Read more about this adventure in the July/August 1996 issue of

Text by Jeff Rennicke
Photographs by Michael Melford
Illustrations by Chuck Carter
Design by Brad Johnson


Adventure ahead! Choose your boat and join us for a wet and wild white-water ride down Idaho’s Selway River!

  • Learn how to read and run rapids.
  • Listen to a thrush’s song and an eagle’s call.
  • Find out how to take great white-water pictures.
  • Pick and plan a white-water raft trip for yourself—and maybe even win one in our contest!
To really enjoy this site, you’ll need Real Audio 2.0.

Click on the journal below to work your way down the Selway!


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