# 3 Women 300 Miles, River Boarding the Grand Canyon

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Podcast: [The River Radius Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-river-radius-podcast-1171849)
Published: 2026-02-10T10:05:00+00:00
Episode link: www.theriverradius.com
Audio file: https://chrt.fm/track/G72D91/cdn.simplecast.com/audio/f458553f-e933-4834-a92c-7cc54ad680a0/episodes/356b80fb-98d1-4335-a63a-a88800ef1738/audio/21eb54ef-9e9c-45d4-9ec1-5d47b7aafdad/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=IJbhX5_G
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## Resource

Do you ever get those wild ideas about running a river in a unique way, but they just stay ideas, and you kinda always wish you had followed through? This episode is about an idea that became a reality. In November of 2001, 3 people zipped up their drysuits, pulled on their swim fins, strapped their dry bags to river boards, and slid into the Colorado River beginning a 300 mile trip where river boards were their only water craft. Kelley Kalafatich, Julie Munger and Rebecca Rusch floated, swam, kicked and paddled their way in and down the Colorado River, successfully and joyfully, and they have a film documenting this story. The film has just published and they joined The River Radius to have a reunion of sorts and tell their river boarding story 25 years later.

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