Howdy team! Doing a bit of back entry type blogging here, as I haven't had too much time to get all this stuff organized until now. Let me begin by saying that raft guides tend to wear quite a bit of fancy gear down the river. This includes a lifejacket with a rescue harness, a whistle, a river knife, a throwbag (a bag of rope, usually attached around the waste), a flip line (for flipping your boat back over), a helmet, and at least a few pulleys, caribeeners, and prussik loops (the last three of which are used for mechanical advantage systems, good when boats are stuck). And that doesn't include the gear we wear to stay warm, which can add up to a dry top, dry pants, neoprene socks, good river shoes, and several layers
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