Maker of high-end packrafts at home in small town Not many manufacturers call small-town America home anymore, but the stars and the development of the packrafting industry seem to have aligned to ...

Sheri Tingey has been sewing since she was 3 years old. The 76-year-old never thought the skill would make her one of the pioneers in the pack raft industry. But as her company Alpacka Raft celebrates ...

Are you looking to venture farther away from civilization with a capable watercraft stowed in your backpack? The latest release from Alpacka Raft aims for low weight and high durability, adding a new ...

You may think that a lightweight, packable raft capable of carrying hundreds of pounds through rapids would require advanced skills and facilities to produce. Well, you’d be wrong. “We made them in ...

MANCOS — Like knobby-tired mountain bikes and hardshell kayaks, Sheri Tingey’s Alpacka rafts have transformed the way people explore. “They have completely changed the game,” says Steve Fassbinder, a ...

Alpacka Rafts make incredibly compact rafts designed for backpack-carry that could take your next trek into the hinterlands to a new level. “Alpacka Raft was started in Chugiak, Alaska, in 2001, to ...

At the age of three, when most kids are just learning how to count, Sheri Tingey started sewing doll clothes. By age 10, she was making most of her own clothing by hand, intent on creating better ...

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Well, I must admit: Ingenious. Perhaps insane as well, but who am I to judge? On the Sevylor side, I assume the raft you found is the HF160 Fish Hunter, which sells for $60 and weighs just under three ...