My support team currently consists of my two older brothers (pictured to the left) and several close friends. Hopefully I will have a car running parallel to me for the majority of the river. I am confident that my team brings not only the commitment and experience that I will need to support me, but also an enormous number of skills and talents that would spice up any trip.

I will be independent of the support team as much as possible, but I hope to have a constant communication capabilities. I am planning on carrying all of my own gear, and I don’t think that I will be using the support vehicle for anything more than safety concerns and an occasional lunch break.

Concerns have arisen over the portaging, bad weather, and break situations. I will be portaging all of my own gear. I plan on fighting off any bad weather by picking good camp sites, and waiting in my nice warm tent if the weather is too rough.  But there will be the option, if the need arises, for me to move to safety in the flashflood or 100 year storm scenarios. As for breaks from the river, I plan to take a couple small breaks. I will be taking hikes to stretch my legs and jogging into town to eat at the local diners.  If you are interested in meeting up with me, you can contact me now, while I’m still in the planning phase or, you can probably get a hold of me on the river too.

I am going to avoid two things when I am on the water.  First, I don’t want anybody to directly kayak with me for more than a day trip. If you feel inspired, give me a day head start, or join the support team.  The second pitfall that I would like to steer clear of is traveling off the water.  I want to push my kayak back into the water in the same place that I pulled it on shore the night before.