WHOYakers (from left) Marilyn Fouts, Rose Linnear, Diana Lacefield, Wendy Fullwood, Dottie Bauer, Dot Bailey, Living Well writer Chandra Huston, Linda Karr, AJ Cantrell, Carol Percifull, Tricia Turner and Ellen Doshier celebrate another successful trip.


Proof you’re


WOMEN’S KAYAK GROUP TACKLES PRISTINEWATERS OF THE OZARKS


By CHANDRA HUSTON Photos by KEVIN PIEPER


As Tricia Turner navigates a red Dagger


kayak through a section of rapids on the Buffalo River, she triumphantly raises a paddle over her head. “WHO, WHO, WHO,” she chants. Ten other women, also in kayaks, cheer


her on, celebrating their friend’s success. “Way to go Tricia,” they yell, almost in


unison. The display is a prime example of the


group’s unspoken rule—WHOYakers stick together. WHOYakers is a group of women,


spawned from the Women Hiking the Ozarks (WHO) organization in the Moun- tain Home area, who kayak at lakes and rivers all over the Ozarks. They range in ages from 53 to 83. More than 50 women are a part of the group, and most are


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