HEAD TO HEAD
Can you give our readers some tips for getting into adventure sports?
You should choose great teammates over athletic superstars.
Learn to navigate. If you can orienteer/ navigate you can get into an awesome team quickly.
Always bring little tow lines (5 feet of 4ml shock cord with a carabiner on the ends), salt tabs, and a balaclava to regulate temp.
Wear thin, non-cotton socks and shoes that drain and dry easily. You will be wet!
What are your greatest accomplishments to date?
Winning the Raid Gauloises in Ecuador and the Ecochallenge in Borneo.
Breaking 2 Guinness world paddling records for longest distance paddled in a kayak in 24 hours by a female this year (flat water and moving water)
The fact that my boyfriend didn’t leave me after picking me up out of a boat I had literally been in for 460 miles (43 hours) in a race down the Yukon River last summer. Now that’s love.
What’s the most amazing place you’ve ever competed?
Patagonia, Argentina
What’s the best advice you would give a fellow athlete?
Never stop searching for what inspires you and where your unique talents lie. It’s a process of elimination, but when you find your sweet spot (distance, sport, passion, the right team/solo), it’s amazing how quickly you begin to be competitive, if that’s your goal. And whether you’re competitive or not, I’ve discovered that the finish line is usually pretty anticlimactic compared to the moments out there along the way. The finish line and how you placed is rarely ever a true indicator of your experience out there, and that’s the part your friends and family want to hear about. So don’t get caught up in the numbers. The stories are always far more compelling.
What’s your favourite thing to do after a long race/challenge?
Celebrate with friends and teammates. Eat and drink to replenish my body. Rest and relax. Move on to the next thing.
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