The Animas Trip

Here's a raft entering Smelter rapid. I can tell you it was a rush. Last year the Animas was running about 1250 cfs. This year it was at 3750 cfs. Last year I was in a big 16' raft. This year I was in a little 12' duckie. I don't have much experience in duckies, and hadn't ever run one through rapids as big as these. Talk about adrenaline. All the runs went well, and I had a blast once the pulse returned to normal. Also, the parties...