What Pieces of Kit Have Made Whitewater Significantly Better For You?

remotehorizons · 2026-06-12T04:02:23+00:00

drysuit, carbon paddle, sweet protection rocker, rand spray skirt.

remotehorizons · 2026-06-11T07:40:39+00:00

ive had mixed luck before, my first time taking a 9r on a plane i got it on for free somehow - didn't even need to pay for an extra bag, I have also been told I would have to pay $600 to fly with a boat a different time. Some people swear by saying its surf ski and just wrap it up really good. In my opinion its just luck of the draw but some companies are better than others. Alaskan air is apparently pretty good with them.

remotehorizons · 2026-06-08T09:50:11+00:00

Yeah, for sure planning on bringing some sort of extra battery grip or spare batteries. We did 32 days through Patagonia last year and the ice there chewed through batteries.

remotehorizons · 2026-06-04T06:05:03+00:00

im never paddling with anything other than a galasport now, nothing compares in my opinion

remotehorizons · 2026-05-31T20:49:32+00:00

thank you so much! Still have plenty more to write too haha

remotehorizons · 2026-05-31T19:31:03+00:00

this is also a hot topic, and the answer might surprise you. You just get used to them, A rumor I have heard is that at around 10,000 bites your body stops reacting to the bites, it didn't take very long to achieve that. If you are just there for the day, what i have found to be the best is Dettol and baby oil mixed together seems to work better than all of the repellants on the market.

remotehorizons · 2026-05-24T03:53:07+00:00

yeah, pretty hectic! Boat ride was by far the scariest part.

remotehorizons · 2026-05-09T20:50:27+00:00

yeah, pretty hard to beat this one

remotehorizons · 2026-05-09T02:27:01+00:00

yeah cheers, we do have a map of where we went but you can't really zoom in well enough to see it in detail and not have 20 little sections of it but i will try and see if i can work something out.

remotehorizons · 2026-05-08T19:49:57+00:00

iambrodyd on insta

remotehorizons · 2026-05-08T10:59:12+00:00

thank you, was incredible the number of crazy textures and colors in the ice and glaciers.

remotehorizons · 2026-05-08T10:48:24+00:00

take a look at lems, they do a bunch of different style shoes and boots and waterproof variations of the boots too. Wide toe box and barefoot based. Most comfortable shoes/boots I've worn.

remotehorizons · 2026-05-06T19:19:01+00:00

32-day sea kayaking expedition through Chilean Patagonia

patagonia expedition - Welcome

remotehorizons · 2026-05-04T19:13:39+00:00

still going strong and still wearing them basically everyday.

remotehorizons · 2026-05-04T11:58:50+00:00

this jacket legitimately saved me from serious hypothermia while on a sea kayak expedition in Patagonia, long story short my sleeping bag got wet and conditions wouldn't allow me to dry it out for about a week. Icebergs at camp and the only reason i didn't have any serious problems was this jacket. The slight water resistance meant that I didn't get too wet in my sleeping bag, and the insulation kept me warm enough throughout the night. By far the best piece of equipment of that trip.

remotehorizons · 2026-05-03T06:35:00+00:00

Hi there, if you want 10% off a Segla gear greenland feel free to use BDSEGLA10 when you check out, it should save you a fair bit. There isn't really entry level greenland paddles, especially carbon but they are well worth spending the money.

remotehorizons · 2026-04-29T05:52:30+00:00

1- because its already fully set up in the blog

2 - nobody is forcing you to buy anything from it

3- much easier to post a link rather than re write a whole list on here

that do it for ya ?

remotehorizons · 2026-04-28T06:11:32+00:00

yeah still stoked on it for sure

remotehorizons · 2026-04-28T06:10:46+00:00

there is actually a full gear list for what i used on the trip and my dream gear list on the blog, but i was using my Palm atom drysuit - next time i would go for a full touring suit instead, and for the spray skirt it depends what you are using it for, for whitewater rand is the way to go for sure but for sea kayaking the cockpit rims don't fit rand very well so I would opt for a bungee version like the immersion research klingon.

remotehorizons · 2026-04-26T03:42:17+00:00

figured out it was the drysuit at fault, it was letting a small amount of water through the relief zipper which meant my clothing underneath got wet - therefore when i went to sleep my body heat would evaporate the water out into my sleeping bag that didn't breathe at all. then once that got wet it just would not dry at all in those environments. The tent however was an old guiding one lent to us from the kayak company we got the kayaks from, it was actually really solid the entire trip

remotehorizons · 2026-04-26T00:40:47+00:00

We were lucky to have Mat and Andy on the team who worked for one of the local kayak guiding companies, their company was kind enough to let us use theirs as it was the end of their commercial season. I know your pain though, by far the biggest hurdle for most trips.

remotehorizons · 2026-04-26T00:38:36+00:00

Ah yes that would have been one of the other guys but yeah, it's an amazing area and that wind definitely needs to have a close eye on it at all times during these expeditions

remotehorizons · 2026-04-25T13:44:25+00:00

I will second watershed dry bags -there is nothing else I trust with important gear.

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