What the River Says: Whitewater Journeys Along the Inner Frontiers

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Jeff Wallach takes us beneath the adrenaline rush of river running to get at the true, powerful depth of the experience -- how and why a week on a wilderness river touches so many people so profoundly.


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What The River Says: Whitewater Journeys Along The Inner Frontier takes the reader beneath the surface splendor and adrenaline rush of river running to get at the true, powerful depth of the experience -- how and why a week on a wilderness river touches so many people so profoundly. Besides revealing the outrageous and poignant stories of guides and passengers, What The River Says considers the effects of wilderness, pioneer history, the role of women on the river, the high price of living your dreams, and the impact of the frontier myth. What The River Says is highly recommended reading for the armchair adventurer and perfect library acquistion choice for the whitewater canoeist.


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Currents and eddies, waves and whirlpools, suckholes and rooster tails. The tantalizing splash of prose against bedrock. The swirling metaphors of voyage. Jeff Wallach's words deliver the river's transitions from raging whitewater to pellucid calm as he steers us down a river guide's summer of inner exploration and discovery on Idaho's River of No Return. It is a journey to challenge both body and spirit. Wild-river guide Wallach understands both challenges well - knows them from his own journeys as well as from his perspective of witness and guide for those who entrust themselves to the ride of their lives.


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