Rafting News May 2008

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FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
	Colorado Prepares for Wild Rafting Season
	Although a number of accidents have occurred in the past weeks, rafters and rafting outfitters in Colorado still hope for an outstanding season this year. Colorado has been observed to have 150% above the average snow pack and forecasters predict that the melt of the ice would cause river rush and wild rafting experience. Last year, the rafting industry hit the records and half a million raf Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
	Colorado Rafting Brings Families Together
	BUENA VISTA, Colo. - Get your children off the couch this summer and active in the outdoors through whitewater rafting. Colorado Kids view it as a fun roller coaster adventure through many face splashing rapids, but it really is a challenging, confidence-boosting adventure that will be sure to have your kids craving more outdoor voyages. The most well-known Colorado whitewater river is the A Read Full Story
MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
	Go Rafting in the Dead River
	The North Country Rivers in Maine offers trips on the Dead River, a rafting destination that offers more rapids than any other rafting area in New England. Dead River is fueled by periodic releases from a dam on Flagstaff Lake. The rafters have been enjoying a run-off-assisted 7,000 cubic feet per second, one of two largest releases for this year. Although the releases have been high, Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
	Peak to Creek Storms Through Oetztal Valley
	It was a close competition between an all-star cast at the newest race on the Multisport calendar, the Peak to Creek, held at the Ötztal Valley, Austria last May 10. Team 1, led by kayaking legend and race organizer, Schorschi Schauf, came out tops as eventual winners, and according to official timekeepers Suunto, recorded a time of 3hr 42min 34sec, just 2min 28sec ahead of Team 4. A uni Read Full Story
	OARS Marks 40th Year of Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
	Angels Camp, CA - O.A.R.S. (Outdoor Adventure River Specialists), the trend-setting rafting and adventure travel company, is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by hosting a benefit whitewater rafting trip on Idaho’s world-class Main Salmon River in August. O.A.R.S. will donate 50% of the proceeds of their August 24-29 trip to the American Rivers (non-profit organi Read Full Story