9 Questions Guides Get All The Time

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9 questions river guides get all the time

9 Questions River Guides Get All The Time

As guides, we are taking people down the river everyday and most of them have never been rafting before. We get a lot of questions. This is a list of some of the questions we get all the time. Some are pretty funny and some border common sense.

1. Are we going to get wet?

wet

2. Do I have to paddle?

paddle

3. Do we go rafting if it is raining?

rain

4. Can we run the dam?

dam

5. Can I take my phone with me on the raft?

phone

6. Can I fall out of the raft?

swim

7. Does the river run in a circle?

circle

8. Do we have to wear a PFD (personal flotation device)?

pfd

9. Does the raft run on a track?

Tracks

 

Jennifer and Grant Outlaw are co-owners of Carolina Outfitters and Carolina Ocoee.  They’ve been paddling whitewater in the Ducktown, TN and Bryson City, NC rivers for years and know how to help you have a great experience.

 

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