The Epic Of FIBArk

Most people wouldn't get up off the couch and run a marathon right!! Well although we do not run a marathon, the 26mile Fibark downriver race is just as crazy and n many ways just as painful... It also seems that there exist in the paddling world many people who seem to have no issue with waking up one morning and subjecting themselves to this grueling race without training or preparing save hydrating, and carboloading with a few bears the night before. I for some strange reason happen to be one of these strangely psychotic people. But be as that may, I take my hat off to all of you who make the 26 mile race such a blast and such an absolutely grueling event.

AS for the rest of the FibArk festival, well it is something that should never be missed. Everything from the hooligan race to a wonderfully attended slalom race, the music the entertainment and the camaraderie is something that we of the paddler tribe look forward to each and every year. This is not to say that the experience is all together an ease one. from 60mph wind that allow for the collection of dust on everything you own to the sweltering heat and long days spent doing crazy things, it is most certainly an epic event and an epic undertaking if one is to fully participate. It is wonderful it is strange, it is without doubt organized, and about first and foremost the paddling lifestyle and that is why we love it so much! Thank GOD it is over and we can recover for a year before we take the wonderful and epic journey that is the FibArk Experience!