Read these reports to learn from others' mistakes and avoid hardship onriver trip. Note: These are not exhaustive lists, but mere samples of the types of river incidents recorded over the years.





Fatal Incidents:

Date Location Flow

(CFS) Age Sex Type of

Trip 08/30/67 Spanish Bottom 5,140 26 M Comm 05/31/73 Big Drops 34,800 60 M Private 08/07/74 Mile 206 6,740 56 M Comm 06/20/75 Rapid 3 47,700 24 M Private 06/12/79 Brown Betty Rapid 49,200 20 M Private 05/25/80 The Slide 38,400 25 M Private 11/10/82 Big Drop Three 12,480 32 F Private 05/20/83 Big Drop Two or Three 32,600 48 M Private 04/27/93 Big Drop Three 18,840 46 M Private 05/29/93 Big Drop Two 69,900 70 M Private 06/03/93 Mile Long to Big Drops 63,300 51 M Private 05/17/95 Big Drop Two 33,900 41 M Comm 09/27/97 Big Drop Two 16,890 40 M Private 05/12/00 Big Drop Two 27,000 74 M Comm





Non-Fatal Injury/Illness Incidents:

Collapsed Siltbank

Airplane Crash

Fall Overboard, Cut by Propeller

Jump into Shallow Water

Woeful Unpreparedness

Capsized, then Started a Wildfire

Attempted Suicide

Capsized Kayaks

Jump from Unstable Sandbank

Capsized, Hypothermia

Miscarriage

Near-Drowning

Hiking Fall

Kidney Stones

Impaired Judgement (Alcohol)

Involuntary Swimming

Preexisting Health Condition

Runaway Canoe

Hiking & Involuntary Swimming

Flooded & Lost Canoe

Flash Flood in Campsite