The Idaho Traverse

Strong believers that adventure is where you find it, a team of three local adventurers will pioneer a variation of the Idaho Centennial Trail during a 15-day multisport south-to-north speed traverse of Idaho in the summer of 2011. The 840-mile route will forge a new line through Idaho's most beautiful and wildly diverse sections while leveraging the natural efficiencies of the terrain, utilizing packrafts, mountain bikes and fastpacking techniques. Instead of hiking the high alpine desert, we will run the Bruneau River. Instead of hiking through the Frank Church—River of No Return Wilderness, the team proposes to paddle both the Middle Fork of the Salmon and Selway rivers. Before finishing at the Canadian line, the expedition will cycle the Stateline National Recreation Trail.

Stay tuned for updates as we approach the 2011 departure date.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

The purpose

In these lean times, when travel to far-flung corners of the earth makes a deep dent in the wallet, it makes sense to look for adventure closer to home. As active parents with successful careers who embark on occasional adventures, life is a balance. We feel fortunate to live in the Pacific Northwest, where our next grand adventure can be found virtually in our own backyard.

Our new pioneering route, in combination with our ultralight method of multisport travel, make a compelling argument for the idea that adventure is what you make it.

The trip will include these firsts:

· A new pioneering route across Idaho’s wildernesses

· The first known packraft descent of the Bruneau River

· The first known connection of the Middle Fork drainage with the Selway drainage

· The first known mountain bike traverse of the Stateline National Recreation Trail

· The first known multisport traverse of Idaho

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