Big Brains Come in Small Packages
Like many kids, my son Cade was infatuated with fire. At the end of a Magpie trip, a client approached me about giving him a potentially dangerous present.“He’s eight, Joel.” “He’s…
An Impossible River Discovery in 2025
I was approached by a client, a man of few words, who had traveled with us in Patagonia multiple times before.“Looking for a first descent in January,” the unsigned email…
River Dogs
There’s something about the first dog that finds you... that lives in your heart the longest. “Wanna dog?” asked the driver of the white, enclosed box truck that picked…
How Earth River’s Founder Fell into Rafting
(Click below for audio version.) When I was 16, on a cross-country bicycle trip, I rode into the tiny town of Stanley, Idaho, something between a ghost town and a year-round population…
The Invention of the safety cataraft
Two of the most significant developments that have made rafting the Futaleufu River safe and accessible to almost everyone are the establishment of trails and primitive dirt roads, which make…