Steve Piragis is a guide for Worldwide Paddling Adventures (www.WorldWidePaddlingAdventures.com) and owner with his wife Nancy of Piragis Northwoods Company in Ely, Minnesota (www.piragis.com).  

Adventure is a big word. Most of the trips I lead would probably be termed “soft adventure”. My groups most of time are done paddling for the day by 4PM, showered and ready for a cocktail by five. In France we dine in old chateaus, drink rich red wines and sample terrine of pigeon and rabbit. The pigeon is a bit adventurous for most of us and the river can throw a curve at us even in Provence but basically guiding adventure for paddlers around the world is mostly fun with a little very mild adventure.