{"id":26018,"date":"2021-12-10T05:30:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T13:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com\/?p=26018"},"modified":"2021-11-30T17:09:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T01:09:39","slug":"my-home-run-james-x-rosa-roncales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2021\/12\/10\/my-home-run-james-x-rosa-roncales\/","title":{"rendered":"My Home Run: James x Rosa Roncales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"970\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8g2bvDn873Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe rocks that we see that create the rapids were created with Pangea, like, we&#8217;re paddling the history of the Earth.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Among America\u2019s oldest major cities, Richmond, Virginia is home to the James River. The James flows through the ancestral lands of the Powhatan Confederacy, a fact that stand-up paddler and Richmond local Rosa Roncales makes a point not to forget.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt&#8217;s incredible to think while I&#8217;m paddling in modern times with our great technology and our PFDs and fancy paddleboards, that so many generations and thousands and thousands of years ago&#8230; people paddled this river, fished in it, navigated these waters, way before I was ever here.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is Rosa Roncales and the James is her home run.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Watch the full\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLqAWcG4wIk6M_U2rHpKTLQPqbfkrsaooP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Home Run series on YouTube<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe rocks that we see that create the rapids were created with Pangea, like, we&#8217;re paddling the history of the 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