Brennan

We showed up the outfitter. thinking that we were going to have like this big group of people to go river rafting with. And there was two other people and the guy. So it was my wife, Nicole, myself, a guy named Billy, I'm going to say, and a guy named Jeff. Billy was probably in his late teens. I don't know if he was quite an adult yet. And then Jeff was in his mid fifties.

He was Billy's uncle, which I kind of thought was weird at the time, but I mean, whatever. Yeah.

He was Billy's uncle, which I kind of thought was weird at the time, but I mean, whatever. Yeah.

He was Billy's uncle, which I kind of thought was weird at the time, but I mean, whatever. Yeah.

So we showed up at this outfitter and The guide's like, hey, all you need is a life jacket and a wetsuit. Leave your keys, leave your phone. He's like, oh, if you want the real experience, you need to leave your shoes. I'm just barefoot. I think everybody else was like, no, I'm wearing my shoes. I'm like, I want the real experience. I'm a river man.

So we showed up at this outfitter and The guide's like, hey, all you need is a life jacket and a wetsuit. Leave your keys, leave your phone. He's like, oh, if you want the real experience, you need to leave your shoes. I'm just barefoot. I think everybody else was like, no, I'm wearing my shoes. I'm like, I want the real experience. I'm a river man.

So we showed up at this outfitter and The guide's like, hey, all you need is a life jacket and a wetsuit. Leave your keys, leave your phone. He's like, oh, if you want the real experience, you need to leave your shoes. I'm just barefoot. I think everybody else was like, no, I'm wearing my shoes. I'm like, I want the real experience. I'm a river man.

He definitely was. On the way to the river drop, he starts explaining to us, there's only really two spots. that you have to be concerned about. The first spot is a class four rapid at the very beginning. The second one is about a mile down that same river. It's called a hydraulic hole or what people call a washing machine rapid. And what can happen with that is if you get sucked in,

He definitely was. On the way to the river drop, he starts explaining to us, there's only really two spots. that you have to be concerned about. The first spot is a class four rapid at the very beginning. The second one is about a mile down that same river. It's called a hydraulic hole or what people call a washing machine rapid. And what can happen with that is if you get sucked in,

He definitely was. On the way to the river drop, he starts explaining to us, there's only really two spots. that you have to be concerned about. The first spot is a class four rapid at the very beginning. The second one is about a mile down that same river. It's called a hydraulic hole or what people call a washing machine rapid. And what can happen with that is if you get sucked in,

It's hard to get out. It just kind of recycles you. So we get to the drop-off area, get in a boat, and on both sides of this river are basically just cliffs. So one side of the river is the road we drove in on. The other side is like a service road. We're 20 miles from really anything. So there's Nicole and I up front, and behind Nicole is Jeff, and then behind me is Billy.

It's hard to get out. It just kind of recycles you. So we get to the drop-off area, get in a boat, and on both sides of this river are basically just cliffs. So one side of the river is the road we drove in on. The other side is like a service road. We're 20 miles from really anything. So there's Nicole and I up front, and behind Nicole is Jeff, and then behind me is Billy.

It's hard to get out. It just kind of recycles you. So we get to the drop-off area, get in a boat, and on both sides of this river are basically just cliffs. So one side of the river is the road we drove in on. The other side is like a service road. We're 20 miles from really anything. So there's Nicole and I up front, and behind Nicole is Jeff, and then behind me is Billy.

The guide says, hey, when we get up to this rapid, this class four, you have to paddle super hard, or there's a chance that, you know, the boat could flip. At this point is when he's like, oh, by the way, if you fall in, make sure you hold on to the raft. So we can kind of see this rapid coming up. He's like, all right, everybody needs to paddle as hard as they can.

The guide says, hey, when we get up to this rapid, this class four, you have to paddle super hard, or there's a chance that, you know, the boat could flip. At this point is when he's like, oh, by the way, if you fall in, make sure you hold on to the raft. So we can kind of see this rapid coming up. He's like, all right, everybody needs to paddle as hard as they can.

The guide says, hey, when we get up to this rapid, this class four, you have to paddle super hard, or there's a chance that, you know, the boat could flip. At this point is when he's like, oh, by the way, if you fall in, make sure you hold on to the raft. So we can kind of see this rapid coming up. He's like, all right, everybody needs to paddle as hard as they can.

So we just dig in, dig in, dig in. I remember looking back and seeing Billy and he's frozen. He wasn't paddling. He wasn't doing anything. Sure, sure.

So we just dig in, dig in, dig in. I remember looking back and seeing Billy and he's frozen. He wasn't paddling. He wasn't doing anything. Sure, sure.

So we just dig in, dig in, dig in. I remember looking back and seeing Billy and he's frozen. He wasn't paddling. He wasn't doing anything. Sure, sure.

And it was scary. I remember the last thing I saw was my feet in the sky.