About Us

04/04/08

So who are we? We are friends, guides, instructors, and we are all women! We are dedicated to providing a safe and fun learning experience for other adventurous women.

Cynthia Has been a lead kayak instructor since 1999 when she moved to Chicago from New York. While in NY, she lived in the Hudson River Valley, close to the Appalachian Trail and could be found out hiking, backpacking, or climbing most every day. Cynthia has kayaked in Maine, Florida, North Carolina, Montana, Washington State, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and Alaska. She has extensive experience leading trips. She lives in Evanston, IL and is the owner of a misbehaved Black Lab who loves hiking and kayaking too.

Cynthia Kayaking the Everglades

Tina Working as first kayak assistant and now instructor and guide, her background originally started out in adventure training and biking.

Jennifer

A law student from Nebraska, Jen has traveled with us to Alaska in August of 2006 and was a tremendous help in our 2006-2007 Everglades Trip.

Jen getting into her kayak on the Turner River, Big Cypress Swamp, Florida

Chris G.

Writer and activist Chris Geovanis started backpacking 15 years ago -- at a time when her idea of camping was black-and-white TV and her idea of nature was her back yard, which is paved. In the ensuing decade and a half, she's scrambled trails and peaks across the U.S. and Canadian Rockies, in coastal and interior Alaska, and in the Olympic Peninsula, where she first sampled the joys of hiking with tide tables and thwarting avian and mammalian breakfast bandits. She's learned how to rough it -- but not too much -- on the trail, and manage challenges that range from blister-prone heels to the desperate need for a decent cup o joe at eight thousand feet. Her ethos? "I work hard

to balance effort with comfort when I'm backpacking. The trick is to get to the truly wild places safely, responsibly and with joy -- so you have the time, energy and mindset to fully experience the transforming power and beauty of wilderness."

Chris at Colombia Icefields, Jasper National Park, Canada.
Don't let your eyes fool you -- Chris is separated from the impressive peaks beyond by a wide valley below ... and a road!

This site was last updated 03/25/08