{"id":5052,"date":"2014-05-02T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T18:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com-2\/?p=5052"},"modified":"2017-10-16T14:59:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T21:59:13","slug":"taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/","title":{"rendered":"The Far Right Line: Reflections on Hiking Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Getting Busy, I pause to catch my breath, shake my arms and pound the deck of my kayak. \u201cWheew! Ok, guess there\u2019s some rust there!\u201d I\u2019m NOT in great shape, certainly not for the Little White Salmon. Then we\u2019re peeling out for the lead-in to Boulder Sluice. I get a bit spun and bobbled, but I line it up well for the launch pad and send it flying on one of the best boofs of the river. At 4\u20192\u201d on the gauge, the Little White Salmon doesn\u2019t give you time to celebrate. I land, make a correction stroke, and then pull hard for the Knuckle Boof. I think, \u201cI just don\u2019t have the power in my strokes. How many weeks since I\u2019ve been in my kayak?\u201d But, again, I can\u2019t stop till the next eddy. I take two breaths, then peel out.<\/p>\n

\"AdamElliot_NRS_adam_elliott-\"<\/a><\/p>\n

That day on the L-dub, I couldn\u2019t have asked for a better crew to paddle with. Even though the winter has been exceptionally dry so far, none of the boys had been just sitting around; people had been paddling the Green Truss section of the White Salmon, and on the Wind River. Others\u00a0had just gotten back from Chile or Mexico; everyone was in pretty good shape, except me. This is an off-the-couch session\u2026 on the Little White Salmon\u2026 at 4 feet, two inches.<\/p>\n

Below Boulder Sluice and the runout, we have the Toaster Slot, some boulder garden jumble, a zig and then a zag directly upstream from a giant log inches above the river. Again, I felt a shakiness in my arms, and as I ducked the far right side of the log, I felt my edge catch, and I flipped over in a series of small holes. I rolled, quick-ish, but was a second too late to catch the eddy above Island Drop, one of the chunkiest boulder cascades on the river.<\/p>\n

At this point, the one thing that stands out in my head is thinking, \u201cOkay, well, let\u2019s just commit to this, then. This is what is in front of you. Do it.\u201d I took a deep breath, spun my bow downstream, and dug in my right blade to get up and over the entry hole. Even then, it struck me as funny, a comedy of errors, that I couldn\u2019t get over it, that I\u2019d catch my edge and start banging into boulders. After one roll attempt, resulting in a face full of boulder and scraped knuckles, I tried to tuck up and protect my shoulders and head and face. I took the second ledge sideways and rolled up briefly, then, bam! upside down, slamming my the back of my head and forearm into more rocks. I got partially pulled out of my boat, my knee and hip sliding out.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, just hold on, be patient. This isn\u2019t that bad,\u201d I told myself. I could deal with small things like a bleeding face\u00a0and broken glasses.<\/p>\n

\u201cWait, is my wrist broken?\u201d Bam, another rock.<\/p>\n

\"AdamElliot_NRS_adam_elliott-7578\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally,\u00a0the feeling of a deep pool and joining the swift current. I rolled instantly, sprinted toward the eddy on river right, shaking my head, smiling, and trying to wipe the blood out of my eye. \u201cF@<% that!,\u201d I said, laughing as I clambered out of my boat. After taking hits in sports like kayaking, skiing and mountain biking, it might be a universal practice to curse and laugh, alternatingly, and then take a slow minute to just sit or lie down to take personal stock of all extremities and mental clarity.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow bad is this pain? Have I felt this before? When?\u201d I lie down on the thick moss on the bank of the Little White Salmon to catch my breath and wipe away the blood.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s great to have friends around\u2014other eyeballs to look at the cut on my eyelid, and\u00a0to laugh ruefully with me. I looked around and saw faces showing a mixture of feelings. All were happy to see that I wasn\u2019t hurt; some were eager to get moving again, some were already thinking about the next drop; some were disappointed to see me “beater” this drop (or maybe I was projecting that, ha!) The bottom line is that I knew in that instant that I would hike out. Truth is, I was winded, bruised, shaken and, yes, I was scared. The river was high, and I was out of shape. Bad things happen when you push for something and aren\u2019t ready to follow through with it.<\/p>\n

Growing up as a kayaker, I\u2019ve always had a long-term perspective about paddling hard lines, hard runs. This is something that I want to be doing when I am 70. When I was 17 and just getting into paddling Class V regularly, one of my hometown heroes, Dugald Bremner, passed away on the Silver Fork of the American. Dugald was a Grand Canyon boatman, photographer\u00a0and\u00a0kayaker. Plus, he was handsome and smart. He made good decisions, and yet he still died on the river. Over the years, I have known too many good people that have died or been seriously injured on the river.<\/p>\n

\"AdamElliot_NRS_adam_elliott-1364\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Another home-town hero, Lars Holbek, while paddling the Lower Kern in California, taught me to know when to take the \u201cright line.” We were scouting Royal Flush and it was definitely the hardest rapid that I had thought about running up to then.<\/p>\n

\u201cLars, I don\u2019t see a right line\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAdam, the far, far, right line.\u201d \u00a0He winked at me, grabbed his paddle with his toe, slung his Wavesport Z on his shoulder and started walking up the hill.<\/p>\n

It is good to be humbled a little and to heed your guardian angels. It was good to hike out that day with thoughts of my mentors, with caution and confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, seriously, Adam, get in better shape.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cHow bad is this pain? Have I felt this before? When?\u201d I lie down on the thick moss on the bank to catch my breath and wipe away the blood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":5055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[341],"tags":[9,37,318,33],"class_list":["post-5052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pro-tips","tag-how-to","tag-safety-rescue","tag-team-nrs","tag-whitewater-kayaking","post-grid"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Far Right Line: Reflections on Hiking Out | Duct Tape Diaries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Some days the deck's just stacked against you. Adam Elliot considers an important paddling skill\u2014knowing when to shoulder your boat and start hiking out.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Far Right Line: Reflections on Hiking Out | Duct Tape Diaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some days the deck's just stacked against you. Adam Elliot considers an important paddling skill\u2014knowing when to shoulder your boat and start hiking out.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Duct Tape Diaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nrsweb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wildriverlife\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-05-02T18:00:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-10-16T21:59:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/31190319\/AdamElliot_NRS_adam_elliott-.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"796\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"763\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adam Mills Elliott\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@nrsweb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@nrsweb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adam Mills Elliott\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/02\\\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/02\\\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Adam Mills Elliott\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dcc6970584fadaa8177e76b9ab809a7b\"},\"headline\":\"The Far Right Line: Reflections on Hiking Out\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-02T18:00:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-16T21:59:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/02\\\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":997,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/02\\\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\\\/duct-tape\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/31190319\\\/AdamElliot_NRS_adam_elliott-.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"how-to\",\"safety & rescue\",\"Team NRS\",\"whitewater kayaking\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Pro Tips\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/02\\\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/02\\\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/02\\\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Far Right Line: Reflections on Hiking Out | Duct Tape Diaries\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/02\\\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/02\\\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\\\/duct-tape\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/31190319\\\/AdamElliot_NRS_adam_elliott-.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-02T18:00:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-16T21:59:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dcc6970584fadaa8177e76b9ab809a7b\"},\"description\":\"Some days the deck's just stacked against you. Adam Elliot considers an important paddling skill\u2014knowing when to shoulder your boat and start hiking out.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/02\\\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/02\\\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/02\\\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\\\/duct-tape\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/31190319\\\/AdamElliot_NRS_adam_elliott-.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\\\/duct-tape\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/31190319\\\/AdamElliot_NRS_adam_elliott-.jpg\",\"width\":796,\"height\":763},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/02\\\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Far Right Line: Reflections on Hiking Out\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/\",\"name\":\"Duct Tape Diaries\",\"description\":\"Duct Tape Diaries, NRS's official blog, entertains, educates, inspires and celebrates the paddling lifestyle through compelling storytelling and photography.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dcc6970584fadaa8177e76b9ab809a7b\",\"name\":\"Adam Mills Elliott\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fdd0f6e386c671ab536df78954261085d8cb8d8cbbf12eaef210ba6f7d78035b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fdd0f6e386c671ab536df78954261085d8cb8d8cbbf12eaef210ba6f7d78035b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fdd0f6e386c671ab536df78954261085d8cb8d8cbbf12eaef210ba6f7d78035b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Adam Mills Elliott\"},\"description\":\"As a kid, every trip our family took to the river was part pilgrimage, part boot-camp, part circus. Today, it's not much different: I keep looking for salvation, personal growth and the next big-top tent. I'm now a photographer, designer and architect, but it\u2019s always the river that keeps me moving downstream. I've been boating for 30 years, 12 as a commercial guide in the Grand Canyon, and 15 as a Class V kayaker. I live in Portland, OR with my girlfriend, fellow NRS ambassador Susan Hollingsworth. Every year, I try to include an exploratory kayak expedition to western China, all while trying to balance a career in product development, design management, and international business.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/wildriverlife\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/wildriverlife\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/author\\\/adam\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Far Right Line: Reflections on Hiking Out | Duct Tape Diaries","description":"Some days the deck's just stacked against you. Adam Elliot considers an important paddling skill\u2014knowing when to shoulder your boat and start hiking out.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Far Right Line: Reflections on Hiking Out | Duct Tape Diaries","og_description":"Some days the deck's just stacked against you. Adam Elliot considers an important paddling skill\u2014knowing when to shoulder your boat and start hiking out.","og_url":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/","og_site_name":"Duct Tape Diaries","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nrsweb","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wildriverlife\/","article_published_time":"2014-05-02T18:00:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-10-16T21:59:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":796,"height":763,"url":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/31190319\/AdamElliot_NRS_adam_elliott-.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Adam Mills Elliott","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@nrsweb","twitter_site":"@nrsweb","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Adam Mills Elliott","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/"},"author":{"name":"Adam Mills Elliott","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#\/schema\/person\/dcc6970584fadaa8177e76b9ab809a7b"},"headline":"The Far Right Line: Reflections on Hiking Out","datePublished":"2014-05-02T18:00:57+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-16T21:59:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/"},"wordCount":997,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/31190319\/AdamElliot_NRS_adam_elliott-.jpg","keywords":["how-to","safety & rescue","Team NRS","whitewater kayaking"],"articleSection":["Pro Tips"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/","url":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/","name":"The Far Right Line: Reflections on Hiking Out | Duct Tape Diaries","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/31190319\/AdamElliot_NRS_adam_elliott-.jpg","datePublished":"2014-05-02T18:00:57+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-16T21:59:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#\/schema\/person\/dcc6970584fadaa8177e76b9ab809a7b"},"description":"Some days the deck's just stacked against you. Adam Elliot considers an important paddling skill\u2014knowing when to shoulder your boat and start hiking out.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/31190319\/AdamElliot_NRS_adam_elliott-.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/31190319\/AdamElliot_NRS_adam_elliott-.jpg","width":796,"height":763},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2014\/05\/02\/taking-far-right-line-reflections-hiking\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Far Right Line: Reflections on Hiking Out"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#website","url":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/","name":"Duct Tape Diaries","description":"Duct Tape Diaries, NRS's official blog, entertains, educates, inspires and celebrates the paddling lifestyle through compelling storytelling and photography.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#\/schema\/person\/dcc6970584fadaa8177e76b9ab809a7b","name":"Adam Mills Elliott","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fdd0f6e386c671ab536df78954261085d8cb8d8cbbf12eaef210ba6f7d78035b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fdd0f6e386c671ab536df78954261085d8cb8d8cbbf12eaef210ba6f7d78035b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fdd0f6e386c671ab536df78954261085d8cb8d8cbbf12eaef210ba6f7d78035b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Adam Mills Elliott"},"description":"As a kid, every trip our family took to the river was part pilgrimage, part boot-camp, part circus. Today, it's not much different: I keep looking for salvation, personal growth and the next big-top tent. I'm now a photographer, designer and architect, but it\u2019s always the river that keeps me moving downstream. I've been boating for 30 years, 12 as a commercial guide in the Grand Canyon, and 15 as a Class V kayaker. I live in Portland, OR with my girlfriend, fellow NRS ambassador Susan Hollingsworth. Every year, I try to include an exploratory kayak expedition to western China, all while trying to balance a career in product development, design management, and international business.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wildriverlife\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wildriverlife\/"],"url":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/author\/adam\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14356,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5052\/revisions\/14356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}