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| Introduction | |
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| The First Splash | |
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| About the Author | |
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| A Little Help from My Friends | |
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| What Are You Getting Yourself Into? | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| The Evolution of Rafting From Powell to Paddle Cats The Fremont Expeditions John Wesley Powell Nathaniel Galloway The Post-World War II Era The Self-Bailing Generation The Russian Influence Looking Toward Tomorrow | |
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| Get Wet: Your First Rafting Adventure Outfitters Other Ways to Get Wet Clubs and Organizations | |
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| Raft Rentals | |
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| Equipment: From Oars to Floors, Helmets to Hi-Floats Basic Raft Anatomy Tubes | |
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| Panels and Seams | |
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| Valves | |
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| Thwarts | |
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| Floors | |
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| Accessories | |
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| Footcups Materials Base Fabrics | |
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| Coatings Design Characteristics Length and Width | |
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| Tube Size | |
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| Symmetry | |
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| Rise | |
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| Waterline | |
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| Floors Catarafts Types of Catarafts | |
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| Cataraft Design | |
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| Characteristics | |
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| Rotocats and Plastic Cats Other Types of Rafts North American Rafts | |
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| Plohts Purchasing a Raft Traditional Rafts | |
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| Catarafts | |
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| Used Rafts Frames Traditional Raft Frames | |
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| Selecting a Frame | |
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| Other Considerations | |
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| Cataraft Frames | |
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| Cooler Frames Oars Oar Construction; Selecting Oars | |
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| Oar Length | |
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| Setting Up Oars | |
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| Pins and Clips | |
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| Oarlocks | |
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| Fine Tuning Paddles Essential Riverwear Clothing; Lifejackets | |
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| Helmets Saddle Up: Assembling Your Gear and Crew Inflating Your Raft Pumps | |
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| Inflating the Raft Rigging the Frame Loading Accessories Spare Oars | |
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| Spare Paddles | |
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| Bowlines | |
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| Handlines | |
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| Bail Buckets | |
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| Additional Gear Passengers in Oar Rafts Nonpaddlers | |
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| Paddle Assists/ Paddle Teams A Solid Foundation | |
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| Seating Arrangements | |
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| Varying the Size of the Paddle Team | |
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| River Morphology: The Dynamics of Running Water A Look Beneath the Surface Water Mechanics | |
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| Laminar Flows | |
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| Turbulent Flows | |
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| Chaos | |
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| Helical Currents | |
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| Meanders River Characteristics Volume | |
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| Gradient Surface Features Tongues | |
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| Upstream Vs | |
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| Standing Waves | |
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| Diagonal Waves | |
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| Haystacks | |
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| Breaking Waves and Stoppers | |
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| Pillows | |
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| Undercuts | |
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| Rooster Tails | |
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| Boils | |
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| Holes | |
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| Lowhead Dams and Weirs | |
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| Waterfalls | |
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| Eddies The Big Picture The Rating Game The AWA River-Rating Scale | |
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| Fine-Tuning the Scale | |
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| Propulsion Basics: Different Strokes for Different Boats Oar Strokes Backrowing | |
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| Portegee | |
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| Turning | |
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| Shipping | |
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| Rowing Sweep Boats and Plohts Paddle Strokes Get a Grip | |
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| Three Types of Paddle Strokes | |
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| Basic Power Strokes | |
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| Advanced Power Strokes | |
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| Turning Strokes | |
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| Bracing | |
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| Paddle Captaining: The Art of Whitewater Choreography The Pretrip Lecture Seating the Captain and Crew The Captain's Chair | |
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| Seating the Crew Guiding Strokes The Strokes | |
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| Experience Is the Key Paddle Commands Basic Commands | |
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| Advanced Commands | |
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| Fine-Tuning | |
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| Handling Lag Time | |
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| Handling Overstroking | |
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| Your Voice | |
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| The Seasoned Team | |
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| Whitewater: Running the Rapids Five Types of Maneuvers River Directions Staying Parallel with the Current Ferrying History | |
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| Oar Rafts | |
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| Paddle Rafts | |
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| Apparent Versus Real Course | |
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| Ferrying Around Bends Turns and Pivots Sideslips Eddy Maneuvers Putting on the Brakes | |
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| Entering Eddies | |
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| Staying in Eddies | |
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| Exiting Eddies | |
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| Capsizing Forces Heading Downriver Reading Rivers | |
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| The Two Cs The SAFE System Scout | |
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| Analyze | |
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| Formulate | |
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| Execute The Added Edge Bailing | |
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| Highsiding | |
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| Digging | |
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| Lowering Your Center of Gravity | |
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| Beaching Honing Your Skills | |
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| Safety and Rescue: Keeping Your Head and Gear Above Water Having What It Takes Pretrip Preparation | |
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| Time on the River | |
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| Pretrip Discussion Equipment Group Travel Lead and Sweep Rafts | |
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| Group Scouting and Rescue Portaging and Lining Self-Rescues Swimming | |
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| Rerighting Rafts | |
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| Active Swimming | |
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| Holes and Dams | |
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| Strainers and Sweepers | |
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| Pulling Swimmers into Rafts Rope Rescues Throw Bags | |
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| Getting Ropes to Swimmers | |
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| Belays River Crossings Solo Cr | |