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Dane was born into kayaking royalty and literally grew up on kayak tour surrounded by the best kayakers in the world. While this was certainly fertile ground, Dane has gone on to accomplish far more than his pedigree would dictate. 5 Time World Freestyle Champion, Red Bull Athlete, Sole person to break the 4-minute mark on the Green River Race, winner of most every extreme race and inspiration to generations of kayakers. If there is a continuous thread in Whitewater from the post=deliverance canoe surge of the 70's to today, Dane has embodied the culmination and spirit of that movement.

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GoFundMe site to help with Charlie's cancer journey: Fundraiser by Charles Munsey : Help Charlie Munsey Fight Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

In the early 90's Charlie Munsey and his friend Conrad Fourney just drove to the Stikine and put on, becoming the 4th descent and signing their names on the chalkboard at Site Zed. Those names looked out of place next to the legends of Lesser, Ammons, Holbeck, Wasson, etc. It would'nt look out of place long as Charlie would go around the world pioneering hard, remote whitewater and capturing it all on his camera. No other photographer of the era captured expedition kayaking to the extent Charlie did. Truly inspiring an era of kayakers to push the bounds of exploration. This culminated with being central to the planning and execution of the first descent of the Tsangpo River in Tibet. A trip which Charlie was the photographer for. He was also a photographer for many iconic pictures of new generations on PNW waterfalls. Charlie has also been a National Geographic Explorer and book author.

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If you have paddled around New England, you have heard tales of the Kern Brothers. Seemingly each tantalizing creek you pass, there is some tale about the Kern Brothers. Willie, Chuck and Johnny drove each other to push kayaking and exploration kayaking to its limits. The brothers were central to a golden era of unlocking the steepest multi-days in the Sierra's. Runs that are still among the best multi-days in the world; Middle Kings, Royal Gorge, Fantasy Falls, Devils Postpile and more. Chuck was lost to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, running previously portaged drops in 1998. Willie and Johnnie kept the passion alive and took Chuck along in spirit on one of the most ambitious river expeditions of all time, the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet, often referred to as the Mount Everest of Rivers. This is Part 1, there will be more.

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