RIVER WARRIOR: PRISCILLA MACY

River Warriors, a column presented by NRS, highlights influential changemakers in the paddling community who are working to break down barriers to the outdoors, helping make paddling accessible to all, and using their voice to raise awareness and fight for healthy, free-flowing rivers.

BY KM COLLINS

Priscilla Macy-Cruser was resigned to the possibility of 30 log portages in the first day alone on the North Fork of Silver Creek, a remote, unexplored tributary of the Illinois River in Southern Oregon. Instead, she and her crew found fresh snow, innumerable shadow logs (with enough space for a paddler to pass under), mostly fun read-and-run Class III-IV with a few scouts, a 20-foot waterfall, and a handful of semi-strenuous portages. Suffer-fest averted, Priscilla looks back and calls the North Fork Silver Creek expedition one of her all-time favorite sections of water, although she is adamant that it’s tough to pinpoint a favorite singular river. “Each river trip, the people on that trip and landscape have their own memories, lessons learned, and unique values and callings.” Priscilla has gotten…

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Kayak Session (Digital) - 1 Issue, Spring 2022

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