Rafting

Best Seat in the Raft

The Middle is perfect for floaters. It's the tamest seat. Just don't get comfy on the thwart, the inflated tubes in the center--you'll really feel it when the boat hits a rock. Also, watch out for fellow rafters' paddles coming at you from all angles. read more

Far flung in Inner Mongolia

I've been somewhat absent here, but I am justified. I've been away. Two weekends ago we (Chunzi and I) took a journey north to the far-flung region of Inner Mongolia. It is one of China's Autonomous Regions, like Tibet in the southwest and Uighur in the west, for example. Obviously, it sits right against the border of (outer) Mongolia. It's known for the ever-expanding Gobi Desert and the prairies, or grasslands. It was the latter that we wanted to check out. We flew into the city of Hailar (Hi ...

Rafting the Shenandoah

Now that the dog days of summer are here, kick back and enjoy a relaxing day rafting, canoeing or tubing down the Shenandoah River. I recently took a short rafting with Front Royal Canoe Company and the entire experience was great. FRCC rents canoes, one and two-person kayaks, inflatable rafts and tubes for rides down [...]

Former ISP director in critical condition after Salmon rafting accident

Former Idaho State Police Director Dan Charboneau is listed in critical condition Monday at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center after a rafting accident on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River over the weekend.

Rafting businesses, shopping center on commission agenda

A Kernville property owner will seek permission Thursday night from the Kern County Planning Commission to expand the number of campsites at Frandy Park.

International rafting competition begins in Kashmir (India eNews: Top Headlines)

Sixteen teams, including two from abroad, are participating in a three-day international white water rafting competition that began Wednesday at the picturesque north Kashmir tourist resort of Sonamarg.

Utah Rafting 2008

Arrival in Salt Lake City Most of us arrived in Utah, flying into SaltLake City. This Mormon city centred around its Temple and Tabernacle also has a surprisingly vibrant gay scene. By chance we arrived at the start of the Gay Pride celebrations. Two of us went to a gay night at a local night club where they were auctioning the underwear of the local water polo team for charity - with the owners still in them !!! There were six of us on this trip: a small enough number for for us to hire a peopl...

Poet Gives Jump Start

Mara’s introduction for Hollins University writing teacher Thorpe Moeckel at the Café Del Sol was so well crafted and delivered that Thorpe thought maybe he shouldn’t read any poetry, after all. Her words were a hard act to follow. But follow them he did, taking us listeners on a ride through Alaska, Maine, and North Carolina, where we met his grandfather, father, a pecan farmer, some kids who were court ordered to take one of his rafting trips, and more. I was intrigued by a man who has b...

Israeli tourist missing after reported rafting accident in Peru

An Israeli tourist has been reported missing since Tuesday after he reportedly fell from his boat during a rafting expedition in Peru. The Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying they are unsure wh...

Rough Ride Possible For Rafting Industry

"We have never had this type of ruling in the whitewater industry in West Virginia where maritime law has been invoked. That's more for sailors out of the high seas and that type of thing versus ...