Associate Editor Lauralyn Chrisley takes us along for a White Nile adventure in the heart of Africa.

Associate Editor Lauralyn Chrisley takes us along for a White Nile adventure in the heart of Africa.
Ever missed your roll back in the early days and thought… “I QUIT!” Maybe that was 15 years ago, maybe that was yesterday!! Lauralyn Chrisley discusses the trials and tribulations of learning paddling skills
and her method of learning.
(Cover Image: Beautiful Bernice Karnett on Oblique Falls, Hiwassee River, TN. Photographed by Mike Tossing.) Some paddling days are extra special. On those days, my friends and I get up even earlier. We check and double-check our gear, our throw ropes, our first aid kits, the charge on our cameras. There’s a low buzz humming just below […]
(Cover photo by Woody Woodall) I didn’t tell very many people when I decided to run the Ocoee once by myself, but the responses I got from the few trusted friends I shared it with were all over the map. “Why do you feel the need to do that?” “I wish you wouldn’t.” “Why don’t you […]
HAPPY THANKSGIVING ~ A Dirt Bag’s Favorite Holiday By Taz Riggs, Lauralyn Chrisley, and Mike Toughill FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK: Thanksgiving is all about family and friends and taking a moment to reflect on those things we hold dear. In that spirit, I asked Associate Editors Kevin “Taz” Riggs and Lauralyn Chrisley to reflect on […]