Products

Eighteen-foot self-bailing raft sized for big-water expeditions with full gear payload. The workhorse of Cataract high-water trips.

A USCG Type III touring vest with a BlueSign-approved shell — high-cut enough to sit over a raft seat without riding into your ribs. The...

High-float USCG Type V, built for swiftwater and rescue work, with the tether and quick-release hardware that implies. A rescue-rated vest...

Billy-Bob's flagship set of fake teeth. Ten dollars, no technical function whatsoever, and the highest ratio of camp morale to packed weight...

75-quart rotomolded cooler sized for raft bays. Built in Arizona for desert river conditions — keeps ice 5+ days in canyon heat.

Sixty-five quarts from the Flagstaff shop that builds around raft-frame geometry rather than truck beds. The Pro sits lower and squarer than...

11-foot composite oars for big water rafting. The SGG blade shape delivers power in heavy hydraulics without excess weight.

A ten-foot SGG shaft with counterbalance and rope wrap already done. Shorter than the eleven-footers most desert gear boats run — size it to...

Replacement blades sold on their own, because on a shaft-and-blade system the blade is what finds the rock. Carry a spare before you need...

Not a chair so much as a back to lean against — folds flat into a dry bag and turns a rock, a thwart, or a patch of sand into a seat. The...

DIY self-adhesive facial hair for the camp that takes Dress Up Night seriously. Five dollars, and the return on investment is entirely...

The lightest serious outboard on the market — about 30 lb, air-cooled, four-stroke — which is its main feature and its main limit. On a dory...

A 1.8-meter dual-line foil built for beach wind, which is close enough to canyon wind for camp purposes. Forgiving on the low end, lively...

The two-person version, low to the ground and slightly reclined, with cup holders that keep a drink upright in sand. Buy it if there is...

A three-person bench for the camp where everybody ends up sitting in the same place anyway. Low, wide, and closer to furniture than to...

Sixty mustaches across twenty designs — enough that nobody has to share and everybody has to choose. The backing paper goes out with the...

Forty-five dollars, locks open at two heights, and does not fold up under you when you lean back. The default river camp chair — the...

Six ounces of unrefined lime-zest rimming salt. Ten dollars is a low price for the difference between a drink and a cocktail on day four.

Twelve servings of freeze-dried lasagna in one box. Crew-sized, which is the only size that matters once you are feeding six people who...

Six pouches of gluten-free freeze-dried breakfast for the mornings when nobody wants to run the stove. Hot water, ten minutes, and the boats...

Two pouches, four servings, thirty-year shelf life. The freeze-dried meal that holds up as the contingency dinner at the bottom of the dry...

Seventy-five feet of pro-grade rescue line. The bag guides run when the throw has to land the first time, and the price reflects that it...

A cordless USB-C blender that will actually crush ice, which is the entire argument. Frozen drinks at a river camp are a flex; this is the...

High-volume expedition dry bag for river trips. 110L capacity handles camp systems, kitchen gear, and multi-day clothing for a full crew.

USCG Type III fishing-cut PFD with a medium profile and a mesh back that clears a raised or packraft seat. The default crew vest on desert...

The short-throw version — less line, less bulk, lives clipped to a thwart instead of buried in a dry bag. For boats where the throw bag has...

Standard stern frame for oar-powered rafts. Mounts behind the rower for gear platform rigging on multi-day river trips.

14-foot self-bailing raft built for multi-day river expeditions. The Otter 140 is the workhorse of private permit trips on the Colorado...

Seventy-five feet of rescue line in a bag you can throw one-handed from the rowing seat. The default swiftwater throw bag on desert river...

Heavy-duty 2-burner propane stove designed for river trip kitchens. Wind-resistant burners and a removable drip tray built for camp cooking...

A full variety case of real-meat freeze-dried entrées — higher protein and a higher price than the category standard. Buy it once for a long...

Petzl's 1100-lumen rechargeable with reactive lighting that auto-adjusts the beam — the option for night navigation and technical starts.

The 350-lumen step up with red lighting — keeps your night vision (and your neighbors' sleep) intact on late groover runs and early...

Petzl's entry 300-lumen headlamp — one button, no menu to fight with cold hands. The budget workhorse for camp chores and pre-dawn rigging.

LED-lit bocce set for after-dark river camps — glowing balls, tournament-optional rules. The hardware behind the late-night bocci scenes.

A frameless dual-line parafoil that packs to the size of a fleece and needs no assembly — which matters when the wind that ruined dinner is...

The bigger sibling — more pull, more presence, more reason for the whole camp to stop and watch. Step up to it once somebody has proven they...

The two-pack: one pair of Cobra locks for a single rowing station. Five-eighths pin diameter — measure yours before ordering, because the...

Three locks — a rowing pair plus the spare that turns a broken lock into an inconvenience instead of a swim. The math works out cheaper than...

Seventeen dollars of single-line kite with the handle and string already attached. The one you bring in triplicate so nobody has to take...

Four insulated stainless shots that nest into their own travel case — the packable version of the same idea at a third of the price....

Chile-lime rimming salt — the version with heat in it, for margaritas, micheladas, and anything else that benefits from an edge.

A soft-sided backpack cooler with a magnetic closure that seals without a zipper to fight one-handed. The lunch-cooler and day-bag-overflow...

A refreezable block that holds the cold without becoming the meltwater problem it was meant to solve. Buys a margin at the bottom of the...

A vacuum-insulated stainless shaker, which is either the most or least serious object in the dry box depending on the night. Twenty ounces,...

An insulated sleeve that keeps a standard can cold past the point where warm beer becomes a personality problem. Twenty-five dollars, no...

Ten ounces, ceramic-lined so coffee does not come out tasting like the cup, with a MagSlider lid that keeps sand out and most of the...

Four stainless shots in a case that keeps them from rattling loose in a dry box. Fifty-five dollars for shot glasses is a decision you make...

Three hundred dollars of camp chair, which is either absurd or the last chair you buy. Collapses flat, sits high enough to stand up out of...

The 65 is the compromise size — small enough that one person can move it loaded, big enough to run a crew's food for most of a week. The...

Seventy-five quarts of rotomolded cold storage sized to the main cooler slot on a gear raft. Heavy empty, heavier full, and worth both on a...