Leadership

By Willa Mason, Boreal River As whitewater instructors or trip leaders, it’s our job to teach paddlers all the essential hard skills. To make that happen, we need paddlers who want to return to the river time and time again....

Where you put yourself really matters. Author: Willa Mason, Boreal River “Why aren’t you waiting behind the rocks?” my apprentice instructor asks. He’s referring to a row of boulders that blocks our paddler’s otherwise straightforward path down the rapid. “Sit...

How to become the perfect adventure buddy Author: Willa Mason, Boreal River Rescue We aren’t very fast, but we like to laugh. I’m lucky to have a fantastic cross-country ski partner. We’ve spent many days training for the Canadian Ski Marathon,...

By Jennifer Kingsley, a writer and guide based in Ottawa, Ontario. Jennifer is the founder of Meet the North and the author of Paddlenorth: Adventure, Resilience, and Renewal in the Arctic Wild. In the guiding world, there is a lot of emphasis on...