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MRS' New Collection of Ultralight Packrafts and Other Big News
We are so excited to interview MRS today! Congratulations, MRS, on a very productive year. Could you share about the new line of packrafts that you have launched? We launched the ultra-light series this year. Four products are included in the ultra-light series, which are mainly for use in flat water: Nitrogen, Minnow, Surveyor, and Surveyor-X2. Nitrogen is the lightest among all MRS packraft types, and weighs less than one kilogram. The Surveyor is slightly larger than the Minnow, and the X2 is the two-person version of the Surveyor. The Minnow, Surveyor, and Surveyor X2 all use 210D hulls, which are...
Nathalie Long: Creator of Canada's First Expedition Race
Rocky Mountain Adventure Racing Founder: Chris Fen-Mac
Luc Mehl Tells Us About His New Book!
Luc, you are a bit of a legend in the packrafting community! Can you tell us what motivated you to write your book? The Packraft Handbook started as a short safety manual. I had been teaching swiftwater safety courses for the Swiftwater Safety Institute for a few years and wanted to figure out how to get safety techniques out to more people. I was only reaching 30-40 people a summer with the in-person courses. But after writing the safety and rescue content, I realized that it would be even more valuable to write about how not to need rescue! (Duh!) So,...
PACKRAFTING REMOTE MYANMAR
Guest blog by Byron Hartzler “Man, I don’t want to be anywhere else in the world right now!” I exclaimed to my Danish paddling partner, David, just 5 minutes ago. I had spent hundreds of hours guiding waterfalls and canyoning on the Nam Yao River in a back corner of Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) with my company, Myanmar Adventure Outfitters. Myanmar is remote as it is, and now after a military coup on February 1, 2021, it's plunged this nation that had so much promise back a decade or more and imposed isolation. I’ve been passionately curious and explored so...