Reference
National Geographic Sources
Looking for more information about river running? See the National
Geographic publications listed below, or check for other citations in
our NGS Publications Index using the keywords river and rafting.
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Rennicke, Jeff. The River Wild. Pages 74-83, July/August 1996. (Selway River.)
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Rennicke, Jeff. Rafting the Rio. Pages 106-15, March/April 1995. (Rio Grande.)
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Rennicke, Jeff. 9 Great Summertime Getaways.
Pages 118-19, May/June 1994. (Dolores River.)
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Rennicke, Jeff. Americas Deepest Canyon.
Pages 110-21, March/April 1993. (Snake River
through Hells Canyon.)
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Kane, Joe. Roaring Through Earths Deepest
Canyon. Pages 118-38, January 1993. (Colca
River in Peru.)
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Kostyal, K.M. Wet and Wild West Virginia.
(Weekends) Pages 14-19, September/October
1992. (New River.)
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OGara, Geoffrey. Slow Float to Somewhere.
Pages 112-13, September/October 1989.
(Bighorn River.)
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Abbey, Edward. The River of No Return. Pages
88-97, July/August 1989. (Main Salmon River.)
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National Geographic Society. Great Rivers of the World. 1984.
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Urquhart, Jennifer C. Floating Through
Dinosaur. Pages 104-11, Spring 1984. (Yampa
and Green Rivers.)
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National Geographic Society. Americas Wild
and Scenic Rivers. 1983.
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Wild and Scenic Rivers of the United
States. NGM map supplement, July 1977.
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Rivers Wild and Pure: A Priceless
Legacy. Pages 2-59, July 1977. (Flathead,
Suwannee, St. Croix, Skagit, Rio Grande, and
Noatak Rivers.)
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White-Water Books
- For lists of guidebooks on rivers in the western United States,
contact Westwater Books (P.O. Box 2560, Evergreen, Colorado 80437; +1
303 674 5410 or 800 628 1326, fax +1
303 670 0586) or Down the River
Equipment (12100 West 52nd Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033; +1 303
467 9489, fax +1 303 940 8812).
- Many of the books listed below are available at sporting-goods stores,
from the National Organization for Rivers (212 West Cheyenne Mountain
Boulevard, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906; +1 719 579 8759, fax +1 719
576 6238), or from the Adventurous Traveler Bookstore (P.O. Box
1468, Williston, Vermont 05495; +1 802 860 6776 or 800 282 3963, fax +1
802 860 6667 or 800 677 1821).
- Abbey, Edward. Down the River. NAL/Dutton, 1991. This collection of
classic Abbey stories recounts river running in places as far-flung as
Alaska and his own slickrock country backyard.
- Armstead, Lloyd D. Whitewater Rafting in North America: The 200 Best
Rafting Adventures in the United States, Canada, Mexico & Costa Rica.
Globe Pequot Press, 1994. For first-timers as well as veteran rafters,
this guidebook briefly describes each river and guided raft trips
available.
- Bangs, Richard. Whitewater Adventure: Running Americas Great Scenic
Rivers. Thunder Bay Press, 1990. Colorful personal accounts and more
than 80 glorious color photographs evoke the thrill of running ten
scenic rivers in the United States.
- Bangs, Richard and Christian Kallen. Riding the Dragons Back: The
Race to Raft the Upper Yangtze. Dell Publishing Company, 1992. Insiders
describe one of the greatest white-water adventures in historythe first
successful run of Chinas wild Yangtze River.
- Bangs, Richard and Christian Kallen. Rivergods: Exploring the Worlds
Great Wild Rivers. Sierra Club Books, 1985. Two seasoned river runners
venture down the worlds wildest rivers, including Chiles Bío-Bío, the
sacred waters of the Indus, and the mighty, matchless Colorado.
- Cassady, Jim, Bill Cross, and Fryar Calhoun. Western Whitewater From
the Rockies to the Pacific: A River Guide for Raft, Kayak, and Canoe.
North Fork Press, 1994. For novices and experts alike, this detailed
guidebook provides facts, figures, and a mile-by-mile guide to some 160
rivers between the Rockies and the Pacific coast.
- Chapple, Steve. Kayaking the Full Moon. HarperCollins Publishers,
Inc., 1993. As the author kayaks the untamed, unspoiled Yellowstone
River with his young family, he evokes the dangers and beauty of this
wild landscape.
- Collins, Robert O. and Roderick Nash. The Big Drops: Ten Legendary
Rapids of the American West. Johnson Books, 1989. Maps, photographs, and
text describe noteworthy white-water stretches (big drops) along some of
the countrys best rafting rivers.
- Rennicke, Jeff. River Days: A Collection of Essays. Fulcrum, 1988. A
writer and former river guide offers a literary view of 28 rivers in the
American West.
- River Runner Source Book. Maravia Corporation, 1995. This informative
book contains river stories, recipes, and information on white-water
rafts, catarafts, flow levels, and river permits.
- Shears, Nick. Paddle America: A Guide to Trips & Outfitters in All 50
States. Starfish Press, 1994. State-by-state listings detail hundreds of
canoeing, rafting, and kayaking outfitters in the United States.
- Simmons, James C. The Big Book of Adventure Travel. John Muir
Publications, 1995. Summaries cover the scenery, wildlife, price range,
season, and length of rafting expeditions in Africa (Omo, Zambezi), Asia
(Brahmaputra, Upper Yangtze), Australia (Franklin, Nymboida), Turkey
(Çoruh), Latin America (Bío-Bío, General, Jataté, Pacuare, Reventazón,
Usumacinta), Canada (Chilcotin, Chilko, Chilliwack, Firth, Fraser,
Thompson), and the United States (28 rivers).
- Ziegler, Ronald M. Wilderness Waterways: The Whole Water Reference for
Paddlers. Canoe America Associates, 1992. This compendium details
hundreds of resources for paddlers, including books, videos, maps, and
government agencies.
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