{"id":34344,"date":"2024-10-31T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/?p=34344"},"modified":"2024-11-12T18:18:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T02:18:05","slug":"finding-river-sarah-a-love-story-to-rafting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2024\/10\/31\/finding-river-sarah-a-love-story-to-rafting\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding River Sarah: A Love Story to Rafting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It started with an Instagram story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was lying in bed, doom-scrolling as usual when I saw a post from a photographer who I\u2019d briefly met five years earlier at an outdoor women\u2019s leadership retreat. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Captivated by the gorgeous photo of the Colorado River swinging around a dramatic turn beneath high red cliffs, I tapped my finger on the story to pause it long enough to read: \u201cWe have a last-minute spot on our Grand Canyon trip\u2014no rowing experience needed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A boat trip through the Grand Canyon? I envisioned smiling families, a perfectly laid-out dining table and a price tag way beyond what I could afford. Yet, here was an opening on a private trip. A random, serendipitous and fleeting invitation. Doom scrolling be damned. It was a quick and unambiguous decision: if they\u2019d have me, I\u2019d go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone warned me this trip would be a life changer. But I disregarded this advice because it felt like a common trope, and it didn\u2019t seem probable that floating down a river could be that influential. Would it be fun? Yes. But would I become a different person with different dreams and goals? That seemed highly unlikely.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-34344 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2024\/10\/31\/finding-river-sarah-a-love-story-to-rafting\/blog-kwright_grandcanyon_rafting_20240107_l1330354_l1089638_rgb\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29194534\/Blog-KWright_GrandCanyon_Rafting_20240107_L1330354_L1089638_RGB-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/blog-kwright_grandcanyon_rafting_20240107_l1330354_l1092554_rgb-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29191711\/Blog-KWright_GrandCanyon_Rafting_20240107_L1330354_L1092554_RGB-1-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/blog-kwright_grandcanyon_rafting_20240107_l1330354_l1090882_rgb\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29191628\/Blog-KWright_GrandCanyon_Rafting_20240107_L1330354_L1090882_RGB-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat\u2019s Muav limestone,\u201d my boatmate shared, pointing to the dimpled, yellow rock layer. All morning, we reveled in the incredible rock formations, pulling up close to see the intricate textures before drifting back into the middle of the river to marvel at the 4,000+ foot expanse towering overhead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before this trip, rivers were something that wound alongside a hiking trail or a place to swim on a hot summer day. Living on a river, hearing it every night, and watching it for hours a day changed rivers from a side character to the hero of the story. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Needing to heed the river\u2019s changes, anticipate its needs and know how to read it shifted the water into a living, breathing being\u2014 another member of our trip. The river was a mode of transport <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">our livelihood. A friend and sometimes a foe, pulling us left at Bedrock and pushing us into a corner at Horn Creek.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34351 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29183940\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29183940\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-2.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29183940\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29183940\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-2-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29183940\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29183940\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/>And as December wore on, the Colorado River carried us closer to the solstice and the middle of the canyon. The temperature began to drop, the days shortened and the lack of personal space began to weigh on me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere\u2019s sun,\u201d I heard the lead boat yell as we all whipped our heads around toward where the river bent left. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It had been days since we\u2019d had direct sunlight, overnight temperatures hovered near freezing, and the reality of boating in December was challenging the whole team\u2019s mood and energy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We floated towards the patch, the glorious glittering sunshine slicing through the high, beautiful walls. As we crossed the line from shadow to light, we cheered, turned up the speakers and danced.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-34344 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2024\/10\/31\/finding-river-sarah-a-love-story-to-rafting\/olympus-digital-camera-155\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29183948\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-3-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2024\/10\/31\/finding-river-sarah-a-love-story-to-rafting\/blog-kwright_grandcanyon_rafting_20240107_l1330354_l1320649_rgb\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29191736\/Blog-KWright_GrandCanyon_Rafting_20240107_L1330354_L1320649_RGB-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I rolled over again, pulling the comforter up to my chin. It was 2 AM, and I couldn\u2019t sleep. It had been a week since we got off the river, and I still yearned for the whispering water\u2019s sound to lull me to sleep. Agitation overflowed my veins; the unhealthy cocktail of spiked dopamine and adrenaline from being connected with the stress and expectations of immediacy. Despite those 29 days spent in the canyon, the magic of the river was quickly fading. I had to go back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clear, bright blue skies lit up the sculpted landscapes as we floated through the reddish-brown rocks of Desolation Canyon. I was back on the river again, this time in Utah, enjoying a summer float trip replete with consistent sunshine and warmth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHoly shit, get over here!\u201d I was resting under a large cottonwood on our layover day, enjoying the simplicity of just existing in the wilderness when the urgent voice interrupted my daydreams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A snake had caught a lizard on the beach and was slowly, deliberately swallowing it whole. Completely unphased by the growing group of spectators, the snake continued its routine feeding. A few people came and went, but I remained transfixed, fully present in watching something so simple and raw.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-34344 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2024\/10\/31\/finding-river-sarah-a-love-story-to-rafting\/dtd_sarah-knapp-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29184007\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-5-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2024\/10\/31\/finding-river-sarah-a-love-story-to-rafting\/olympus-digital-camera-156\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29183957\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-4-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the quiet moments beholding nature and the silly costumed dance parties, River Sarah emerged. It felt so freeing to find that version of myself, a version my friend described as \u201cSarah without the bullshit,\u201d a side of myself that had been hidden, ensconced in the pressure and expectations of the Real World.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be able to find a space where you have the freedom to feel like you\u2019re just <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is unbelievably beautiful. Maybe River Sarah always existed\u2014I just needed three to seven days on a beautiful body of water to find her. But now that I had her, I didn\u2019t want to let her go.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From there, it was a quick descent into river madness. My entire summer schedule, all of my travel plans, and all of my extra cash were now being invested in river trips. It felt almost like a compulsion, a series of opportunities I felt I couldn\u2019t say no to. If there was a way for me to design my life to maximize time on the river, I had to do it, right?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backpacking and hiking took a back seat as I found my way to the Lochsa, the Flathead, the Salmon, and even up to Canada\u2019s Northwest Territories to explore the Nahanni River. Each river held the same promise of connecting me to jaw-dropping landscapes and space to be present as myself, of bringing me back to River Sarah.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-34344 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2024\/10\/31\/finding-river-sarah-a-love-story-to-rafting\/dtd_sarah-knapp-12\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29184122\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-12-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2024\/10\/31\/finding-river-sarah-a-love-story-to-rafting\/dtd_sarah-knapp-15\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29184151\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-15-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2024\/10\/31\/finding-river-sarah-a-love-story-to-rafting\/dtd_river-sarah-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29193834\/DTD_River-Sarah-5-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29193834\/DTD_River-Sarah-5-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29193834\/DTD_River-Sarah-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29193834\/DTD_River-Sarah-5-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29193834\/DTD_River-Sarah-5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29193834\/DTD_River-Sarah-5-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29193834\/DTD_River-Sarah-5.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2024\/10\/31\/finding-river-sarah-a-love-story-to-rafting\/dtd_sarah-knapp-14\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29184140\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-14-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was a random Wednesday in February when I opened my email to a surprise: \u201cWinner Rogue River Lottery 2024.\u201d Soon, I was planning complicated shuttle logistics, doing confusing beer cooler math and building a team of rowers that I trusted. \u201cThis is what I do for fun,\u201d I thought as I spent a Saturday night researching groover capacity and human excrement averages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout the months-long process, I felt overwhelmed, stressed with recruiting the right group, hassling my friends to complete small tasks and organizing logistics. With each email and spreadsheet, River Sarah felt further away. Would she be able to show up? Or would trip leading feel more like a job than a vacation?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was day three, and it was perfect. We spent the morning splashing through a series of Class II rapids, letting some of the newer rowers get a chance on the oars before settling into a wide, sandy camp. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With so much sunshine and day left, we walked up to the Rogue River Ranch Museum and poked around, excited to see and learn about some of the area&#8217;s history and access a well-kept outhouse. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A small, hand-painted sign that said \u201cSWIM\u201d led us down a steep rocky path to a quiet swimming hole, the dense green canopy creating a cool calm away from the aggressive sun. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suddenly, the stillness of our recently discover<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ed Eden exploded into wild ripples as each person jumped in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34358 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29184052\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29184052\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-9.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29184052\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-9-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29184052\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-9-1000x272.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29184052\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-9-768x209.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29184052\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-9-1536x417.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was drawn to that original trip on the Grand Canyon because of its grandiosity, the massive water and the opportunity to explore one of the seven natural wonders of the world. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And while I relished every rapid and rock, the deep joy was found around the wood stove on frigid nights along the Colorado, in the sand staring at the clouds along the Green, and at a swimming hole near the Rogue. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before discovering river life, so much of my self esteem was based on doing, measured in units of achievement, quantity of busyness, maximization of productivity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the flow of the river and the thrill of the rapids, it was when I stopped still that River Sarah finally had space to emerge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-34344 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2024\/10\/31\/finding-river-sarah-a-love-story-to-rafting\/dtd_river-sarah-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29183836\/DTD_River-Sarah-1-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2024\/10\/31\/finding-river-sarah-a-love-story-to-rafting\/olympus-digital-camera-157\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29184203\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-16-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2024\/10\/31\/finding-river-sarah-a-love-story-to-rafting\/dtd_river-sarah-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29183907\/DTD_River-Sarah-3-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the rest of the afternoon, we lazed around, jumping off rocks and doing a group breathwork session. The months of planning, the cross-country travel, the rigging, the gear, the rentals, the doing\u2014brought us here, to this quiet place in the middle of the Rogue River Valley, to just be. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watching my friends relax into the pace of river life, I realized that I had River Sarah all wrong. She doesn\u2019t need a three to five-day river trip or secret swimming holes, though they certainly help. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultimately, River Sarah is permission. Permission to think I\u2019m enough. To know I\u2019m enough. Permission to be exactly as I am and be okay with that. To not feel guilty for not being productive or uncomfortable to be bad at a sport. To let myself continue to learn and grow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rigging and rowing might have brought us to this Eden, but once we arrived, it was just us and the water. Alongside the river, we permitted ourselves to just exist. Humans, stripped of expectations\u2014both our own and others\u2014 and absolutely enough.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34369 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29184240\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29184240\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-20.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29184240\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-20-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29184240\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-20-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29184240\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-20-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29184240\/DTD_Sarah-Knapp-20-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p>Guest Contributor <span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" style=\"background-color: var(--background-color, #ffffff); font-family: var(--font-body, 'Roboto');\" data-markjs=\"true\">Sarah<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--background-color, #ffffff); font-family: var(--font-body, 'Roboto');\"> L. <\/span><span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" style=\"background-color: var(--background-color, #ffffff); font-family: var(--font-body, 'Roboto');\" data-markjs=\"true\">Knapp<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--background-color, #ffffff); font-family: var(--font-body, 'Roboto');\"> is the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/outdoorfest\/\">OutdoorFest<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/chapters\/new-york-city?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabkIgdrN1_7LpoZAssVe12AU8D_er8bMNO2egsPCwEmffW8F2WefssADQM_aem_-Ddzl3bbtcJGhpHboG0nPg\">Mappy Hour<\/a>, a community platform that connects urban dwellers to outdoor recreation in cities. She is the former publisher of award-winning green travel publication, offMetro. Her writing can be found at Outside, Travel &amp; Leisure and Lonely Planet. She believes that the best way to explore a city is by bike and the best place to get to know someone is outside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Says Sarah, &#8220;Thank you to my boatmates Paulina Dao, Sara QB Bishop, and Jen Racicot for sharing your photos with me for this piece.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It started with an Instagram story. 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