The Packrafting Life (aka A Beginner’s Guide to Packrafting)
The Packrafting Life (aka A Beginner’s Guide to Packrafting)
Podcast Description
In this multi-sport adventure podcast by Four Corners Guides, owner Lizzy Scully interviews FCG’s lead guides and industry experts. They share tips on getting started with bikerafting and packrafting, gear recommendations, and personal stories of learning these sports. The podcast also features fireside chats and adventure stories. It’s an open platform, and we welcome thoughts, suggestions, or comments. Email us at [email protected], or follow us on https://www.instagram.com/fourcornersguides/ :) Find us on Podbean and Spotify. Show notes and transcriptions of our podcasts are available on our blog.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
Explores various aspects of packrafting and bikerafting, focusing on beginner tips, gear recommendations, personal anecdotes from the outdoor community, and themes of inclusivity such as queer representation in outdoor sports, with episodes like 'Happy Pride Month!' and 'Leveling Up in Packrafting'.
In this multi-sport adventure podcast by Four Corners Guides, owner Lizzy Scully interviews FCG’s lead guides and industry experts. They share tips on getting started with bikerafting and packrafting, gear recommendations, and personal stories of learning these sports. The podcast also features fireside chats and adventure stories. It’s an open platform, and we welcome thoughts, suggestions, or comments. Email us at [email protected], or follow us on https://www.instagram.com/fourcornersguides/ :) Find us on Podbean and Spotify. Show notes and transcriptions of our podcasts are available on our blog.
Hey! This is Lizzy Scully, host of The Packrafting Life podcast. Welcome to episode #15.
In this fascinating episode we look at scientific reasons behind the differences between how men and women learn, teach and how and why courses designed specifically for women or non-binary folks can be really beneficial, safe spaces for those folks to learn.
This absolutely was my favorite discussion/interview of the year. I learned so much from Sarah Histand, owner of Mind and Mountain, and Jule Harle, owner of Alaska Packraft School, that I will be incorporating into my own packraft instruction in 2026. I know this episode was geared toward women and understanding gender differences in learning, teaching, and course creation. But I feel and hope it will resonate with my male listeners as well. Whether you’re an instructor or a brother, father, husband, friend of a woman, you’ll definitely learn something about how you can help create safer spaces for those females and non-binary folks you love, to learn and thrive in the outdoors.
Find Sarah on Instagram @sarahmhistand and visit her website MindandMountain.co.
Find Jule on Instagram @AlaskaPackraft and visit her website AlaskaPackraft.com.
Jule & Lizzy are joining forces August 3-7 for a Women’s Week of Packrafting. If you’d like to register, please click here! And please let Jule know you found out about the course through the podcast. Thanks!
CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE AMERICAN PACKRAFTING ASSOCIATION GIVEAWAY!!
FINALLY!!! CLICK HERE to join the American Packrafting Association for $10 all this month. AND get the chance to win one of three Buddy Boy Adventure Waste Kits to make your waste management on river trips much easier. Also win a copy of The Bikeraft Guide. And the #1 randomly chosen winner will also get a Sockdolager Equipment bow bag with a Four Corners Guide’s logo. Register via this link!
Stay tuned because I’ve got two more shorts in the works, including a conversation about bikerafting and packrafting in the Northeast with Alejandro Strong, owner of Packraft Maine, along with a conversation with guide Felipe Meneses about packrafting in Ecuador.
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