Like literally every person on the planet, my 2020 has not gone as planned. I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there is a global pandemic. It has interrupted some things.

I’m happy to be making Covid-lemonade from the weirdness we find ourselves in this year. And I’m so incredible grateful to live in Alaska, where access to the outdoors and recreation can still be possible, responsible and ethical - even in the middle of a pandemic. I worry a lot about people’s mental health as this crisis drags on. For me, long days of moving through the mountains is the only therapy or counseling I’ve ever known and I know I am so lucky to live in a place where this is possible. I hope anyone reading this is happy and healthy, wherever you are. And I hope you have a chance to go outside, move a little and get some fresh air. Be well. 💚

I’ve now paddled the Marsh Fork, Canning, Atigun, Wind, Junjik and Kongakut Rivers. And I’ve walked long portions of the Hulahula and Jago Rivers. And I think that the mountainous portion of the Ivishak has scenery to rival any of them.