Joe Potoczak is an outdoor adventure writer whose work appears with Canoe & Kayak, Outside, AMC Outdoors, Blue Ridge Outdoors, and Men's Journal among others. He is a former member of the US Kayak Team, and has more than 15 years of experience as a professional guide and instructor. He has paddled rivers, lakes, and coastal waterways throughout North America, as well as Europe and Africa, but has always called the Mid-Atlantic region home.
