Inspiration found rafting the Zanskar River, India, Ladakh

By rvadmin1 | August 17, 2015

Finding Inspiration on the Zanskar It was a rapid called "Constriction" on the Zanskar River in Ladakh, a province of the State of Jammu and Kashmir in North Western India. Constriction is not really a hard rapid. A simple wave train flows down into a very narrow short canyon. The canyon is full of confusing [...]

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Link between nature and well being

By rvadmin1 | April 29, 2015

Do You Know there is a Link between Nature and Your Health? The fug of pressure lay upon me. I had been dodging writing the latest River Valley Newsletter. "Was strong the resistance to writing," as Yoda the Star Wars Jedi would have said. And yet what I wanted to write about was something that [...]

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Raft Guide Rescue Course

By rvadmin1 | April 17, 2015

Just How Good Are The Hands You Are In When Rafting in New Zealand? Coming round the corner of the river what a scene met us. We first saw an upside down raft, then a number of people apparently stranded on the opposite bank, while one person looked to be trapped in some way in [...]

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The Flavour of a River

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Why River Flavours Vary as Much as Ice Cream Can you imagine this scene? Isla and her mother, Janey, have just walked into Mississippi Mud, Taihape’s one and only Ice Cream shop. Janey says, “Isla, what sort of ice cream would you like today?” 3 year old Isla does not at first reply. She is [...]

The Ngaruroro, the forgotten river, rivers of Hawkes Bay

By rvadmin1 | March 5, 2015

Why Would You Forget This River? Rather than the level of notoriety of its better known cousins, this is a river that sits quietly in the background, just like a beautiful woman who sits in the shadows at the back of the room, waiting for those who make the extra effort to meet her. Author, [...]

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Outstanding Rivers of New Zealand

By rvadmin1 | February 28, 2015

What Do You Know About New Zealand's Outstanding Rivers? I have never encountered wind like it on a river trip. Luckily it was blowing either downstream, or across river. I struggled to keep my fully loaded gear raft going where I wanted it to. When the raft got sideways to the gale, the strength of [...]

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