Where the Magic Happens . . .

As a first year whitewater rafting guide, you're bound to make mistakes. Rivers are strong and fast with waves that pulse just as everything else on the face of the planet has a pulse, it's own rhythm that is never duplicated.

However, PRO has such a great training progam that most of your mistakes are made with people in the boat that are there to watch you make mistakes, then point and laugh as you're swimming the Alleyway.

I had my first commercial trip on the Kennebec River on June 18th with a great crew from Hungary. I was amazed when I realized that they can paddle and couldn't wait to hit Magic Hole. When we finally were lined up for the biggest hit on the Kennebec there was no stopping us.

As we crashed into the wave I felt the boat and my rafters lurch forward the way a car would if the driver were tapping on the brakes, and it was at that moment I knew I was hooked. The river is an amazing force and I don't think I'll ever grow out of paddling and witnessing the raw power the earth is capable of exerting.

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