First Day of the Season
First trip of the year for me was June 5th and with the water a refreshing 39 degrees, I had no qualms about wiggling my way into that wetsuit. Even when I tried to zip it up and gracefully caught...
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Splash Faces
“You would not believe the hit I had today!” There have been many times that we have had our guides walk back into the Dave Hansen Whitewater office saying this after a day on the river. Yep, you can say...
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Who Knew River Rats Could Rhyme
Working at Dave Hansen Whitewater I’m constantly surprised by my river buds. Not only can they navigate a boat like nobody’s business, but they’ve got all sorts of hidden tricks up their sleeve. Arne can speak Mandarin. Jon is fluent...
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Stylin’ in Wetsuits
Now here’s the deal. My absolute favorite thing to do at the Dave Hansen Office is put people in wet suits. Why? Because, to be quite frank, it’s hilarious. From the reaction of most customers, you’d think that I told...
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Deuce… our own good Samaritan
So some of our blog followers might be from the Idaho area and have already watched the KIDK evening news. For those of you who aren’t from the area or don’t have cable (maybe because you live in a tent...
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Jackson Spirit
We had quite the morning here at Dave Hansen…eleven brave souls dove into our giant blue Caddies for a scenic tour down the snake under cover of cloud and threat of rain. And rain it did. True to Jackson Pioneer...
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Frankie the Rafting Ninja
And then ominously, “And also unspeakably violent”. I have one word for comments like that coming out of a kid wearing full wetsuit gear: Awesome. Turns out that they were lyrics from a kids song (did you know Bare Naked...
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Season #5
Spring has sprung in Jackson…finally! The leaves are turning green, the birds are chirping, there hasn’t been any threat of snow for at least four days…and the tour buses are rollin’ in. We’re all pretty psyched in the office to...
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What a May!
We could not have asked for a better May in Jackson Hole! When the weather can traditionally range from 1 foot of snow (jeans and t-shirt weather for locals) to 80 degrees (time work on your Teva tan weather), we have been very...
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Early Frontrunner for Group of the Year
OK…is it fair that Dave Hansen Whitewater’s first big group of the year on the whitewater section could also be our best group of the year? Not only was the average age of this group 68 years old. Not only did...
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