I have every confidence that I will not remain in the raft. We were attempting to surf some piddly-assed class III rapid whose name I cannot remember, so it has been renamed for this story, as has the last rapid of the day. This rapid is in a shallow and narrow area of the river, just a few hundred yards from the put in. Water is ripping through at a fast and furious pace. Lance gives us the hard forward command- we oblige.
Cheers erupt from down river.
Guy lunges forward, trying to push the nose of our tiny little C-4 into the hole. Onward to Initiation, the first Class IV rapid of the day. This one is long and steep and offers some really big waves with a fast drop. Lance's C-4 raft becomes appreciated in this one. We all realize how much more maneuverable it is, and know that it will allow us to have a much more fun ride than those sorry folks in the bigger boats.