2018-02-13 21:48
Time to sign up if you want to be a guide, or if you just want to feel comfortable on the river on your own.Only a few weeks away from our annual seven day guide training odyssey on the Desc… Read More
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Washington white water news, opinions, thoughts and anecdotes.
2017-06-17 01:25
The season on the Deschutes River in north central Oregon is year-round due to dams that lie upstream from the prime overnight stretch that Orion River Rafting utilizes for its multi-day ri… Read More
2017-02-28 20:11
I have been rafting for a long time. My first rafting experience was in the fall of my first year in college. As a matter of fact, after matriculation, it was the very next thing I did… Read More
2016-03-14 01:34
I do not have a river story for you this week, but I had a visit from a good friend from Bellingham and our reunion reminded me of one of the other reasons I have persevered with this little… Read More
2016-03-07 18:10
“The Selway, between Double Drop Rapids and Ladle Rapids, has averaged one drowning per year, over the past 8 years.” the veteran Selway River guide intoned. “Don&rsq&hell…Read More
2016-02-28 19:45
“The Selway, between Double Drop Rapids and Ladle Rapids, has averaged one drowning per year, over the past 8 years.” the veteran Selway River guide intoned. “Don&rsq&hell…Read More
2016-02-22 00:38
(A little over halfway around the circuit trail of Torres del Paine, running short on food, running short on patience, our intrepid adventurers, having moved on to a camp safe from falling t… Read More
2016-02-15 00:51
We utilized a half dozen modes of transportation to wend our way to the end of the South American continent - train, plane, taxi, rental car, ‘chicken bus’ and foot. When w… Read More
2016-02-07 20:39
We called him Heavy D. Because his gait was reminiscent of Bigfoot and carabiners were a part of his stock and trade. We called him Dilly Dally. Because his concept of time… Read More
2016-02-01 01:52
The majority of my memories of Lava revolve around the aftermath. The decompression. The catharsis. The blowing off steam on one of the beaches within easy rowing distance… Read More
2016-01-24 22:28
My relationship with Lava Falls on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon is relatively lengthy. For an erstwhile Canyon boater, I have stood at the brink of this geologically cataclys… Read More
2016-01-17 20:00
(The original working title for this story was 'California Dreamy'. But I came across an ammo box sticker years ago at Bumbershoot that I couldn't pass up. And it has long been my favo… Read More
2016-01-10 20:08
(In my last post, myself and fifteen intrepid adventurers found ourselves up to our armpits in darkest Peru lashing down gear on six rafts at the put-in for a 24-day expedition down the Gran… Read More
2016-01-04 00:14
Two winters ago an article I read in American WhiteWater magazine struck a chord with my sense of adventure. Resonated with my alter ego. The alter ego not married to the couch.&n&hell…Read More
2015-12-27 19:59
The first time I rowed a raft was on the Rogue River. Come to think of it, the very first time I rowed - anything - was on the Rogue River.Thirteen kayakers led by a WWU professor hire… Read More
2015-12-20 18:50
“So, this is how it is going to end,” I thought.Ironic. Steelhead Falls - Lower White Salmon - low waterIt appeared I was to be the first drowning fatality… Read More
2015-12-13 22:54
The call came in the dead of winter. It was a Seattle winter; therefore, instead of layers of snow blanketing the ground, or biting Arctic air knifing through your thickest, down jacke… Read More
2014-11-21 19:39
By my estimation, I have trained over 600 river rafting guides in my lifetime. A majority of them under the auspices of my rafting company, Orion Expeditions, Inc., informally known th… Read More
2014-01-30 19:46
River Rafting Lessons from the GauleySixteen Orion River Rafting guides trekked cross country in a revitalized school bus last September to test their skills on one of the premier white wate… Read More
2013-11-08 18:21
the backeddy 11/8/13“Where the World is Always Coming to a Beginning”Wrap Up of 2013Trust me, the title pun was unintended. If you have been following posts and thread… Read More
2012-11-27 22:25
Leavenworth, WashingtonI first set foot on an inflatable raft in the '70s. It was a product of military surplus, but designed specifically for white water rafting. The bow was u… Read More
2012-11-22 00:44
Leavenworth, WashingtonIt was the beginning of a new decade. Michael, Paul and I were in our mid-twenties, essentially penniless, living hand-to-mouth. Each of us lived with our girlfriends… Read More
2012-11-19 22:09
The season on the Deschutes River in north central Oregon is year-round due to dams that lie upstream from the prime overnight stretch that Orion River Rafting utilizes for its multi-day ri… Read More
2012-09-05 18:03
Tieton, WashingtonLabor Day has come and gone, the Seahawks are starting the football season, Seattle is in the midst of breaking a record for days without rain and - as I type these word… Read More
2012-07-03 16:13
Leavenworth, WashingtonThanks to Jermaine for posting this thorough, descriptive review on Yelp. Jermaine is another one of our enthusiastic, authentic customers that Yelp filtered… Read More
2012-06-26 16:31
Less than an hour from downtown Seattle, undammed waters coursing off Glacier Peak and the surrounding wilderness, merge to form a river federally protected under the Wild & Scenic Riv… Read More
2012-06-08 01:14
Above: Grace Peven rowing on the Grande Ronde River (circa 2002) with brother, Ben, behind.Story By: Grace PevenI recently underwent training to become a certified river rat. Not a rod… Read More
2012-06-06 17:39
Leavenworth, WashingtonOver Memorial Weekend, a group of ladies celebrating an imminent wedding date booked a river rafting trip on the Wenatchee River at pretty high water. The organi… Read More
2012-05-28 22:56
Leavenworth, WashingtonTalking to our profs about our hare-brained idea to launch our own river company was anything but a walk in the park. They held the power to dash our concept into tiny… Read More
2012-05-26 05:18
River rafting is - for lack of a better term - fun.White water rafting is an exciting means of getting out into the great outdoors. And it brings the great outdoors to a wide variety o… Read More
2012-05-22 00:22
Leavenworth, WashingtonOrion River Rafting just completed 2012's annual river guide training. Twenty intrepid individuals signed on to take this year's course. We had nurses, E… Read More
2012-05-16 20:14
Leavenworth, WashingtonConvenience is over-rated. For instance, do people really need the convenience of drive-through liquor stores, and what subliminal message does that send?I un… Read More
2012-05-09 15:47
Leavenworth, WashingtonWhat should we expect for Washington rivers and river rafting?Sunny on the east side of the Cascades, soggy on the west. That is what is always expected out of… Read More
2012-03-25 00:50
Leavenworth, WashingtonLike most activities, occupations and hobbies, white water river rafting has a language all its own. What looks to the untrained eye like a wave, but a wave tha… Read More
2012-03-12 19:08
Leavenworth, WashingtonHenry Ford was quoted as saying, "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." Managers, work-group supervisors… Read More
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