1997 – ESPN/Men’s Journal Special: “Raft the Wild Futaleufú”
A documentary on Earth River’s pioneering Futaleufú River trip.
1996 – National Geographic: “Rapid Descent”
Chronicles Earth River Expeditions’ first descent of Tibet’s remote Schuilo River.
1995 – ABC Sports: “Women of Adventure”
A segment filmed with Earth River’s support on the Futaleufú River in Patagonia, focusing on Earth River guide Beth Rypins.
1994 – PBS: “That Money Show”
A feature highlighting Earth River Expeditions as a small, family-run adventure travel business.
1994 – Nickelodeon: “James Bay”
Filmed during an Earth River conservation journey down the Great Whale River.
1993 – TBS: “Network Earth”
A documentary chronicling an Earth River conservation expedition down the threatened Great Whale River in Quebec. Features policymakers, environmentalists, and Cree Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come.
Paradise Carved by Whitewater
The white-water outfitter Eric Hertz spent a lifetime searching for the perfect river. In 1990, he finally found it, in Patagonia.
Fu Fighters
Cutting through the green, snowcapped Andes in southern Chile like a satin ribbon, the “Fu” is nirvana for paddlers. Along with mind-bending Class V rapids, the river has two unique…
How Earth River’s Founder Fell into Rafting
When I was 16, on a cross-country bicycle trip, I rode into the tiny town of Stanley, Idaho, something between a ghost town and a year-round population of 60. There…
Rafting the Futaleufu
One day in 1989, as Eric Hertz's rented Toyota van bucked along a dirt road through the remote mountains of southern Chile, he looked down from a bridge and was…