Urban Motivation
Adventure Magazine|June - July 2019

Being not far away from my 61st birthday, I thought my days of rafting customers on the Grade 5 section of the Rangitikei River were over. Recently, that has proved not to be the case.

- Brian Megaw
Urban Motivation

BACK ON THE RIVER

Being not far away from my 61st birthday, I thought my days of rafting customers on the Grade 5 section of the Rangitikei River were over. Recently, that has proved not to be the case.

Winter is always when the older experienced senior guides come out of the woodwork. This winter is no exception. On any given day, between the four of us who generally guide during this period, there can be up to 97 years of river guiding experience. That is quite something.

Over winter, it is also more of a family affair. There is me, father and grandfather, Janey the eldest daughter, Tom her husband, and long-time friend and fellow river guide Paul Eames. PaulE, as we know him, operates his own company in Mangaweka over the summer but gets up on the Grade 5 section in winter. Talking about family, on occasion, Max Sage, the junior of the bunch and my nephew, Janey’s cousin, is also on the river.

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この蚘事は Adventure Magazine の June - July 2019 版に掲茉されおいたす。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トラむアルを開始しお、䜕千もの厳遞されたプレミアム ストヌリヌ、9,000 以䞊の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしおください。

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