Your mind grasps for information when you roll into a rapid blind. Every pixel, every sound, pours into your senses as you literally make sense of what lies ahead. Time seems to slow as you flag hazards, and highlight lines first of safety, then of opportunity. All the while time is unrelenting and in each moment you fine-tune your chosen line, even as you commit to it. This is true of any situation defined by rapid change. In case you’ve been lost in the Amazon River’s headwaters for a few months, I should tell you that the United States has a new president and a bunch of new lawmakers, and with that comes rapid change. Just what that change might mean for American rivers is yet to be seen, but…
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Kayak Session (Digital) - 1 Issue, spring 2017