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AllThe Chaotanhou River (translated as “one river and two mountain”) flows through Sleeping Buddha Mountain in Hubei province, 60 km from Yichang, China. The stretch is a total of 6 km long for drifting (what they call the rafting) with a vertical drop of 148 meters. This section of river is dam controlled, as a […]

Growing up in Topton North Carolina I rode the school bus to the Nantahala School.  We would make the winding route up Wayah Road early in the morning. More often than not the river would have its natural base flow of around eighty cfs in it.  However, after enough trips on the bus every week […]

“Life is an adventure,” I would tell my guests, “and true adventure is made of adversity.” I would like to tell folks that as rain soaked us in sheets and buckets. “Point in fact, we never sit around and tell stories about the vacation that went perfectly; there’s no adventure in it.”  Leaves, branches, bits […]

DBP Admins Alec Reeves and Rob Delgado sending it again!