A kayaking and rafting overview that covers clothes and equipment, basic skills, activities, related fitness, and places to enjoy these sports around the world and includes an interview with an avid kayaker.
Gale Stover wins a whitewater rafting weekend in a raffle and falls for the handsome guide Robby, unfortunately, her lack of athletic ability seems to be impressing Robby in a way very different from what Gale had hoped.
Despite some reservations, sixteen-year-old Jessie joins her companions from the previous year's adventure on the Colorado River for a legal rafting trip through the Grand Canyon.
A guide to the equipment, skills, and safety precautions required for rafting, canoeing, and kayaking. Also includes a glossary of pertinent terms and the international scale of river difficulty.
Recounts the events that occurred during an October, 1998 expedition in which an American white water paddling team attempted to run the Yarlung Tsangpo river.
This book describes kayaking and rafting, discussing touring kayaks, whitewater kayaks, different kinds of paddles, whitewater rafts, the international scale of river difficulty, and safety precautions.
A group of white water rafters, facing the Unegama River in the Appalachian Mountains as publicity for a camping gear company, face life-threatening rapids while trying to save themselves from creatures that have been awoken after hundreds of years in a cave and want to feed on their blood.
Photographs and text discuss canoe safety measures, equipment and supplies, camping practices, and techniques for controlling a canoe in calm water or rapids.