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The Dirtbag Diaries

Winnebago Warriors

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Wilderness, Sports

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

"When we were living in a house, we were always compromising what we thought we should be doing," remembers Kathy Holcombe. Until, the day she, her husband, Peter, and their daughter Abby moved into a Winnebago to travel and work from the road. "I want her to see that... whatever her wildest dreams are, to chase them and not stop until they come true," says Kathy.  12 year old Abby's dream? To kayak the 280-miles of the classic Grand Canyon run.

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So we're at the top of lava. I really want to run it. That's really big. So big is making

1:29.2

me nauseous. I can't even sit there anymore. But I really want to run it. This is

1:36.0

Abby Holcomb. She's 12 years old in the recording. Now she's 13 and she's

1:40.8

sitting at the top of lava falls. The most notorious rapid in the Grand Canyon.

1:44.9

This is a legendary rapid. I mean I am not a kayaker. I am not a paddler at all

1:49.4

and I know about lava falls. Abby's talking into a GoPro and trying to decide

1:55.1

whether to kayak through the mass of white water. And before you jump to

1:58.8

conclusions it's not an accident that Abby found herself here. She's a rising

2:03.3

star in the world of kayaking. She thought about this moment for a long time.

2:07.2

I feel like if I don't run it, it'll be like unfinished business and I'm not sure

2:13.0

I'll be able to get on a trip right away after this since it took so long for my

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