Storytime With Doom: La Perouse Glacier & Roman’s Little Boat Hello and welcome to The Bikeraft Guide, The Ultimate How-To Guide, History Of & Wild Adventures Stories About Bikerafting. I’m Lizzy Scully, the host of this podcast and the co-author of the book, along with Steve “Doom” Fassbinder. This community […]
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Lower Dirty Devil Bikerafting Flash Tour! This post was originally published on Doom’s blog April 12, 2011. Four Corners Guides now runs Dirty Devil Bikerafting tours, along with bikerafting on nearby Lake Powell. Want to read more Storytime with Doom tales, check out, “Foolz Tour: Aka Desert Therapy.” Want to […]
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Multi-sport adventurer, filmmaker and Kiwi, Deane Parker, recently came out with a new bikerafting film, “Forgotten Highways,” which was featured on Bikepacking.com. This short film documents a six-day journey during which Deane and his three partners explore New Zealand’s Whanganui River and learn about its history. Deane is one of, […]
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Bikerafting the Navajo Nation – Storytime with Doom November 4, 2013 Ahoy!! Let the blogging begin!! Today we’ll take you on a Navajo Nation bikeraft adventure. Story & photos by Steve Fassbinder. The San Juan River Starting and finishing at the San Juan River takeout, my bike and packraft would […]
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Putting Bike Wheels & Other Gear In/On Your Packraft This is the third of a series of 3 videos from our How-To Bikeraft Series. In this video, Doom discusses how to put bike wheels and other gear on a packraft. Please email us or ping us on Instagram or Facebook […]
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Doom On Lashing a Bike Frame to a Packraft This is the second of a series of 3 videos from our How-To Bikeraft Series. Thanks to all the @thebikeraftguide followers who posed these great questions. Please email us or ping us on social media with additional questions or suggestions for […]
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Doom On How to Deal With Wheels, Axles, Chains & Tie Downs When Lashing a Bike to a Packraft This is the first three in a series of How-To Bikeraft videos we are making for our multi-media and book project, The Bikeraft Guide. This How-To Video Series features multi-sport adventurer […]
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Bikerafting Greenland story & photos by Huw Oliver. This story is one of one of the “Pirates of Packrafting” stories to be published in The Bikeraft Guide, a community multi-media project and book written and assembled by Steve “Doom” Fassbinder and Lizzy Scully. Stay tuned! We’re launching an IndieGoGo Campaign […]
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Doom’s Bikerafting Kit – The Gear, The Ciggies & The Polaroid Camera What’s in your bikerafting kit? My Bikerafting Kit for Travelling Alone in the Pamirs My objective when I set off alone to explore Tajikistan – Pamir Mountains, Central Asia – was to see the landscapes and people of […]
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Your Short Trip Bikeraft Kit: What Should You Take on Your Next 2-Day Adventure? Story by Lizzy Scully. Most photos by Doom. Pics of gear laid out by river and shot of person cutting veggies by Spencer Harding. “Bringing the right amount of the appropriate gear is, in my mind, […]
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Wouldn’t want to get your shoes dirty… now would ya? In October 2016, Steve “Doom” Fassbinder embarked on a climb and packraft trip to the Curecanti Needle, near Gunnison, Colorado. His partners included Thad Ferrell, owner of King Fisher Fly Guides and one of Four Corners Guide’s partners, as well […]
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Booked Thru October! We’ve been so busy! Steve and I both took separate vacations at the end of August, me on a weeklong, 150-mile bikepacking loop tour from Mancos, back to Mancos, through the La Plata mountains (see photos & other photos) and Steve packrafting some sweet backcountry terrain in […]
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Four Corners Guides partners with Dzil Ta’ah Adventures to run Navajo Youth Bikepacking & Bikerafting Series this fall Dzil Ta’ah Adventures and Four Corners Guides are taking the plunge! We’ve started the process of getting our Navajo Youth Bikepacking and Bikerafting program up and running. We’ll be doing a series […]
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What’s new? So much! The Ranch, a BIPOC Scholarship & More July 29th Update: Contrary to what we previous reported, we will not be working directly with Bikepacking Roots on a BIPOC project, but instead are starting a Navajo Youth Bikepacking & Bikerafting Program this fall with Jon Yazzie and […]
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Wine & Bicycles – A Napa Valley Bike Ride By Lizzy Scully, photos by Steve “Doom” Fassbinder Ride 50 Miles? What! I never once in the first 44 years of my life imagined doing a 50-mile bike ride in one day, let along multiple 50-milers over three days. I climbed […]
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Updated FCG Operations Plans Reflect CDC, State & Federal Covid-19 Guidelines Being outside in a wild, remote area offers an excellent remedy to the pandemic anxiety many of us feel right now. Adventure in the natural world allows us the opportunity to adhere to social distancing protocols, while still enjoying […]
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Scullbinder Ranch Cabin Quarantine Greetings from the Scullbinder Ranch cabin. As I write this, Doom is putting the roof on the community barn. Almost the entire project utilizes repurposed materials, including laminate flooring we got from the music room at the Mama Cash Home in Hendersonville, Tenn., where Johnny Cash recorded […]
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