Packrafting the Grand Canyon Originally published February 2016, Steve “Doom” Fassbinder wrote about his first self-supported packrafting adventure into the Grand Canyon. Please note we do not and never will guide the Grand Canyon, though we can teach you the skills you need to get to the point where you can. I’m going to start…
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Doom’s Featured in Outside Mag, October! And Four Corners Guides Featured as “Success Story” by SBDC Outside Mag: Doom combines mountain biking, rafting, and climbing One of the toughest nights of Steve Fassbinder’s life was spent stuck in an emergency bivy on the 19,000-foot Sim La pass in northern Pakistan, waiting out a midnight storm while…
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The Pusher (aka “hike-a-biker”): Bikerafting & Bike Pushing Story & photos by Steve Fassbinder, originally published December 2103 I hereby dedicate this post to “the pushers,” literally, figuratively, and otherwise. Because, it’s the pushers that do the work, and it is they who push the limits of possibility. The pusher can equally steer you toward…
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Need some good adventure reads or fun films to watch? You can always check out Doom’s blog, here. It’s chock full of history from some of his earliest rides. He originally published on blogger, but that mysteriously disappeared (along with many photos). Luckily we transferred most of the posts to this website a few years…
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Launch Party @ Pine Needle Drygoods, Durango, Friday, September 13th Hey peeps, we’ll be officially launching our new multi-sport adventure guide service, Four Corners Guides, on Friday, September 13th, at Pine Needle Dry Goods (aka the Patagonia store) in Durango. Thaddeus CArtmell Ferrell will open the show with a short slide presentation on fly fishing…
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Your Short Trip Bikerafting Kit: What Should You Take on Your Next 2-Day Adventure? Story by Lizzy Scully. Most photos by Doom. Pics of bikerafting kit gear laid out by river and shot of person cutting veggies by Spencer Harding. An edited version of this was published in The Bikeraft Guide. “Bringing the right amount…
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We’re Officially Launching Four Corners Guides Next Friday! Long-time Durango Devo Explorers coach and professional mountain biker and photographer, Steve “Doom” Fassbinder is launching a new multi-sport (bikepack, packrafting, bikerafting) adventure guide service this fall with his partner, Lizzy Scully. They are launching Four Corners Guides in conjunction with one of their lead guides, Thad…
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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 as Durango-locals Jon Bailey and…
DetailsA Solo Bikerafting Adventure in Tajikistan Doom won “Best Trip Photography” in Bikepacking.com’s annual Awards for Film & Photography, for a solo bikerafting trip to Tajikistan. Doom has won two previous Bikepacking.com Awards, including “The Ballsiest Explorer,” in 2015 for a bikeraft trip to the Brooks Range and “Explorer of the Year” in 2017 (with…
DetailsDoom (aka Steve Fassbinder) recently wrote a piece on his trip to Tajikstan for sponsor and long-time supporter, Revelate Designs. Read the full article here. “Dirt hut on Wakhan Afgan border: Had another bad sick night, shit the bed. Spent a long nice morning cleaning up doing laundry and napping. It’s worth mentioning that I…
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