MADFOG

Swedish Fish Are the Ultimate Backpacking Candy These little Scandanavian gummies have earned a permanent place in our packs. Why? Let us count the ways.

And then, that canoe trip down the Green River where these guys cooked the most incredible meals and served me from a well-stocked bar every night. Even though the winds blew us back upstream most of the time, and we got a good dose of rain and snow, it was an epic adventure through Labyrinth Canyon.

Eric Stashak, high above Moab during a side excursion in an ATV. All three of my companions took the wheel, and it felt very much like a rerun of Smokey and the bandit…

Happy Birthday to Madfoggian Scott Levy, who now is a fully vested member due to having achieved the age of 50 today. This is the MADFOG milestone. Scott earned Associate Status in MADFOG after joining founder Ken Mitchell on a trip with their wives through Desolation Canyon on the Green River in Utah. Scott survived a wildly scary small plane ride over the Desolation Canyon Wilderness, a crazy bumpy landing on a dirt airstrip on top of a plateau, numerous rapids, crazy windstorms, unseasonably cold temperatures, a crushing slow motion raft crash and overall the worst weather I’ve seen in Utah in 50 years. For the entire trip, this guy had a smile on his face and kept coming back for more.

Scott is now the President of the South Carolina Chapter of MADFOG, and serves along with his wife Lori, President of the Women’s Auxiliary. Some time soon, we’ll all be exploring Congaree National Park, as soon as we can figure out where the heck it is.

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