River and Rafting Quotes
March 30th, 2005 admin
I have decided to post an occasional river quote. Almost anyone who has spent time on or by rivers feels some sort of strong connection and it is wonderful when these connections are expressed so eloquently. If you have one that you like please e-mail it to me at pete@momentumriverexpeditions.com and I will post it.
I am going to start with a well known but beautiful one:
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops — under the rocks are the words and some of the words are theirs.”
Norman Maclean,
from “A River Runs Through It”
Yoga on the River Trips
March 23rd, 2005 admin
Information on our Yoga on the River trips is now up and you can read more about them here. The combination of Yoga and time on the river make for an amazing experience. We have a Lower Klamath Yoga trip scheduled for September 17th and 18th. Other dates are available for small groups and we can also do Yoga trips on any of our California and Oregon Rivers.
In other news The California Salmon drainage continues to get more snow. There are still spaces open in May and early June for one of the best river trips in the country.
A Couple Of Quotes From The 2005 Trip To Chile’s Futaleufu
March 17th, 2005 admin
“I really wanted to thank you for such memories. This was such an amazing trip! Even better than you had described! I have watched the video about 3 times now and just showed some parts at work….like my great ducky swim with Sarah! It was just great!!!”
“that trip was so amazing! Every part of it!!!….everything rocked and was better than I could have imagined!”
Southern Oregon and Northern California Snowpack
March 10th, 2005 admin
I just want to give a quick update on the snowpack in our area. As most people know the California snowpack looks great which means our spring rafting on our Northern California rivers should be spectacular.
The northern Oregon and Washington snowpack is not looking so hot. We are kind of in the middle here in Southern Oregon. While the overall snowpack here is below average it should not have an effect on our Rogue and Upper Klamath rafting trips. This is because both of these rivers are reservoir fed dam release stretches and there is plenty of water stored for a great season. In fact the Upper Klamath should have higher peaking flows then last year because the larger of the two turbines that feed water back into the river will be in operation.
So, overall it looks like we will have a perfect spring season in Northern California and another season of the most exciting summer whitewater in the west on the Upper K!
2005 on Chile`s Futaleufu River
March 5th, 2005 admin
Hello all! I am writing from Puerto Varas, Chile having just finished this years trip to Patagonia’s Futaleufu Valley. I tore myself away from an afternoon of drinking coffee along an amazing volcano ringed glacial lake. The trip was amazing and the magic of the place never stops surprising me. It is truly one of the great places on earth. We will be posting pictures soon along with quotes from some of the people who joined us. I will also be adding next years dates to the Futaleufu Rafting page in the very near future. We are also looking into doing a multi-sport trip to Costa Rica in early winter.
When I get back we will be really starting to gear up for the spring California and Oregon rafting season. In the next week or so I will be adding extra info on trips including on a rare planned trip to the remote Middle Owyhee (snowpack dependent). Also there is less then a month left to get our pre-season rafting discount.
