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                          Go Kayaking in San Francisco for $5.25 and No Car
                  
              
              
                
                
                  
                    
                  
                
              
              
                  
                      The two half drysuit-clad figures wearing large gray boxes on their backs drew a few stares, but there are much crazier things that happen in this ...
                  
                
               
                
             
          
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                          Black Canyon Wanderin'
                  
              
              
                
                
                  
                    
                  
                
              
              
                  
                      Next month, Oru Kayak will take eleven journalists on a three-day, all women's paddle down the Colorado River in Black Canyon, Nevada. The plan is ...
                  
                
               
                
             
          
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                          You never forget your first...time in an Oru Kayak
                  
              
              
                
                
                  
                    
                  
                
              
              
                  
                      Earlier this week, I passed my 5 year anniversary as a paid member of Oru Kayak. I use the term “paid” loosely. The first few paychecks were pretty...
                  
                
               
                
             
          
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                          Inside the mind of a designer
                  
              
              
                
                
                  
                    
                  
                
              
              
                  
                      
It is not everyday that we get to take a look into the mind of a designer at Oru Kayak, but Stefania sent me an email the other day and I felt tha...
                  
                
               
                
             
          
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                          First documented kayaks on Tumbledown
                  
              
              
                
                
                  
                    
                  
                
              
              
                  
                        
10.15.17 First documented kayaks on Tumbledown.
 
Oru Kayak | Tumbledown First Ascent from Gretchen Powers on Vimeo.
 
Have you ever had a lo...
                  
                
               
                
             
          
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                          Iceland's Highlands
                  
              
              
                
                
                  
                    
                  
                
              
              
                  
                      
By Benjamin Hardman
Venturing into the highlands often leads to new discovery. Whether it be discovering landscapes for the first time or experien...
                  
                
               
                
             
          
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                          Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia
                  
              
              
                
                
                  
                    
                  
                
              
              
                  
                      
By Peter Amend
A solitary lobster fisherman loading his pots was the only sign of life, as I put in from the rickety dock at sunrise. 
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                          Finding the WHY
                  
              
              
                
                
                  
                    
                  
                
              
              
                  
                      
Eight thousand miles away from home, high in the mountains of Timor, Indonesia I quietly told Andy Cochrane (Former Director of Marketing at Oru K...
                  
                
               
                
             
          
        
       
    
    
      
    
  
   
 
        
        
      
      
      
         
      
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