The challenge of seeing what you could fit was really cool. It’s just an amazing feeling having everything you need for that amount of time in your kayak.

I had two real big challenges. Every morning I was wondering how the hell I got all this stuff into my kayak the day before, but it would

not fit now?

The second problem, which may havecreated the first problem. created the first problem.

How to get enough beer in the boat for a two-week float?

I was like “oh shit here we go againthis is going to be bad.”

Then… I watched her roll up! I almost cried in excitement.

It was one of the coolest things that happened for me on that trip.

One other thing that’s not as crazy or cool, but I was taking a picture of camp at night high up on the cliff and as I started my decent back to camp I realized I had sat on a cactus.

So my good friends Matt Anger and Jessica Yurtius had to pick cactus out of my cactass for a while that night.

Running the Grand Canyon self-supportedis a bit morerewarding tome.

I think it feels a bit more badass! It gave me strength, and I feel more accomplished.

It was an amazing experience doing a self-support trip with my siblings! The Canyon itself is hard to put into words for me. To see their faces and to their faces and to experience such an amazing place as the Grand Canyon with your family is something we all wish we could do. I’m just thankful to havea family such as the a family such as the one I have. They kicked ass!

Dad’s next!

We had an amazing group with us! Craig Kleckner was our tour guide. Matt Anger and Clay Lucas tied for the most stoked people in the group. Jeremy Laucks (J Dog) was the permit holder and also won the award for best food on the trip. Tommy Penick was our photographer. Graham Nation Seiler was our comic relief! Rob Fusilli aka Referee Rob was always looking out for us all. Andy Kirby was eating butter by the stick to get as many calories as possible so he didn’t shrink away Ty Caldwell ran more rapids twice on the Canyon that anyone of us. Paul Butler won best dressed.Jessica Yurtinus was wondering how the hell she ended up on a 14-day kayak trip with demshitz?

We can be a bit ridiculous at times….. or all the time?

As brother Rob said and I quote “Many times out

there you couldn’t help but feel like real-life “Goonies,” just a pack of kids wandering abouthiking up creek beds, climbing up

waterfalls, and jumping off cliffs. This same feeling is a big reason why I think that

so many of us continue to kayak and explore the outdoors.”I think that quote really puts the Canyon intoperspective and reminds me of a word I use a lot…. Demshitz.