The Colorado with OARS
It took the five of us 2 entire years to coordinate the trip that we took from Lees Ferry to Whitmore Wash with O.A.R.S. While we knew that we would...
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The Colorado River – a 50 Year Love Story
In 1970, Martin Litton invited me to come on a Grand Canyon river trip. He said I could be the cook’s assistant and wash the pots and pans. That began...
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The Chicken Raper
Chris Raffin, seen here in a river kitchen, was a pioneering young river guide during the 1970’s. She logged miles on the Yampa, the North Platte, the Upper Colorado, Cataract,...
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The Chama
Five gals and four dogs head out for 3 days and two nights on one fantastically beautiful run. We had a long first day getting rigged and on our way.
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That’s our river
The Gunnison is my favorite river. It’s got all the cold waters, you get to fish, you get to kayak, you get to float, you get to do whatever you...
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Simply volunteering
One of my favorite river memories is simply just volunteering with Keep Austin Beautiful to pick up litter throughout the park. I would consider myself fairly environmentally conscious, but until...
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Seeing it from the Bottom
I had been working as a front desk attendant when I got the news. I would be working for a river company as a guide. I had worked as a...
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Scary and crazy experience but also a really fun time
A friend and I went to a small creek when we had heavy rains. We wanted to check out what the rivers would look like. We saw a couple other...
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