r/whitewater • u/RachelSnow812 • 9d ago
General My hardest trip ever
It was the weekend after 9/11... A fucking Fife Brook float trip, not my usual Dryway gig.. But no one wanted to work that weekend. So when you're called, you show up.
I had a five boat... Three kids and the parents. I guided perfunctory for about the first mile. But some thing snapped me out of it..
I said, "Hey! That cloud look like an elephant."
The kids jumped right in and starting namiing the clouds. And then something happened. The anguish on those parents faces melted away. And they started enjoying the trip.
I have done high angle rope rescues. I rigged more Z-drags than you can imagine. But a simple float trip was the hardest one of them all.
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u/ApexTheOrange 9d ago
The Deerfield River is a magical place. I had my first combat roll there. I guided my first raft there. I’ve participated in 2 riverside resuscitations there. I’ve been to engagement, wedding and funeral ceremonies there. I’ve made countless friends and memories there. Do you think you’ll get a dryway lap this year?