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PEOPLE BY KELLY MEYER


Paddling on Faith


UNCOMMON WISDOM FROM A SOULFUL RAMBLER


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WHEN IRENE SKYRIVER embarked on a solo kayak expedition from Ketchikan to her home on Lopez Island, Washington, more than a decade ago, she did so with little in the way of equipment and training. Recently, the 30-year kayaking veteran took a break from writing about her trip to share some of her worldly and otherworldly travel tips with Ad- venture Kayak. Tough we hesitate to prescribe a happy-


go-lucky approach, Skyriver is living proof of how far authentic passion, lucid determina- tion and pervading trust in the natural world can take you. Let your heart guide your vision. From


the moment she had the idea, Irene says she had a deep and utter clarity that this was her trip. “But once you know in your heart what it is, it’s going to take dedication and a work ethic, but also a play ethic.” It’s not the gear that’s gonna get you there.


 16 ADVENTURE KAYAK | EARLY SUMMER 2009


  


Skyriver wasn’t exactly a technical kayaker, to put it mildly, and she wouldn’t recommend her minimalist approach. Nonetheless, “Attitude is key. I put fear away in the very beginning. ‘I


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