By Sue Norman (Sue Norman is the author of the upcoming book RISK A Memoir: Seeking adventure to manage a life in peril available June 2025. Sue was RFC’s Truckee Source to Sea School Director in 2017 and 2018).
Jeremy Anderson and the NariNauka project was a 2024 RFC grant recipient.
I will always be proud of being part of a strong group of women who pushed the boundaries of what women could do in the sport of whitewater paddling and the impact of our accomplishments on other women worldwide. In the 1970’s, a small group of women, the original whitewater pioneers, supported my introduction to whitewater kayaking. The groundbreaking efforts in whitewater competition I participated in occurred during the explosive growth in adventure sports during the 1980s and ’90s, with a fierce emerging tribe of river sisters.
US Women’s Team, 2000 World Rafting Championships, Chile
However, it’s disheartening to acknowledge that numerous corners of the world still uphold the adventure sports and travel industry as an almost exclusive domain of men.
