Saturday I'm going white water rafting on the Wenatchee River here in Washington. I'm kind of nervous. Not to go rafting, I've been several times on the Spokane, but to go rafting on the Wenatchee.
Jon told me of several occurences where they have dumped their boats. He told me how he dumped his boat once and he (the guide) got swept down the river while all the paddlers clung to the boat. He even told me they were going to go practice safer lines to avoid dumping. When someone says they are going to practice not dumping, that to me has a big red caution flag waving above it.
I trust Jon completely, but you really never know what could happen on the river. Sometimes the unfortunate things happen. Honestly I'm nervous about going. Not because I haven't been before, but because they have dumped their boats more often on the Wenatchee than on the Spokane. I'm definitely nervous about it. Hopefully I don't chicken out.
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