Living Vicariously

So, yesterday I get a call from a local customer. He is going to fly out west as soon as a river comes in. He needs his drytop fixed within 24 hours for this particular trip. I fix the top. The fun part though, is when I ask him what kind of trip it is…because his top has a lot of tears and patches on it…sort of screams “creeker who portages a lot”. He tells me that the put-in is a 12 mile hike in with no car access. Now that is something I don’t hear everyday. I thought I was ballsy when I once carried my boat 3/4 of a mile to a put in. I love my business though, I get to hear awesome stories of adventure from my customers who do everything from sailing sunfish to hiking in 12 miles to run a little known creek.