tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206291842009-06-23T13:59:04.381-07:00California whitewater rafting with one of the oldest rafting companies in the Western United States. <a href="http://www.raftwet.com">California rafting</a> on the most popular rivers in the West. Our official company blog...W.E.T. River Trips - raftWET.comnoreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20629184.post-46186333709686249042009-06-23T13:03:00.001-07:002009-06-23T13:43:04.077-07:00

Our avatar in the virtual world of Second Life did a recent blog about the King Tut exhibit on the grid. The premier builders, Rezzable, creators and artists in the virtual world had presented a beautiful interactive site showing the tomb's contents and of course, the boy king himself. I saw the pictures that the avatar posted on the King Tut blog about the sim and quite frankly, they were a

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Recently, I was speaking to one of the younger members of the blogging team. He writes about the foibles of his youth and how he resolves the pending issues of the day. I gather that his life is full of adventure as each day unfolds to bring either good tidings or sorrow. He is young and full of spirit. The decisions he makes daily are hard. There are so many temptations, so many wrong things

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What year is this? How could it possibly already be Memorial Day Weekend?From North Fork American, Middle Fork American, South Fork American Spring 2009People from all walks of life are entering the zone of relaxation and party mood this weekend. Some are on vacation while others are just doing a quick trip nearby enjoying great discount prices with their family and friends.From Spring Middle

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rafting outdoorsOriginally uploaded by W.E.T. River TripsThis past Mother's Day on Sunday, we went to a pool party. Yah... 90 degrees and melting in the heat. How can one day in California be raining and snowing and a week later, it's 90 degrees HOT!IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN!Come on down folks for the classic white water trips out here in the West! The most popular whitewater river is South Fork

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I want to share something with you all. My nightmare of trying to organize my friends to go rafting with me. Geesh, what a bunch of flaky friends! OMG! I can't believe it.From Spring Middle Fork 2009I started this project 3 months ago after the holidays. I saw everyone at Christmas and we all sat down to talk about our annual rafting trip this year. We always get together with about 18 to 24 good

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Spring has turned it up a notch: BAM!From Spring 2009 Whitewater Rafting photos Sun, Rain, Snow, and Flowing California Whitewater Rivers!Day One of Spring... travel time!From Spring 2009 Whitewater Rafting photos Day Two of Spring, we hit the South Fork and North Fork American American Rivers. Some adventurous couples ran the Chili Bar section of the South Fork American with Drew and Booty, and

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Lars Holbeck passed away Friday night after a battle with pancreatic cancer.Lars and his friends: Chuck Stanley, Banducci, Richard Montgomery, and others took their kayaks, kayaking, and all whitewater sports to a level that no one ever realized was possible.Lars and Chuck were the ring-leaders and scribes to an era of discovery that the California and World whitewater communities never saw

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Surf ... or die. Surfers have long suffered from the stigma and stereotypes propagated by cheesy, 60's surf movies, a butt-load of crappy music, and they were dragged into the 80's with Sean Penn's character of Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."Surfing has always been a metaphor for moving through life with danger, fear, excitement, and a certain disregard of the Establishment ...

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What a surprise... the rain, the snow in late February has changed the entire landscape once again in California. Just a few weeks ago, we were planning on having a shorter spring rafting season. We just thought mother nature wasn't going to cooperate this year.Now March is here and the storms are coming one right after another. I look up at the sky and see another round of dark clouds rolling in

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The 2009 whitewater season starts up in just one month for us. It's been raining and snowing and more storms are lining up to come in to California over the next week and beyond ... and California now has a budget and President Obama's stimulus package is being unfurled.As we are all aware, the economy is a mess and folks are justifiably nervous about the present and the future ... time for the

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Amazing day on the water today. An opportunity to once again truly become connected with nature. My understanding of the new water (ocean, estuary)  I've been paddling has become stronger, and I keep finding ways to make paddling in the New York Harbor, Hudson River, East River and Harlem River, fun and enjoyable every time. Each time I stretch my comfort zone that much more, and I am remembering

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Well, now that I have a little time in between working all day on the river, and writing papers all day for school, I figure I will take a break to briefly document some of last summer’s better adventure rafting trips. The year started off very well for the W.E.T. crew, completing the 2 day run of Generation and Giant Gap on the North Fork American River. Along with several other W.E.T. guides,

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"We're all just rocks on the beach waiting to become gravel and sand ... life is in the tumbling!" ~~ Words of Wisdom by Big PoppaJah ~~It's snowed down to 3,000 feet and the W.E.T. River Trip guides are off the couch and just did the Class 4+ North Fork American Chamberlain Falls run at 1,600 cfs! Woot!Country Mike, Heffe, Kyle, Booty, Alex H., Bird, and some other kooks hit the NoFo a few days

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California is amazing. Go with the flow....and "flow" happens.The rest of the US is locked in ice, flood, and freezing wind. This past week California weather has enjoyed high temperatures in the mid-to high sixties and even the Sierra Nevada have seen highs in the 50's. The skiing and snowboarding is great. Rafting trips and kayaking adventures are happening everyday. 2009 rafting season is

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31 years ago, I became a river guide and I worked for an whitewater outfitter. After finishing my under-graduate degree and getting my first teaching job, I was 22 and had worked no less than full-time for the previous six years. So it was natural to work hard; loading gear, buying food, packing food, driving long distances, unloading, pumping up rafts, rigging rafts, loading gear into rafts,

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I know it's been a lazy winter when I'm ready to quote Bobby Flay from the Food Network: "Are you ready for a Throw-Down?"Except we're not talking about ribs or apple pie... we're down with white water rafting!No more talk and no more posing.  Sooner than you know and the Party starts. Plan now for those group trips and and early runs on the Class 4+ North Fork American. With our "Perfect Storm

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Ok ...check this: 13 feet of snow in 13 days and the storms stop two days before Christmas Day. The next 10 days are forecast to be clear and mild....Perfect timing. Perfect storm(s). Perfect...Just perfect. The 2009 whitewater rafting season looks to be solid!Last year at this time, the snow pack was 56% of normal. The snowpack that feeds the North Fork American, Middle Fork American, and South

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"....this just in, Ashley joined the party at 3:14 a.m. Friday morning at 2 lbs 14 ounces and 15 inches long. She is a healthy 30-week preemie. Mom is rocking the hospital in record time and doing well with a Monday discharge looming. After a few flat wraps, tube stands and complete dump trucks, the team at Kaiser busted out the z-drag early Friday morning and, in perfect, harmony, dismantled

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The 28th Annual International Motorcycle Show sponsored by Cycle World comes to San Mateo in Northern California on December 19th. The latest and greatest machines from the international motorcycle community will be represented. Visitors will have the opportunity to take test rides and kick tires. There will also be stunt shows by Jason Britton and the No-limits crew as well as the opportunity to

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Another year has come and is quickly disappearing into the fading memories of my brain. What a whirlwind this year for our company W.E.T. River Trips. And, here we are now, facing another holiday season. Lots has happened in the last few months including a new president for our country. Woot!Economy is a great concern for many of you and yet, holidays beckon with a lot of expenses... namely gift

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Family. Tradition. Love. Namaste. Our connections to one another have never been stronger and never more pertinent. The nuclear family has changed for sure and for ever and that is a very good thing. Our iconoclastic, cellular, and micro-concept-manifest destiny that embodied the Ozzie & Harriet wax-statue family values that stereotyped our collective visions of the American Family for too many

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The sunlight is fading, and the darkness grows as we prepare for the Winter Solstice and the longest night and shortest day…but first Halloween! Halloween has officially (I'm calling it) the biggest celebration in the World. Yes… true. Christmas is big, but it's still a secular holiday. New Years is big as well if you don't count the Lunar New Year celebrated by China and many of its

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We are solidly into the crisp coolness of Fall, and 2008 whitewater rafting in California is officially over... and it has been a glorious season indeed…. We started out in March after getting tuned up on two forks of the Smith River, the North Fork American River, and the Cal Salmon in February and early March. The class 4+ North Fork American provided a more-than-adequate season that

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We've had an amazing rafting season of California rivers that included the Rafting Triple Crown, all kinds of guide and rafting parties, Music, P.O.W. event, and river travel!All the rafting activity wraps up now as we head into deep Autumn and Winter. Fall rafting will continue on the American River white water. Here's some pictures of rivers I took during some current rafting trips this past

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I haven't written anything for California Whitewater Rafting blog in a long time. Why? Well, the business of white water rafting and outdoor adventures is one that keeps me... well, rather busy. We are networking with so many new partners and ventures that just keeping up with it is more than anyone can handle. So, I don't write much anymore, and leave that to the younger blogging team and Big

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