Water and Air

Diving / SCUBA

Open Water certification in 2001, Advanced Open Water certification in 2007, and subsequently Nitrox and Advanced Wreck Diving certifications. 90+ dives, 65+ hours underwater in:

• Bonaire 2025

• Panama 2025

• Maldives, 2023

• Cozumel, Mexico 2023 and 2003

• Puerto Rico, 2023

• Dry Tortugas, FL 2023

• Red Sea, Egypt 2021

• Great Barrier Reef, Australia 2019

• Key Largo, FL 2023, 2006 and 2001

• Grand Bahamas 2005

• Ibiza, Spain 2002

Rafting

Started rafting in my young teens with a trip down the lower Youghiogheny, PA with my uncle, then took my first run down the New River Gorge during college years. I've piloted large rafts (oar rigs and paddle), R2s, shredders, duckies, packrafts, canoes, and flatwater kayaks. I'm an ASA certified sailor. Rivers (lakes not included) I've rafted or canoed/kayaked:

1. Tara River(Canyon, Brstanovica to confluence), Montenegro 🆕 

2. Soca River (sector 2) , Slovenia 🆕

3. Chiriquí Viejo, Panama 🆕

4. Kaituna River (incl. 23' Tutea Falls), New Zealand 🆕

5. Rio Manso, Argentina 🆕

6. Snake (Hells Canyon), ID/OR 🆕

7. Suarez, Colombia

8. Hulahula, AK

9. Koyukuk (North Fork), AK

10. Main Salmon, ID

11. Colorado (Grand Canyon), CO - trip video, camping, kitchen, bathroom how to, boat rigging

12. Seti, Nepal

13. Arkansas (Browns Canyon+), CO

14. Lower Youghiogheny, PA (multiple)

15. Lower New River Gorge, WV (multiple)

16. Upper and Lower Gauley, WV (multiple)

17. Allegheny, PA (multiple)

18. Stoneycreek, PA (multiple)

19. Conemaugh, PA

Sailing

• Training/Certification track: SLC (Sailing License and Certification) by NauticEd - in progress

• US Sailing Small Boat Beginner Sailor Certificate - completed

• NASBLA Boating Safety Education Certificate - completed

• My resume

Kayaking, Canoeing, and SUP

Enjoyed on many bodies of water in the US and internationally.

In the Air

• Paragliding (Nepal, Turkey, Guatemala, Colombia)

• Bungee (US, Colombia, New Zealand 🆕)

• Skydiving (USx4)

• Parasailing (Mexico)

• Sailplaning (US)

The Rest

• Kiteboarding (Italy, New Zealand, Bonaire, Albania) 🆕

• Windsurfing (Outer Banks NC, Bonaire 🆕)

• Wakeboarding

• eFoiling

• Surfing (Costa Rica, El Salvador 🆕)