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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Outdoor Adventure & Travel Show

4:37 PM, Posted by Unknown, No Comment

For all of you that couldn’t make it to the show here is a picture of the booth. Otter Rafting Adventures really stood out at the show with everyone wearing tie-die t-shirts. Four people make quite an impression. With all the contacts we made we expect to have a busy, fun season.

The draw for the rafting trip for two will be made on Friday, April 2. You’ll have to check back here to see who won it. Good luck to everyone that entered.

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

The Outdoor Adventure & Travel Show

10:40 AM, Posted by Unknown, No Comment

At Otter Rafting Adventures, we're still busy getting ready for The Outdoor Adventure & Travel Show. It takes place at the the BMO Centre - Stampede Park in Calgary on Mar 27 & 28. I have some free admission and 2 for 1 passes to give away! Call me at 1-800-661-7379 for yours.

Drop into our booth, #531, and enter to win a full day raft trip for two or an Otter Rafting T-shirt, an original, you’ll never see another one like it!! We’ll announce the name of the winner on this blog, with a picture of the t-shirt for all to see after the show – be sure to watch our blog for the name of the lucky winners.

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For those looking for part-time work, bring along your resume and introductory letter outlining your paddling skills, or just drop in and chat.

See you at the show !!

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Rafting down the Staircase.

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At Otter Rafting Adventures, one of the rapids we run on the Red Deer River is called the Staircase. It is a series of drops of different sizes over a short distance. Its lot’s of fun because of the length of time of the continuous action. Also, if at any time you make a mistake in your run down it, you have to quickly pick a new line for the remainder of the ledges. Since every group is different and the water levels are always changing you have several decisions to make at the start of the rapid.

Here is a video from late in the season when the river levels have dropped and you can actually have someone on board with a camera and not paddling. I’ve had to edit it quite a bit so the time the video runs is a fraction of the actual time it takes you to paddle down the Staircase.