We've been huge fans of Deane Parkers film work since his first bike rafting adventure The Waiau Toa Odyssey back in 2017. Story telling plays such a huge role in the low term growth and health of our sport, inspiring people to get involved and firing up the imagination of what might be possible …
Packrafting Trip Planning
One of the most important factors in determining the successful out come of any endeavour is planning. [INSERT TIRESOME QUIP ABOUT PROPER PRIOR PLANNING PREVENTS PISS POOR PERFORMANCE? YAWN]. Instinctively we probably all know this to be true around whaat we do in the outdoors too but if you drill …
Hypothermia
As the third and final article in the series as part of the Packrafting Culture of Safety movement, we're examining hypothermia. If you haven't read the previous two articles, it might be useful to go back and read them first. We've examined how we die in the water in an attempt to build risk …