Rafting News June 2008

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MONDAY, 30 JUNE 2008
	Wilderness Aware Helps Denver Rescue Mission
	Buena Vista, Colorado - For people in the Denver Rescue Mission, the 10th annual Recovery on the Rapids - a white water excursion for people in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program - is something they won't be forgetting soon, says the Rocky Mountain News, which featured the Wilderness Aware Rafting Company, who has been sponsoring the excursion for the past ten years. But Wilderness Awa Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 19 JUNE 2008
	ResortQuest Offers Rafting, Lodging Packages
	Breckenridge, CO - ResortQuest Breckenridge and Keystone and AVA Rafting have teamed up to bring guests a summer vacation that they are sure to remember. ResortQuest is offering Breckenridge and Keystone vacation packages including two nights lodging, a raft trip for two, and a reusable waterproof camera. All rafting packages come with a helmet, paddle, wetsuit, a hot lunch on full day trips, and Read Full Story
SUNDAY, 15 JUNE 2008
	Rafting Season Officially Begins at Boise River
	The rafting season at Boise River in Idaho officially started last June 12. Dozens of rafters and tubing enthusiasts went to the park for the opportunity to go rafting and tubing in the river. The Boise River was supposed to open for the rafting season last June 11, but it was moved a day later due to bad weather. Epley's Boise River Rentals have recently announced that they are n Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 12 JUNE 2008
	Rafting Tragedy in Rogue Rivers
	Another rafting tragedy occurred in the notorious Rogue Rivers at the Pacific Northwest last June 1. Lifelong friends Robert Blight and Dino Fry were enjoying a rafting trip when a powerful current hit their raft. The men immediately jumped to the waters and attempted to cross about 40 feet in order to reach the north end of the river. Forty-one-year old Fry survived. Unfortunately, Blight, Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 11 JUNE 2008
	Residents Run Rapids to Find Causes of Fish Kill
	Officials, business representatives, business and civic leaders from the local Coors and Pilgrim Pride plants, Rockingham County farmers, lawmakers, teachers, and students had a daylong rafting trip last Friday. The trip was held to visit the Shenandoah River of Virginia which had been suffering from fish kill for several years. The cause is still unknown. The trip had increased awareness on Read Full Story