Ep. 344: Solo Kayaking Journey Through the Grand Canyon During Winter - Liam Kirkham
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2018
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Whitewater kayaking instructor and guide Liam Kirkham talks about his solo kayaking trip on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon down during the winter. His 226 mile adventure took him 12 days to complete. Listen in as he and Curt discuss this fantastic journey as well as some fundamentals of kayaking as an adventure sport.
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| 0:00.0 | So I pushed off and the rangers sort of watched me push off. |
| 0:03.0 | And he was kind of judging me because I was on my own, I think. |
| 0:05.4 | And then I went to do a roll to make sure it would roll. And I just thought this is going to be incredibly embarrassing. As I've come all the way from England, spoke to this ranger, gone through the checklist and then just swam straight in front of him. I'm pretty sure he would have been in his right to drag me off the river. but the boat rolled fine. It was just super heavy. |
| 0:21.8 | Episode 344, a the boat rolled fine. It was just super heavy. |
| 0:21.7 | Episode 344, a solo kayaking journey through the Grand Canyon during the winter with Liam Kirkham. |
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