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Sound At The Speed Of Water

Words by Aubrey Mable | Photos by Jess Sawyer

Phones, packed away. Cell service, none. 15 people form a community in real time, stroke by stroke. In a world of endless noise, packing just a guitar and a PFD, musician Aubrey Mable gets back on the river and argues why the river might be the most radical, restful place left.

“No tickets. No setlists. Just our voices, instruments, and an audience of friends, canyon walls, and a wide, open sky.”