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Archive Home > 2010 > May > 14 > A rush of cold water to the head

A rush of cold water to the head

Whitewater rafting season is under way on the Upper Deschutes' Big Eddy Rapids

By Mark Morical / The Bulletin
May 14, 2010

We had little time to dwell on the piercing shock of frigid 52-degree Deschutes River water completely drenching us.

There was paddling to do.

“Forward!” Chris Smith shouted from the back of the raft on Thursday morning.

Three other rafters and I paddled hard through “the Notch” of Big Eddy....

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