Joshua Larsen
Wilderness First Responder
Swiftwater Rescue Instructor
10,000+ Career Commercial River Miles
✔️ Flip Recovery
✔️ Rope skills
✔️ Guest Knowledge & Care
✔️ Rowing skill
✔️ Paddling skill
Joshua Larsen learned to kayak in the famous rivers of West Virginia, and since then has paddled all over the world, as well as North America. He is a graduate of the World Class Kayak Academy.
He holds a bacherlors degree in Environmental Science, where his passion for rivers is enforced through his pursuit for a career that involves raising awareness about sustainability and preserving our natural treasures. He also holds a masters degree in business, in hopes to use his passion for the outdoors to create opportunities for others to find freedom in wild places.
As a close student of the river, he hopes to share the intimate relationship he has grown to have with it by helping others in the community re-establish their own connection with the beautiful rivers of the Cascades.
Joshua has a dog named Psy.