Meet Bec Kates We are excited to introduce you to our wonderful guide Bec Kates (pronouns: They/Them/Their’s). They are a great guide and bring a lot of joy, knowledge, and stokeness to every river trip they are on. Enjoy learning more about Bec and see you down stream. Where were you born? Tell us a…
Meet Landon Blanchard Landon is a joy to have on a trip and is smart, kind, fun and brings so much knowledge to every trip he joins. Enjoy the following read about Landon. Where were you born? Tell us a little about yourself? I was born in the small town of Cody, Wyoming in the…
Meet Tyler Jameson We introduce you to one of AzRA’s Advisory Committee members, Tyler! She started serving on our AC last year (which is a 3-year term), which means she’s a part of a group of elected guides that represent all of the AzRA guide staff to work together with the management team. She’s been…
Meet Steven Mace Another one of our stellar guides to introduce you to this month! Though, frankly, they’re all stellar. 😉 Here at AzRA, we call Steven “Mace”, and that’s how he introduces himself on river trips too. Mace is an all-around great guide, with a fun personality, always ready for adventure, always with a…
Meet Liam O’Neill Liam has worked with AzRA for quite a long time, and it’s about time we were able to get his profile posted to our blog! Liam is an exceptional leader, trainer, guide and boatman. He excels at taking leadership roles, and he’s certainly a go to when you’re in a sticky situation…
Meet Kayla Stephens We’re so happy to share this month’s guide profile with you so you can learn a bit about the ever-bubbly and so lovely Kayla Stephens. If you’ve ever done a trip with Kayla, you’ll know exactly what she means! She always has a positive, can do attitude, and loves helping our guests…
Meet Ben Ritz Photo above by David Zickl We’re happy to introduce you to Ben Ritz, a guide for AzRA for four years now! He is newer to our team, but has a commitment to learning all that he can here at AzRA. He started just on the oars, and now has learned how to…
Meet Robin Ruckhaus We want to share with you another one of our beloved AzRA river guides! Every time we see Robin in the office, she has a calm but excited demeanor about her that she brings to the rest of her guide team before each trip. As one of AzRA’s trip leaders, she brings…
Meet Michele Lohman We are excited to introduce Michele to you in this new year! Not only is she a great guide, but she’s also really valuable to AzRA in the off-season as she has been on a few of our Questions & Answers Zoom calls with our guests, as well as helping us out…
Meet Matthew Pearcy Calm, cool and collected, Matt is a pleasure to be around. He leads trips with that calm confidence he carries everywhere he goes, and will immediately make you feel comfortable to be in his presence. He’s very conscientious of the guest experience, and wants you to have an adventure of a lifetime….
