# Ben Stookesberry, Exploratory Kayaking & Ecuador

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Podcast: [The River Radius Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-river-radius-podcast-1171849)
Published: 2026-02-03T10:05:00+00:00
Episode link: www.theriverradius.com
Audio file: https://chrt.fm/track/G72D91/cdn.simplecast.com/audio/f458553f-e933-4834-a92c-7cc54ad680a0/episodes/817ba5b1-51d0-46b3-96cd-bc75f99c16a4/audio/0eaa9a7c-78c9-4022-b7ff-5ad5fd83694e/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=IJbhX5_G
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## Resource

Ben Stookesberry paddles kayaks in his home state of Montana, and around the world. In his teen years he learned to make home movies showing off his rollerblading moves, and in college he learned to kayak. Today he blends the paddling and film making as he runs rivers in global settings. He has created deep and lasting friendships in his travels, and returns to rivers again and again, to paddle more stretches, to learn more, and sometimes to engage in protection work. In this episode, Ben talks through all of this with us, and goes into depth about his current paddling and film efforts on the Jatunyacu and Mulatos Rivers in Ecuador.

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