Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted July 9, 2006 Members Share Posted July 9, 2006 Has anyone here ever done whitewater river rafting? My boss has decided it would be great fun for his employees and their families/friends to take a whitewater rafting trip in August down the Deschutes River here in Oregon. <img src="/adventist/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> I'm in two minds about it. It SOUNDS like fun, but ::gulp:: it LOOKS dangerous! []http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g271/Makualla/Whitewater_DeschutesSm.jpg[/] []http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g271/Makualla/Rafting_River_1.jpg[/] And then there's the coward's ideal rafting experience: []http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g271/Makualla/2021732279.jpg[/] Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Pam, It can be very dangerous but tons of people do it without anything happening at all. Just be sure that whomever you use as a guide supplies life vests and helmets. And then wear them when on the water. Problems on the Deschutes are usually from "john q public" rafters and not the guided ones. Guides know that river intimately Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 []http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g271/Makualla/2021732279.jpg[/] I notice the color of this raft is yellow <img src="/adventist/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted July 9, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 9, 2006 LOL <img src="/adventist/images/graemlins/laughhard.gif" alt="" /> Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddles Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Hi Pam! I live in what is called "white water country" here in WV. We get folks from all over the US and other parts of the world that come here to go down the Gauley and New Rivers. Tho I've never gone (it's too pricey for me) I have to agree with Amelia. Make sure you go with a reputable guide. Several friends of mine have gone and would totally agree with that advice. Keep us posted on this adventure. Sounds like a great time! <img src="/adventist/images/graemlins/peace.gif" alt="" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Gail Posted July 10, 2006 Administrators Share Posted July 10, 2006 Go for it!!! Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cricket Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 One other word of caution: my mother-in-law picked up a rare, but dangerous virus on the Colorado River while white water rafting. She was paralyzed from the waist down and had to re-learn to walk, balance, stand. Now, she walks with a walker or rides in a wheel chair--and will do so for the rest of her life. That was the Colorado River--the one you're looking at might have nothing at all like that. Just something more to consider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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