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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (2026)	2/15/2001 4:21:25 PM
From: altair19	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104197

River Rat, <Has anybody ever gone Whitewater rafting?> Went on the Kennebeck River in Maine 3 years ago in the late Spring.....had to wear wet suits because the water was so cold. It was a complete blast...I'd love to do it out West in the summer when it's a little warmer. What a day today! The NNBM portfolio is pumped (if you ignore the % gains since October). and also.....I'm making the call right now........ THERE IS NO RECESSION, YOU ARE FREE TO TAKE POSITIONS IN EQUITIES AND WALK ABOUT THE CABIN....AND WE THANK YOU FOR FLYING NNBM AIR! Altair19 (don'tthinktheXFLisgoingtomakeitandJesseisanembarassmentandI'mfromMinnesoter)

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (2026)	2/15/2001 7:47:49 PM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104197

Howdy River Rat. I used to go white water rafting a lot in the good ol' days. A group of friends and my brothers would head up to the Delaware Water Gap to go down the rapids. Ususally we would go on Memorial Day Weekend. We would bring 50 cases of beer, a package of hotdogs, and a bag of charcoal and camp out. There was a few good rapids and the rest was slow moving. It would take us the better half of the day to get all the way down to where the campground was. We sure had fun going down the river. We would even wrap a radio on plastic garbage backs and bring along tunes as we floated along. Eventually we would tie all the rafts together and get others to join in. Then this huge floatilla of a party would eventually make it back to the campground where the fun would usually last until the wee hours of the morning... I was usually the first one awake so I'd begin cooking breakfast for everyone. Bacon and eggs cooked over a wood fire. The frying pan would never survive the trip... Sure burnt a lot of brain cells on those trips. -Clappy

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (2026)	2/15/2001 11:28:33 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104197

Has anybody ever gone Whitewater rafting? Been a little while ago now, but down the Grand Canyon. One of the best 10 days of my life - seemed like 10 years. You got up at dawn, and until you collapsed into your sleeping bag both your anatomy and psyche were assaulted by a myriad of overwhelming experiences. Since I went with a college geology class, I suffered from information overload. I received detailed explanations of each stratum. Told that "best ride" was available in the front of the boat, naturally I wanted to "get my money's worth". These "boats" were really WWII pontoons tied together. I perched myself "far forward" where two one inch ropes crossed each other. Wiggling the fingers of one hand under the rope intersection and then interlacing with the fingers of the other hand, I held on. Over some long stretches of rapids only four square inches of skin would be in contact with the "boat", while the rest of my anatomy was suspended above the "boat" and being wildly jerked hither and yon. At river level, the temperature was intense, while the humidity was ... well it wasn't. It was so dry, you could watch a wet patch of skin dry in seconds. First you bake in the sun, then you are inundated and finally you are "freezing" because of the chilling evaporation. After a while your temperature regulating system just "gives up". A common sight was to see someone perspiring profusely with teeth chattering and blue lips. Sounds atrocious; I go again in a second. lurqer