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Blossom Bar Swim Team
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“This was not good. This was not where I wanted to be.” The voice in my head was telling me. Rather insistently. I had just back stroked into a Class II rapid on the Merced River. I was taking a Swiftwater Rescue course and we were practicing our first lesson – the basic or defensive swim position (also called the survival or whitewater swim position). You know, on your back, feet down river, knees slightly … Continue reading →

Rivers and Rangering
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I like rivers. A lot. There’s just something about them. Something about floating on them, running their rapids, swimming in them, hiking along them, scrambling up their side canyons, camping by them. Something about river sights, sounds, scents, and feel. Something awe inspiring about river forces that write a story on the landscape, and intertwine with the human story on the river bank. And something liberating that sloughs off civilized constructs of time and schedules, … Continue reading →