Getting kids on the river is many things: fun, life-shaping and maybe intimidating.  Lindsay DeFrates has written numerous “How to” articles based on her experience taking her 3 kids on river trips.  Lydia Wing founded a kayak school that teaches young people how to kayak rivers.  Their expert insights and approach to getting kids on the river is hosted in this episode. What are the key components of taking your kids on river trips?  How do you know what to bring and how to pack it?  Is it even fun to take kids on the river?  Lindsay DeFrates provides The River Radius with a few synopsis conversations about her numerous articles on the topic of getting kids on the river.  How young can a kid start kayaking?  What will they learn in kayak school?  Where are kayak schools?  Lydia Wing reaches kids to kayak in the same places she learned to kayak and explains how she does it while listening to what the kid wants to learn.  This is part of a 3-episode cluster with an overall theme of, HOW TO RUN RIVERS. The specific focus of this episode is about HOW TO GET KIDS ON THE RIVER.  The other two episodes focus on SWIFTWATER RESCUE and FOOD PACKING FOR THE RIVER.  All of the episodes of this cluster are available right now and it does not matter in which order you listen to this cluster.  ADVERTISING SPONSORNRS Friends of the YampaGUESTSLindsay DeFratesFreelance writing websiteDuct Tape DiariesDown River DigestLydia WingH2O DreamsThe video “We are River People”Article about Pyranha Kayak Team