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Ladies on the Lower G 2011 /// Gauley Fest
Ladies on the Lower G will be taking over the river again this year to raise money for American Whitewater (AW). Last year we were a group of almost 30 women! Let’s make it a big year again!
It only costs $40 and all proceeds go to AW so that they can continue to work for [...]
Filed under Latest News, Uncategorized : Comments (0) : Sep 6th, 2011
Colorado Tour Wraps Up: Recap & Stats
By Em Shanblatt
All good things must come to an end. The GAP Colorado Summer Tour is no exception. Mary Frances and I had our last few days of kayaking, and are wrapping up things here in the beautiful and burly state of Colorado. We spent our last days of kayaking on the Upper Eagle (@ [...]
Filed under Emily's Blog, Latest News, Trip/Tour Reports, Uncategorized : Comments (0) : Jun 28th, 2011
Colorado Update – Getting Joyful in Crested Butte
By Em Shanblatt
The Girls at Play summer tour in Colorado has officially found the most beautiful place yet. As Mary Frances and I rolled into the town of Crested Butte over Monarch Pass, we were blown away and speechless at the immensity and grandeur of the mountains and scenery that lay before us.
We met up [...]
Filed under Emily's Blog, Inspiring Articles, Latest News, Trip/Tour Reports, Uncategorized : Comments (0) : Jun 24th, 2011
Colorado Update – Exploring, Racing, Dancing…FIBARK!
By Em Shanblatt
Early this week we rolled into Salida, Colorado, home of the famous FIBArk festival (First in Boating on the Arkansas). The Festival has been going on for 63 years, and this small town has really come alive! It’s the oldest paddling festival IN THE WORLD!
Mary Frances and I spent our first day in [...]
Filed under Emily's Blog, Latest News, Trip/Tour Reports, Uncategorized : Comments (0) : Jun 20th, 2011
Living It Up in Durango!
By Em Shanblatt
Here’s what Mary Frances and I have been up in Durango to when we’re not teaching.
Our first destination was Durango, where we spend 5 days kayaking big water, surfing big waves, getting to know the Durango hotspots, and living in a parking lot! It was actually a very nice parking lot, and was [...]
Filed under Emily's Blog, Latest News, Trip/Tour Reports, Uncategorized : Comments (0) : Jun 17th, 2011
Boaterchick Festival 2011
by Mary Frances Hansford
Girls at Play was thrilled to take part in Boaterchick Festival for the fourth year in a row this year. It was this past weekend (May 20-22) at Nelson’s Hideaway Campground just down from the Nantahala River in Western North Carolina. This year there were about 80 women — all ages, all [...]
Filed under Latest News, Mary Frances' Blog, Trip/Tour Reports, Uncategorized : Comments (0) : May 31st, 2011
Meet Cindy Frost, lover of life!
In 2003 Cindy was walking the Appalachian Trail and in the midst of it she decided that her next adventure undertaking would not be via feet but rather floating on a river in some form or fashion. She was able to take a NOLS course in 2005 where she canoed down a river in the [...]
Filed under Latest News, Uncategorized : Comments (0) : May 4th, 2011