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Healthy fear is part of boating smart, but sometimes fear can cloud our judgment. In this article I recount one such time on Mexico’s Rio Sirupa. The monsoonal rain would not stop and the river kept rising. A feeling of dread was overtaking me. Cascada Sirupa loomed only a few […]

NRS: Cascada! Fear and Dread on the Rio Sirupa – ...

December 9, 2013 in Published Articles / River - First Descents / River - General by Lacey Anderson

In the Sept/Oct 2013 issue of AW (American Whitewater) I am honored to be profiled for a series called Women in Whitewater. – LACEY ANDERSON: WHITEWATER MAVEN – Lacey Anderson is a rarity in the whitewater world – a mature woman who thrives on adventure and the unexpected while pursuing […]

AW: “Lacey Anderson: Whitewater Maven”

November 30, 2013 in Published Articles / River - General by Administrator

Our first river south of the border for 2013 was the upper Rio Bavispe. This reportedly is a Class III-IV run with one Class IV that may be difficult for large rafts due to narrow passage. As the canyon is supposed to be beautiful, it sounded good to us – […]

Upper Rio Bavispe – Sonora, Mexico

November 16, 2013 in River - First Descents / River - General by Neil Nikirk

I peeled down to my bikini and slid into the hottest pool at sunflower hot springs on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho. One of the clients (he, still fully clothed) looked down at me and staring incredulously, commented, “You’re not normal!” His comment struck my funny […]

NRS: Expedition to the “Grand Canyon of the Amazon”

October 15, 2013 in Published Articles / River - General by Lacey Anderson

Make Romaine Lettuce Last Longer

September 12, 2013 in Food - Tips / Food - Video by Lacey Anderson

It was a hot tropical fall evening in Tlapa de Comonfort, Mexico. I found myself tossing and turning on yet another lumpy Mexican mattress. I was finally slipping into a fitful sleep when I was awakened by the sounds of soft clicking and saw an unearthly blue hue of light […]

NRS: “Exploration by Raft”

September 1, 2013 in Published Articles / River - First Descents / River - General by Lacey Anderson

Well, we finally did it this time! The staff at Go Light Outdoors (Neil and Lacey) are off on another grand adventure. We will be heading into northern Mexico to run some rivers in the Copper Canyon area before heading south in search of other rivers on our way to […]

Off to Mexico and …

August 11, 2013 in River - General / Uncategorized by Neil Nikirk

Maps, Maps, and more Maps! Don’t forget to study those graphs too! What kind of maps and graphs? topographical maps, road maps, GPS maps, Google Earth, hydrology graphs, climate and precipitation graphs. Why all this map madness? We are about to embark on another major river adventure in Mexico. I […]

Map Madness

July 30, 2013 in Uncategorized by Lacey Anderson

The new and improved NRS online catalog has a stronger and easier to read format. I really like the way my cookbook page looks on their revised online catalog. The recipes in my cookbooks are perfect for the low-water river situations we have right now in the western United States. […]

A Stronger NRS

June 29, 2013 in Uncategorized by Lacey Anderson

“Undercover – Exposing Our Sports Covert Heroes” is the cover title for the article in the May 2013 print issue of the magazine Canoe & Kayak. This last winter while I was recouperating between working river trips in Chiapas Mexico I got a call from the editor of the magazine Canoe & […]

CANOE & KAYAK: “Exposed” (Lacey Anderson Profile)

May 3, 2013 in Published Articles / River - General by Lacey Anderson

It was the end of the world, according to the Mayan calendar and I found myself once again in the land of the Maya; preparing to row a gear boat for an exploratory commercial descent of the Rio Lacanja. My love of boating in southern Mexico started in late 1990’s […]

NRS: “Rafting Mexico’s Rio Lacanja”

April 24, 2013 in Published Articles / River - General by Lacey Anderson

Newest Cookbook Now Available as an E-book for Kindle or download the FREE Kindle Reading App and read on your computer, smartphone, tablet, etc. Camp cooking expert Lacey Anderson, author of Camp Cooking WITHOUT Coolers II, presents her latest book on camp cooking – without the cooking! Packed with over 40 […]

Newest Cookbook Now Available

April 8, 2013 in Uncategorized by Lacey Anderson

It’s been 10 years, let’s do it again! Doug Rhodes of Pariso Del Oso and I organized the first commercial descent of the Urique river in Copper Canyon, Mexico. After the adventure Doug wrote the following article. I am thinking about running this river again in 2013. After reading this account from 2002, […]

Rio Urique, Copper Canyon Mexico – First Commercial Descent

March 15, 2013 in River - First Descents / River - General by Lacey Anderson

Here is a picture of our latest aluminum break-down day frame packed for travel. It really is quite small and weighs about 35 pounds. Very easy to deal with. Full featured with scout rails, adjustable seat bar and yokes, adjustable oar towers, and obviously full break-down fittings. Ready for adventure; Peru here […]

Our Light-weight Break-down Frames

March 6, 2013 in Uncategorized by Neil Nikirk

In 2009 I was laid off from my teaching job for the last time! I said goodbye to that old career and did not look back. Instead of seeking another teaching job I returned to a lifestyle I love. Basically, I moved into my trusty 4×4 Toyota Tundra and hit the road. To pursue a life once […]

Sweet Obsession

February 5, 2013 in River - General / Uncategorized by Lacey Anderson

Fresh, Fresh, Fresh! and local grown! Chilies, peppers of all variety, limes, mangoes, papayas, oranges, cantaloupe. The gourmet cook will love the amazing variety of spices and frijoles. A nina bonita selling her families produce direct from the family farm. And my favorite – mangoes – they are in season in the winter. A vendor […]

Mexico Mercado

January 1, 2013 in Food - Tips by Lacey Anderson