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As a family owned and operated business White Cloud Rafting Adventures understands the struggles of vacationing on a family budget. With that in mind our #1 goal is to provide a gateway through which adventures, outdoorsmen, nature lovers and espacially families can experience rafting the Salmon River. We realize that many families would love to go rafting this summer, however its just not in the budget this year. For those of you out there who might be feeling the squeeze of the current economic times, we would like to extend a limited time 50% discount on kid prices. Just mention the blog when you make your reservation.  So take a kid rafting or take your family rafting and come play in Stanley area. Please feel free to call us for advice or suggestions on other family orantated activites in the Stanley area.  If you would like to book a trip please call 1-800-571-7238. 

The Pashigat Express 

November 7 – 21, 2009 

By Wally Limburg

Wally Limburg and Ted Fouts long time Ketchum residents, have been running white water rivers for 20 years.  We started out running rivers  in Idaho, then have branched out running rivers all over the world.  The story below is our latest adventure which took place in NE India running the Siang River which has only been open to foreigners for about 5  years and very few people have ever run the upper gorge of the Siang.

After two years of planning and enduring a thirty four-hour marathon flight, with a short stop in London, I finally arrived in Delhi, India for the beginning of a rafting expedition on the Siang River.  After touring around Delhi for several days, I meet the rest of our expedition team for a kick off dinner. 

The next morning the team boarded the plane to take us from Delhi to Dibrugarh, which is is situated on the banks of the River Brahmaputra in Upper Assam, India.   We met up with Roland...