Whitewater Rafting
Guide of the Month: Liz Caruso
by Zeke Callanan
BOATS: I don't kayak. I never could put enough time into it. My fun boat is my Shredder...
by Scott Phair
What could induce four relatively sane Maine river runners to leave the most beautiful and popular summer destination in America?
by Jon Tierney
The profession of climbing guide might become wearisome through repetition, but the guide is more than a mere machine for climbing rock and ice slopes...
by Jay Lee
As we pulled in my crew and I noticed a doe and her fawn (still with spots) crossing the top part of the waterslide...
Guide of the Month: Bob Mallar
by Zeke Callanan
NICKNAMES: Superquad Bob, The Legend, Squibby, or some people just call me Hung...
Manifesto of the Left-handed Guide
by Allison Murray
A spectre is haunting the rivers of Maine -- the spectre of right-handed guide elitism...
Guide of the Month: Gillie Maxwell
by Zeke Callanan
WORST CRIB RUN: Actually it happened today, the day of this interview. A Pillow Rock flip.
by Clayton Cole
A Description of the course for the 2005 ACA OC Downriver Nationals.
Trip Report: West Branch of the Penobscot
by Alvah Maloney
Maine's Well Rounded Run
with Harold Herschlag
A Discussion with Harold Herschlag on the new Whitewater Guide PFD rules for 2005.
Guide of the Month: Joe Apicella
by Paul Dzurec
As Joe's first three days of guiding attest, rafting in the Greater Forks Metropolitan Area may be a blast, but it's not worry-free...
by Nick Callanan
I have some experience as a video boater myself. It's great fun to shoot the boats going over the rapids....
by Bob Mallar
Guiding Gone Wrong: In a nut shell, it's two words, "industry standard."
by Megan Lazorski
Big water on the Dead River, those words don"t mean much to a first year...
by Drift Boat Jones
Question 1: How close to a fish can one get before it is 'scared" away from its feeding cycle?
by Paul Dzurec
It's 7 a.m. I wake up with a sore right leg ... and my right hip is rather hurting...
by Zeke Callanan
Way back in the summer of the year 2003, I trained to be a white rivah raftah guide guy...
by Drift Boat Jones
Question 1: How close to a fish can one get before it is "scared" away from its feeding cycle?
by Scott Phair
As a veteran of many multi-day (and multi-week) trips in a long whitewater career, I have learned that the right equipment makes all the difference in the quality of your experience...
by Christy McKinnon
Guiding rafts is kind of like driving a race car. It's fun and exciting and there might be crashes and carnage...
by Christy McKinnon
I wiggled into the elastic suit jumping up and down, pulling and stretching to fit the fabric over my woman hips...
The Trifecta - Three Maine Rivers One Day
by Nick Callanan
It was just something they wanted to do together to cement this moment, this era of their lives - why not?...
by Christie Foo Fry
Fry-o-later strikes fear in the hearts of trainees and old-schoolers alike...
by Matt Swartz
On an overcast day back in mid-May, 1996, I pulled into the parking lot of the Big Moose Inn on Millinocket Lake.
by Kristen Kaiser
I"m back with some more knots to add ease and cleverness to your life...
by Kristen Kaiser
We went around and talked to raft company bus drivers, to find out just what is the driving force behind The Drivng Force.
by our readers
Today's Topic: Best Guide Story
Raft Racing on The Jacques Cartier
by Brian Jolemore
When I first heard that my boss was going to enter two boats into a raft race on the Jacques-Cartier River in Quebec...
by Kristen Kaiser
Have you seen this gear claimed by the river?
by Kristen Kaiser
"Can"t tie a knot, tie a lot." or "M&%^#r F#*~&r", might be some of the thoughts running through your head while tying or untying a knot...
by Naomi Mozzicato
July 5, 1999 - It was a spectacular day on the Kennebec River with the water running a huge 10,200 cfs ...
by our readers
Today's Topic: Close Calls
Small, Shallow Thoughts: Guide Olympics
by Nick Callanan
The 2002 Guide Olympics were held Sunday Aug. 18 at the Ball Field in West Forks.
by Kristen Kaiser
For this issue No Umbrella asked Maine Whitewater Guides to tell us their secrets......
First Descents: Middle Fork of the Salmon
with Charlie Amman
No shit, there we were going down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in mid April...
by Nick Callanan
For this issue, No Umbrella went around talking to raft company bus drivers with hopes of finding The Driving Force.
by Danielle Lavertu
Have you seen any of this gear claimed by the river?
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