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Adam Goshorn

Author's details

Name: Adam Goshorn
Date registered: January 3, 2012
URL: http://www.granolapaddler.blogspot.com

Biography

I started paddling at a young age in the front of a tandem canoe (with my dad in the stern) on class II streams in my home state of Virginia, USA. I always loved being on the river and that interest was further solidified by attending a summer camp program that taught whitewater canoeing and specifically focused on multi-day canoe tripping. The highlight of each summer for me was when we would spend 5-day and 4-nights paddling down the James River and camping along the way. In high school I started to be able to paddle more often as my friends and I were able to drive ourselves to the river and my focus turned more towards wanting to progress at whitewater paddling. In pursuit of that goal I eventually switched to a kayak in 2000 while in college at Radford University where I majored in Outdoor Recreation. Kayaking quickly became my driving passion and I have been paddling around 150 days a year ever since. I am currently the director of an outdoor experiential education center on Lookout Mountain in the northeast corner of Alabama. The location provides excellent local paddling for much of the year and the job schedule allows time for trips elsewhere in the winter and summer. I have been paddling for Pyranha since 2006 and Immersion Research since 2008.

Latest posts

  1. Review: Pyranha 9R II Large — January 30, 2020
  2. Dominican December — April 6, 2018
  3. San Luis Potosi, Mexico — January 26, 2018
  4. Dominican Republic – Part IV: Staircase Section of the Rio Jimenoa — February 22, 2016
  5. Dominican Republic – Part III: Upper Rio Jimenoa — February 15, 2016

Author's posts listings

29
Oct

July in Colorado Part 3

After spending two days in the headwaters of the Crystal River we made our way back to a local cafe in Carbondale to contemplate our next move.  While enjoying some breakfast burritos and wireless internet access we called Charlie Mix who was living in Durango for the summer.  Charlie explained that water levels were dropping …

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22
Oct

July in Colorado Part 2

Adam Goshorn, North Fork of the Crystal, by Matt Wallace After a long day on Cheesman Canyon we had collapsed into our sleeping bags at the Corral Creek Trailhead.  The next morning, day three of our trip, we packed our gear back into the truck and headed to our next stop a short drive away.  …

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10
Sep

The Secret Stash

Deep in the Secret Stash The Secret Stash was first run in the mid to late 1990’s, but then was off-limits for over a decade until recent changes opened it back up to paddlers.  The Secret Stash isn’t much of a secret anymore. The word is out on this one, but I’m still not going …

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11
Aug

Independence Day in Cheesman Canyon

It was only our second day in Colorado, but it was shaping up to be a long one.  It was almost ten o’clock and we were already supposed to be at the put-in, but instead we were stashing a bike behind some bushes at the Corral Creek trailhead.  The shuttle plan was to hike our …

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24
Mar

Chasing the Gray Fox

Recently I joined a group of young researches attempting to follow the elusive Alabama Gray Fox into the depths of the Jones Creek gorge. Jones creek flows west off of Sand Mountain in northern Alabama and cuts a deep and rugged canyon.  Below are a few pictures from our journey.  Photos by Charlie Mix. To …

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12
Mar

Large Karnali Review

For the last couple months I’ve been paddling the new Pyranha Karnali.  Lots of people have been asking me about it, but I wanted to get alot of time in the boat before venturing to voice my opinion.  Having spent 16 days paddling it in a bunch of different conditions I decided to write a …

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13
Feb

Low Water and High Spirits in Little River Canyon

                 Fog at the put-in Photo by Steve Krajewski   Low water levels have continued to prevail in north Alabama and much of the rest of the southeastern United States for over a month.  Luckily we have received some rain, just as it seems like the rivers are going to drop too low to run, we managed to …

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03
Jan

The Rio Santa Maria and its’s tributaries: SLP, Mexico

2nd Canyon of the Rio Verde. Photo by Adam Goshorn Just over a day’s drive from the southeastern United States lies a tropical paradise just waiting to welcome whitewater paddlers.  The rivers that drain the eastern slopes of Mexico’s Sierra Madre Mountains boast beautiful turquoise water and a seemingly endless number of rivers and creeks.  …

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02
Sep

Alabama Awakening

 Adam Goshorn – by Charlie Mix Alabama rivers were awakened in the middle of the dry season as the remains of Tropical Storm ‘Fay’ brought much needed rain to the region.

03
Jul

Colorado 2008: The Waterfall Tour

Departing Chattanooga TN at 6:30 PM, Matt Wallace, Ben Davis, and I (Adam Goshorn) drove through the night to arrive in the mountains of Colorado the following afternoon.  Our arrival gave us just enough daylight to get in a couple of runs on Clear Creek of the Arkansas before dark, the perfect way to shake …

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