Outdoor Living and Adventure

Tag: Packraft

A birthday paddle down the Endrick

I find my birthdays weirdly stressful. I still get a childlike buildup in the days leading, and it all comes crashing down when I then focus on how old I’ve become, how little I feel I’ve achieved in the past year, and how fast time seems to be flying by. Obviously, all super unhealthy! So last year, I decided to distract myself with a packraft mission. Float down the river that I grew up next to.

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My First Packraft

Ok, truth be told this isn’t actually my first packraft. I bought a DIY packraft kit many years ago, began making it and got so stressed out by it I tucked it away in a box. This is my first complete packraft that I bought to try and push myself to finish the original one.

So what is a Packraft?

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