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<\/p>\nwe were thinking of taking some sort of watercraft with us on the trip. surely we will come across a creek or a lake that we would love to explore. kris found an inflatable standup paddle board but that gave us an idea.<\/p>\n
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a few years ago – something like 22 years ago – we bought an inflatable boat. not the normal variety, this one is built for the rough stuff. kris and i used it quite a bit on the rapids back in austria. it folds up into sort of a backpack, albeit a seriously big and very\u00a0 very heavy backpack. two people can easily carry it, though.<\/p>\n
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after being stored in the roof for … as long as we have been in this house we just unpacked it today & pumped it up. it is still perfect. we’ll take it with us, i doubt we’d find a more suitable solution.<\/p>\n
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you probably guessed it: the grabner outside is made in austria, and is actually still available. amazing.<\/p>\n
and here is proof that we’ve actually used it.<\/p>\n
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from the salza in styria. yes, it’s pretty embarrassing, but before you laugh out loud just consider that’s just how your pictures will feel like 25 years from now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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