Demshitz does the grand

The chal l enge ofs eei ng whatyou coul df i twasr eal l ycool .I t ’ sj us t an amaz i ng f eel i ng hav i ng ev er yt hi ng you need f ort hat amountoft i me i n yourkayak.

Ihad t wo r ealbi g chal l enges .

Ev er ymor ni ng Iwaswonder i ng how t he hel lIgotal lt hi ss t uf fi nt o my kayakt he daybef or e,buti twoul d notf i tnow?

The s econd pr obl em,whi ch mayhav e cr eat ed t he f i r s tpr obl em.

How t o getenough beeri nt he boat f ora t woweekf l oat ?

Iwasl i ke “ oh s hi ther e we go agai n t hi si sgoi ng t o be bad. ”

Then… Iwat ched herr ol lup! Ial mos tcr i ed i n ex ci t ement .

I twasone oft he cool es tt hi ngs t hathappened f orme on t hatt r i p.

One ot hert hi ng t hat ’ snotascr az yorcool ,butIwast aki ng a pi ct ur e ofcamp atni ghthi gh up on t he cl i f f and asIs t ar t ed mydecentbackt o camp Ir eal i z ed Ihad s aton a cact us .

So mygood f r i endsMat tAngerand Jes s i ca Yur t i ushad t o pi ckcact usoutofmycact as s f ora whi l et hatni ght .

Runni ng t he Gr and Canyon s el f s uppor t ed i sa bi tmor e r ewar di ng t o me.

It hi nki tf eel sa bi t mor e badas s !

I tgav e me s t r engt h, and If eelmor e accompl i s hed.

I twasan amaz i ng ex per i ence doi ng a s el f s uppor tt r i p wi t h my s i bl i ngs !The Canyon i t s el fi shar dt o puti nt o wor dsf orme.To s ee t hei rf acesand t o ex per i ence s uch an amaz i ng pl ace ast he Gr and Canyon wi t h your f ami l yi ss omet hi ng we al lwi s h we coul d do.

I ’ mj us tt hankf ult o hav e af ami l ys uch ast he one Ihav e.Theyki cked as s !

Dad’ snex t !

We had an amazi ng gr oup wi t h us! Cr ai g Kl ecknerwasourt ourgui de.Mat tAngerand Cl ayLucast i ed f or t he mostst oked peopl ei nt he gr oup.Jer emyLaucks( JDog)wast he per mi thol derand al so won t he awar d f orbestf ood on t he t r i p.TommyPeni ckwasourphot ogr apher .Gr aham Nat i on Sei l erwasourcomi cr el i ef !

Rob Fusi l l iaka Ref er ee Rob wasal waysl ooki ng outf orusal l .AndyKi r bywaseat i ng but t erbyt he st i ckt o getasmanycal or i esaspossi bl e so he di dn’ tshr i nk awayTyCal dwel lr an mor er api dst wi ce on t he Canyon t hatanyone ofus.PaulBut l erwon bestdr essed.

Jessi ca Yur t i nuswaswonder i ng how t he hel lshe ended up on a 14daykayak t r i p wi t h demshi t z?

We can be a bi tr i di cul ousatt i mes…. . oral lt he t i me?

Asbr ot herRob s ai d and Iquot e“ Manyt i mesout t her e you coul dn’ thel p but f eell i ke r eal l i f e“ Gooni es , ”j us t a packofki dswander i ng about hi ki ng up cr eekbeds ,cl i mbi ng up wat er f al l s ,and j umpi ng of fcl i f f s .Thi s s ame f eel i ng i sa bi gr eas on whyIt hi nkt hat s o manyofuscont i nue t o kayakand ex pl or et he out door s . ” It hi nkt hatquot er eal l yput st he Canyon i nt o per s pect i v e and r emi ndsme ofa wor d Ius ea l ot ….

Dems hi t z .