stress a natural consequence of leading a busy life, do I simply stress too much about things I need not to (and can I push a button to turn it off?), or have I pushed my agenda too far beyond what I really want and need in my li

Andraž Krpič

Making the Best of Life Lessons

Scouting the Lower Cheakamus with Mount Alpha in the back My second season living as a raft guide in BC was kind of same, same. I moved to Whistler instead of Squamish to be closer to The Cheakamus and the Callaghan, while I still worked in Squamish, but other than that, not much changed. Big mountains, cold rivers, insanely fun rapids, wood in the river, short kayaking trips to the USA, a lot of good times with crazy friends, a lot of work, epic scenery, insanely long drives

A short but sweet kayakin trip to Colombia

Andraž Krpič

A short but sweet kayakin trip to Colombia

Andrej Bijuklic in a Suarez canyon Colourful Bogota alley There is something about kayaking being such a big part of my identity that is making me have a very ambiguous relationship to winter. I’m spending this northern hemisphere winter in Whistler and while most people here can’t wait to do an annual (seasonal sports) transition, I find myself having trouble letting go of kayaking, even though I really love snow and skiing. It starts getting better fast for me after New Yea

Good things in life (my time in White Salmon)

Andraž Krpič

Good things in life (my time in White Salmon)

The Columbia Gorge I know you shouldn’t look back too much, but I do miss living in Bovec. I miss the great view out of my window, I miss knowing most of the town and the privilege of kayaking Soča River whenever I felt like it, even if I was alone. I am currently caught in the chaos of adjusting into life and work in Squamish. Buying a phone, a car and just getting to work is all making me trouble. So I sometimes drift and think about the past month. I wrote about the incr

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Soča Valley Extreme Kayaking: Soča Katarakt, Lower Tolminka and Učja

Soča Katarakt is an extreme kayaking classic. With swift development of kayaking in the recent years, this section doesn’t present a demanding run for a contemporary high-end kayaker, but it is still notorious and feared for its numerous dangerous siphons. The Katarakt video was shot in November 2012, right after some of the biggest floods this valley has had in the last century. This section has been known to change often after the floods or avalanches and so it has changed