The Alaska River Guide : Canoeing, Kayaking, and Rafting in the Last Frontier by
The rich tapestry of Alaska is threaded together by 365,000 miles of waterways, from cascading mountain streams to meandering valley rivers, from the meltwaters of glaciers to broad rivers that empty into the sea. This guide profiles a wide variety of rivers from all over Alaska, concentrating on trips for intermediate boaters, and including a few major expeditions for the experienced river-runner. A section on gear outlines what to take into the backcountry.
Impassable Canyon: journey down the Middle Fork of the Salmon by
Take the ride of your life down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River with photographer Matt Leidecker and his cast of river guides, writers, poets, and clients. Impassable Canyon captures wild and scenic, views and once-in-a-lifetime stories from adventurers who have floated their way through Idaho's magnificent River of No Return Wilderness. Liedecker's spectacular photographs, purchased by drawings, essays, and firsthand accounts, offer a glimpse of what life in the canyon was like for early native populations and settlers and a taste of what it is like to sit across the campfire from those who make the river their life today.
River House: A Memoir by
As a girl growing up in remote central Oregon, Sarahlee Lawrence dreamed of leaving her small town in search of adventure. By the age of twenty-one, she had rafted some of the most dangerous rivers of the world as an accomplished river guide. But living her dream as guide and advocate, riding and cleaning the arteries of the world, led her back to the place she least expected to find herself--her dusty beginnings and her family's ranch"