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Read more about the article How Earth River’s Founder Fell into Rafting

How Earth River’s Founder Fell into Rafting

  • Post author:Eric Hertz
  • Post published:July 4, 2025
  • Post category:blog/River Stories/River story sticky

(Click below for audio version.) 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…

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Read more about the article The River Through The Window

The River Through The Window

  • Post author:Krishna Prasad
  • Post published:May 2, 2025
  • Post category:blog/blogs-sticky/River Stories/River story sticky/ventana

Earth  River's discovery and exploration of a future Patagonia ClassicIn 2015, we completed a first descent of a remote river in Patagonia with the unremarkable name Quinto (Fifth), which I…

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Read more about the article The History Of Rafting On The Futaleufu

The History Of Rafting On The Futaleufu

  • Post author:Krishna Prasad
  • Post published:April 8, 2025
  • Post category:blog/futalefu-home/Futaleufu-trip/River Stories/River story sticky

With some trepidation, I watched the original Terminator Rapid video, which marked the end of the first attempt to raft the Futaleufú. Like a giant yellow beach ball, one of…

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