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History of Whitewater Rafting

It is interesting to note that whitewaterthe first ever commercial whitewater trip was
rafting was one of the earliest forms ofundertaken. At first, surplus military rafts
transportation. It was not only used forwere used as boats and it was only much later
carrying people but also for transferringthat  inflatable  rafts  were  used.
goods from one place to another. However, it
became quite popular as a form of leisurePrivate companies played a major role in
activity  in  the  1980s.augmenting the rafting business. In 1956, one
of the members of the most affluent business
In 1811, the first recorded attempt tofamilies of America, John D. Rockefeller
navigate the Snake River in Wyoming wasbuilt a resort that introduced one of the
planned by the Overland Astorians. Whilefirst floating trips in the country. However,
attempting to boat the stretch below Jacksonit only evoked a lukewarm response. Later, in
Hole, the river was found to be toothe 1960s and 1970s, exclusive whitewater
treacherous and it came to be called ?Madrafting companies were formed. These include
River.?the Becker-Cooke Expeditions, Hatch River
Expeditions  and  Slickrock  Adventures.
The rubber river raft is believed to have
been invented in the early 1840s. It wasRafting was first included in the Munich
first made by Lt. John Fremont, who was thenOlympic Games, 1972. Subsequently, it was
serving in the U.S army and Horace H. Day.included in the 1992 Barcelona Games and the
They invented the rubber raft with the1996 Atlanta Games. In 1996, the Ocoee River
intention of surveying the Rocky Mountainsin Tennessee Valley played host to the
and the Great Plains. Although the raft waswhitewater events of the Summer Olympic
invented in the mid-nineteenth century, itGames.
was not until the turn of the century that



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