Northeast Whitewater Guide Training: Life of a Trainee
A siren pierces the layer of fog hanging over Indian Pond Dam like a gigantic alarm clock with no snooze button. Then, right on cue, the loudspeaker crackles with a warning as icy as the water below, “WATER LEVELS DOWNSTREAM FROM DAM ARE RISING, EXIT THE WATER IMMEDIATELY!” Except we are not exiting. We are… Read More
How to Become a Maine Rafting Guide
Naturally, we understand why anyone would envy a rafting guide. What Maine rafting guides consider their summer work is vacation for Northeast Whitewater rafting guests. Rafting guides are story tellers and fun to spend a day on the river with. Rafting guides take life one day at a time, just like each rapid they enter;… Read More
