ALL ABOUT RAFTING
Bamboo River-Rafting
Of all the shore excursions offered by cruise ships, none is more
unusual than bamboo rafting on the rivers of Jamaica, the third
largest of the Caribbean islands. This rafting will never qualify
as a thrilling, white-water sport. Languid is a much more accurate
description of this shore excursion, for as you float on any of
the four rivers, you're seeking relaxation not spine-tingling
thrills.
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Chicago man drowns during rafting outing Victim was reported
missing on Sunday
The body of a Chicago man who was reported missing Sunday in Miltmore
Lake in Lake Villa Township was found Monday morning in about
9 feet of water, authorities said.
An autopsy Monday afternoon revealed that Tomasz Koniecko, 20,
drowned accidentally, said Lake County Coroner Richard Keller.
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Colorado rafting industry hopes for robust season
The Sledgehammer, Widowmaker and Boateater are some of Mother
Nature's top roller coasters in Colorado, and Christian Campton
loves taking the ride.
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Local couple drown in rafting accident John and Elizabeth
Rizas of Beaufort were on vacation in Wyoming when boat capsized
Beaufort residents John Rizas, 63, and Elizabeth "Betty"
Rizas, 58, were two of three people who died Friday morning after
a rafting accident on the Snake River, about a mile north of Moose,
Wyo., in the southern part of Grand Teton National Park.
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LOST IN MONGOLIA Rafting the World's Last Unchallenged River
Angus didn't know the Yenisey River existed until he came across
its name in a book while researching another trip. The Yenisey,
he learned, is the world's fifth-longest river, flowing 5,500
kilometers (3,300miles) from western Mongolia to the Arctic Circle,
and had never been run from source to sea.
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Louisiana man dies in rafting accident near Smith's Ferry
David Goldsmith of Baton Rouge drowned after a raft carrying six
or seven of his family members "slipped," and all occupants
were thrown into the river a mile north of Smith's Ferry, according
to Valley County Sheriff's dispatch.
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Mortality and morbidity in white water rafting in New Zealand
Objectives This study provides the first descriptive overview
of fatal and non-fatal injury associated with white water and
other recreational river rafting in New Zealand. The current study
sought to identify the nature and causes of hospitalisable injuries
and to identify the causes of fatal injuries to white water rafters.
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Northwest Outdoor Adventures gets into whitewater rafting
After four summers booking and guiding whitewater rafting trips
for area rafting companies, Sara Myer decided to get into her
own water action.
This rafting season, the owner of Northwest Outdoor Adventures
will continue to book whitewater rafting excursions, but with
her own company, Adventure Raft Co.
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Rafting across snow melt a thrilling, chilling adventure
Rafting the Wenatchee River is an experience that most out-of-town
clients will never forget! In rafting jargon, the river is classed
as a III to 3+ and the season generally runs from as early as
March through July.
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RAFTING SEASON
ACCORDING to the Miami Herald, the balmy weather of the first
week of June brought more than 70 Cubans in makeshift boats to
the United States. There they were welcomed with open arms. Granma,
Cuba's official newspaper, has a different tale to tell. Irresponsible
American laws are luring Cubans to their deaths. This year alone,
160 "delinquents" have been picked up at sea and returned.
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Risks aside, rafting the Payette is still a hit Two recent
fatalities fail to keep tourists away
Two rafting fatalities this month aren't keeping people off popular
whitewater rivers north of Boise, and the number of fatalities
versus the number of participants shows that it's a relatively
safe activity.
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River rafting auto program launched by ITT Hartford unit
Hartford Specialty Co., a unit of ITT Hartford Insurance Group,
Hartford, Conn., launched an automobile insurance program for
recreational river rafting businesses that transport customers
and rafts to and from river locations in specially fitted vans
and buses
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Seaworthy Adrift with William Willis in the Golden Age of
Rafting
In 1953, the 60-year-old Willis sailed a homemade balsa-wood raft
over 4,000 miles across the Pacific from Peru to American Samoa,
accompanied only by a cat and a foul-mouthed parrot. Novelist
Pearson (Glad News of the Natural World) gives a rousing retelling
of how, along the way, Willis endured a hernia and a perforated
ulcer, sewed up an artery ruptured by a shark's tooth and survived
on seawater after running out of fresh.
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Storm provides a passing thrill white-water rafting Flooded
waterways offer unique ride. Officials stress safety
Ray Heiser was approaching the Dunkin' Donuts in Lehighton when
he saw it -- a depression in the Lehigh River so deep it would
plunge his raft 15 feet. With eyes wide open, he paddled over.
"Oh, the river was just so sweet today!" said Heiser
after scampering out of his raft farther downstream on Friday.
"In all my years, this is the best I've ever gotten to run."
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