Part #2, What is “The Culture of Safety” and why is it relevant to bikerafters? Plus Luc Mehl”s Safety & Rigging tips By Lizzy Scully, Steve “Doom” Fassbinder, Luc Mehl and Andy Toop. There’s much adventurers need to consider to safely start bikerafting. I won’t cover all points here, but I want to give you…
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Part #1, An Introduction to bikerafting safety and Risk ASsessment, an Excerpt from The Bikeraft Guide In 2022, Steve and I published the first edition of The Bikeraft Guide, a book we assembled during the pandemic. I interviewed dozens of people and read from dozens of obscure blogs to report the history. And we gathered…
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Stories & photos from a historic alaska bikerafting adventure In July 2016, Brett Davis, Jon Bailey, Roman Dial, Mike Curiak and Steve “Doom” Fassbinder set out to do something no one had every done before. They wanted to ride and packraft around 150 miles from Cordova to Yakutat, the northern section of Alaska’s Lost Coast.…
DetailsA Testimonial for Four corners Guides Back in 2021, Mike Adamski did a day-bikerafting trip with Doom on McPhee Reservoir. Thanks so much to Mike for sharing his experience! I recently had the pleasure of going on a bikeraft tour of McPhee Reservoir with Four Corners Guides, and it was an unforgettable experience. The day…
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Dogs of packrafting! Yes, you can take your dog paddling if you start early & train them right Story by Molly Harrison, photos by Molly, Lizzy Scully and Steve Fassbinder. We pile out of the Subaru as though it’s a clown car- dog after dog spills out of the backseat and they go tearing off…
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Check out our 2023 summer kid’s packrafting camps! Sign Up Now! Pairing Bikes & Packrafts: It’s Not Just for adults! Story by Steve Hazelwood, photos by Steve Fassbinder. This is the unabridged version of one of the stories that appeared in The Bikeraft Guide. I fell in love with bikerafting before touching the water. I…
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Hello Four Corners Guides Friends, It’s March 2, and we’re enjoying the last days of winter. Though snow still falls, it melts faster than we can ski on it. And the road becomes muddier and muddier! This time of year our road is a true 4WD experience. New Offerings With our season fast approaching, we…
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Bikepacking + Packrafting = bikerafting Excerpts from The Bikeraft Guide by Lizzy Scully & Steve “Doom” Fassbinder. The Definition of Bikerafting Simply put, bikerafting is a human-powered, multi-sport adventure activity whereby you use bicycles and packrafts, carrying one on the other depending on the terrain you’re crossing. Regardless of the length of a trip—single-day urban…
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Shredpacking Basics Part 2: Handling Videos & story by Liz Sampey. Photos by Steve Fassbinder. Liz has worked as a PMBIA-certified mountain bike skills instructor for eight years. The PMBIA methodology works to teach any discipline of mountain biker at any level. She’s taken her knowledge and experience of bikepacking and applied their proven system…
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Dan Thurber is a Class V kayaker-turned Class V packrafter. He has gone through about a dozen paddles in his career. His experience slants toward packrafting harder whitewater, but he has made his share of open water crossings and endurance downriver days. Dan is also a Swiftwater Safety Institute instructor, and he occasionally guides advanced…
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