Tag Archives: trip

The Adventure Matrix: Ranking Trips on a Graph

Tandem kayak on an Expedition

Last week, I wrote about the difference between an expedition, adventure and a trip. After many comments, I still don’t know if I have the perfect criteria for determining if a trip is an expedition, but I do think that we figured out that expeditions don’t necessarily need to be adventurous. In the comments of that thread, Roman [...]

Posted in Articles, Tent Bound | Also tagged , , | Comments closed

What’s the Difference between a Kayak or Canoe Expedition, Trip and Adventure?

Kayak camping on Lake Superior

It’s wintertime again, which means that I start to get all philosophical again. It’s probably from the lack of paddling. The only water time I’ve been getting lately is second rate, because it’s on the solid kind with cross country skis instead of the liquid kind with a kayak. Over the years, one topic that [...]

Posted in Articles, Personal Essays, Tent Bound | Also tagged , , | Comments closed