Committed to whitewater…
When we launched our fi rst issue of Rapid back in ‘99, we were the fi rst whitewater kayaking and ca- noeing magazine in North America. While other magazines have come and gone we’ve remained true to our roots never straying from the river. We have however expanded beyond just a print magazine. You can fi nd Rapid everywhere: online, iTune Store, Zinio, Facebook, Twit- ter and YouTube. The way we all communicate sure has changed over the last 13 years, but we re- main committed to whitewater… like you.
TheVada Canoe Team ULYSSE BERGERON
(left to right) ELSA FORTIN-POMERLEAU
Economic journalist by trade, Ulysse is passionate about nature, writing and traveling. He has voyaged to the far north, paddling the Yukon and Macken- zie rivers. A gustatory optimist, Ulysse always believes the meal he is currently eating is the “greatest ever.”
ERIC McNAIR-LANDRY
Brother and sister duo Eric and Sarah specialize in skiing and kite skiing expeditions to the cold, desolate parts of the world, including Antarctica, the North Pole and Greenland. Adventure seeking is in the McNair genes—Eric and Sarah were raised in Iqaluit, Nunavut, by renowned Arctic explorers Matty McNair and Paul Landry; their grandparents were three-time U.S. National Canoe Slalom Champions. A Jack-of-all-trades, Eric is able to build a flying machine with only a knife, duct tape and one shoe.
Elsa cut her paddling teeth on Quebec’s whitewater rivers. She’s just getting started, recently completing a degree in outdoor education and joining the team in Mongolia for her first big expedition. Trip mates revere Elsa’s five-star camp meals and her ability to stay incompre- hensibly clean on trip.
SARAH McNAIR-LANDRY
Sarah is the youngest person to have reached both the North and South poles. Frequently traveling with brother Eric, she has an impressive résumé of skiing, dog sledding and kite skiing expeditions. Sarah was inspired to return to Mon- golia after she and Eric became the first to cross the Gobi desert using kites and buggies. Allergic to the 9-to-5, she has directed several adventure and environ- mental documentaries.
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and a hard-dried, slightly moldy milk product they call cheese. Short, flat noodles are mixed with unidentifiable meat and cubes of fat in a big, cast iron pot and served for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Complementing this diet is Mongolia’s specialty drink, araig—fermented mare’s milk served warm. The family proudly pours us each a glass. When it’s time to sleep, we move the remains of dinner aside and lay our mats and
blankets on the floor beside those of the family. Six of us can barely lie shoulder to shoulder, the three children sleep in a space by the door and the dog curls up on the last available square foot. It’s very cozy. For the next two days, the kids keep us busy touring the town, swimming in the
river, hiking to a Buddhist statue, dressing up in traditional Mongolian clothing and playing soccer in the nearby fields.
T 46 EARLY SUMMER 2011
HE SELENGE MEANDERS into Russia, eventually branching out to create a delta that stretches 30 kilometers wide. The banks slowly give way to a swampy marsh. We inhale a cool breeze, eagerly awaiting our first glimpse of the lake we have heard
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