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K.M. Collins

Hailing from the Oregon Territory, K.M. Collins is a geologist-gone-marketing-strategist and writer. Discovering she was a freshwater mermaid late in life, she started paddling 10 years ago and has been upping the whitewater ante ever since. First as a paddleboarder, then kayaker and finally, recently, buying her first raft. Roller skating, snowboarding and cycling rank among her favorite land-based activities.

  • A Winter Space Odyssey on Wallowa Lake

    April 6, 2025April 15, 20256 minute readby K.M. Collins

    Success on the Oars: What’s the Catch?

    July 30, 2024July 22, 202411 minute readby K.M. Collins

    The Wild & Scenic Lottery: An Envious Season on the Owyhee River

    December 13, 2023December 18, 202311 minute readby K.M. Collins

    Managing the Oars: A Case Study on the Rogue

    September 6, 2023September 15, 20238 minute readby K.M. Collins

    How to Choose a Rowing School

    September 30, 2022September 28, 20229 minute readby K.M. Collins

    Rapid Redemption: Returning to the Scene of Carnage

    August 6, 2022August 1, 202211 minute readby K.M. Collins

    Naming Your Boat: A Rafter’s Rite of Passage

    July 27, 2022July 21, 20228 minute readby K.M. Collins

    An Ode to River Maps

    April 4, 2022April 3, 20229 minute readby K.M. Collins

    River Warriors: Priscilla Macy

    March 15, 2022March 29, 20226 minute readby K.M. Collins

    When a Private Boater Goes to Guide School

    October 7, 2021October 8, 202112 minute readby K.M. Collins
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