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CONTRIBUTORS (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) Gary Luhm


A passionate sea kayaker for 19 years, Luhm left his engineering career in 1998 to pursue paddling and nature photography full time. Based on the West Coast, he views his kayak as a taxi, toolbox and sometimes even tripod, shooting and paddling from Alaska to Baja. Of his favorite spot to kayak with whales (“Cetacean Vacations,” page 24), Luhm says, “Photo- ops abound from both shore and while kayaking.”


Neil Schulman


Portland, Oregon-based Schulman is a co-founder of Confluence Environmental Center, an environmental leadership program, as well as a freelance writer, teacher of paddlesports photography, political activist and inveterate coffee drinker. Wilderness risk management also fascinates him (Rock the Boat, page 26). “In sea kayaking you’re always anticipating changes that are hours away,” he says, “which means your brain can never shut off.”


Jon Turk


Author of Cold Oceans, In the Wake of the Jomon and The Raven’s Gift, Turk has been exploring and writing dispatches from the farthest corners of the world for nearly 40 years. Most recently, he skied, trekked and paddled around Ellesmere Island with Erik Boomer. In “On Thin Ice” (page 36), Turk and Boomer ask each other “the hard questions that you keep to yourself when you’re out there.”


Michael Mechan


As an editor for Adventure Kayak, Mechan gets to indulge his self-proclaimed gear addiction. “I get excited every time a package shows up at the editorial office,” he says, “it’s like Christmas.” Photo shoots in December aren’t always as fun. “We shot a few digital extras for this issue in the snow. Don’t be fooled—if I look cold in the videos, it’s because I am.”


PHOTOS (CLOCKWISE): GARY LUHM, MYCROFT EVANS, ERIKBOOMER, MICHAEL MECHAN


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