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By Scott Bell
Last year, Frances (bless her evil little heart)was able to convince a group of us adventure seeking SCUBA divers to head on up to the Kern River for a day of river rafting. We all had a great time, never minding the dirt biker campsite, the midnight and morning rains, and the freezing water (I'm talking 40's here!!).
I had such an interesting time that I scribbled down some notes about the comings and goings during the trip, although some people attribute my miss-adventures to the fact that I was just getting over the flu. So I thought I would share one with you all. Hope I don't offend any one, and I hope you enjoy it.
Pulling people out of water. When you pull people out of the water while river rafting, you have to give them a push down into the water first, then pull like crazy when they pop back up. This method allows you to use the bouancy of their life jackets (and clothes, and bodies) to get the swimmer a little higher out of the water so you don't quite compress a disk when you lift them. It is however unsettling to the swimmer.
As we rounded a bend about mid-morning we saw a raft completely flipped over and suspended in some downed trees in the middle of the river. Coming around the trees we watched as the boat driver and one of his patrons jumped off a rock midriver to try to swim to shore. They had apparently been standing on that rock for quite a while and the
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