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	<title>Waterblogged - A Whitewater Rafting California Blog</title>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Heading to the Rogue River with O.A.R.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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There will be one less author in the blogosphere this week.  I&#8217;m heading to the Rogue River for an O.A.R.S. photo shoot.  Keep an eye out for my images on the O.A.R.S. facebook group.  (and hopefully the 2009 catalog and website)&#160; Do you facebook?
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		<title>More Great Press for O.A.R.S.</title>
		<link>http://blog.oars.com/post/more-great-press-for-oars</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Just got my National Geographic Adventure magazine in the mail this morning&#8230; and there is a sweet article about the Arctic&#8217;s Firth River.  The trip is led by our very own Brian McCutcheon of O.A.R.S. sister company, R.O.A.M.
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		<title>California Wildfires Update:  All O.A.R.S. California Whitewater Rafting Trips are Running as Scheduled</title>
		<link>http://blog.oars.com/post/california-wildfires-update-all-oars-california-whitewater-rafting-trips-are-running-as-scheduled</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As mentioned in my previous post, O.A.R.S. is still running all of its California whitewater rafting trips on the South Fork American, Middle Fork American, Tuolumne, Upper Klamath, Lower Klamath and Cal Salmon as scheduled.&#160; (The rafting season is over for the North Fork of the Stan, Merced and North Fork American rivers.)&#160; It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Rafting Trips Still A “Go”</title>
		<link>http://blog.oars.com/post/california-rafting-trips-still-a-%e2%80%9cgo%e2%80%9d</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, it is just a tad hazy here in northern California.&#160; We had electrical storms over the weekend, which ignited close to 800 wildfires throughout the state.&#160; Some are big.&#160; Some aren&#8217;t so big.&#160; Despite Mother Nature&#8217;s wild display of power, O.A.R.S. is running all their California whitewater trips as planned.
Mosquito Ridge Road, the road [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Images from a Middle Fork of the Salmon River Rafting Trip</title>
		<link>http://blog.oars.com/post/images-from-a-middle-fork-of-the-salmon-river-rafting-trip</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BRC</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of O.A.R.S. favorite photographers (mine too!) just returned from a Middle Fork of the Salmon River trip in Idaho.&#160; Here are a few images&#8230;
&#160;&#160; 


Maybe you&#8217;ve seen some of Justin Bailie&#8217;s images in Backpacker?&#160; Men&#8217;s Journal?&#160; Outside?&#160; Sunset?&#160; Keep an eye out for his work in the 2009 catalog&#8230;&#160; I&#8217;m thinking we need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big California Cheese</title>
		<link>http://blog.oars.com/post/255</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BRC</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I caught up with James Rodger a second ago.  (He&#8217;s O.A.R.S. California/Oregon Operations Manager).  We haven&#8217;t seen him around the office much lately, and I wanted to know where&#8217;s he&#8217;s been.   Inquiring minds want to know.  (I thought maybe he was hiding out because his rockstar girlfriend just left to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mighty Power of a River</title>
		<link>http://blog.oars.com/post/the-mighty-power-of-a-river</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BRC</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A powerful reminder - it&#8217;s not just about whitewater rafting&#8230;
Mother Nature reminded us in a big way the past week of her overwhelming power. The kind folks in the Midwest, particularly Iowa, have been hit hard by severe storms, heavy rains, flooding rivers and personal devastation.
Iowa Governor Chet Culver recently stated that floodwaters have affected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corrections to &#8216;Remembering an Unforgettable Yampa River Rafting Experience&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.oars.com/post/corrections-to-remembering-an-unforgettable-yampa-river-rafting-experience</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Mea culpa&#8230;
&#160;
I thought I had done sufficient homework about the creation of the Warm Springs rapid on the Yampa River.  I searched exhaustively the Internet and read Roderick Nash&#8217;s &#8220;The Big Drops&#8221; book.  I should have, however, checked in with the folks who were on the scene.
&#160;
According to Bruce Julian, who was on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drought?  There&#8217;s no stinkin&#8217; drought&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.oars.com/post/drought-theres-no-stinkin-drought</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8230; at least not on some of our favorite California rivers.  These rivers have dam-controlled water releases and will have fun flows into September:   The Tuolumne River, the South Fork of the American, and the Middle Fork of the American River.
The Merced River near Yosemite National Park is dependent on Sierra snowmelt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WILD Concert Tonight</title>
		<link>http://blog.oars.com/post/wild-concert-tonight</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not always about whitewater rafting and adventure travel here at O.A.R.S.
WHAT?
A two-night acoustic fundraiser for W.I.L.D. (Wilderness Institute for Leadership Development) featuring Patrice Pike (with guitarist Matthew Johnson), Jim Brunberg*, Megan Slankard, Garett Brennan, and D.W. Brandt*.
(*Note that Patrice, Garett, and Megan will play both nights [different sets], while D.W. Brandt will play only [...]]]></description>
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