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River spits the lead guide out of the raft and then flips the boat over, completely upside down. three of the rafters surface near the boat and are taken downstream and ultimately to safety. but two rafters are stuck in the hydraulic. >> we have a man and a woman out there. and the guy is a football player, super burly guy, but he was probably one of the least experienced people on the team. and he was very scared. theres nothing we can do out there because its so far out there. its just so hear...

Rafters coming through. as a precaution, a large team is standing on the banks of the river with throw rope on hand. one of them is eric nugturn. >> in a class 5 river, its really something where the group youre with is probably the most important decision you can make, because theyre really the ones that are there to save you if you make a big mistake. >> the team has already surveyed the rapid and now theyre ready to tackle it. >> first raft lines up nicely. raft goes over the waterfall, and t...

Of the raft and then flips the boat over completely upside down. three of the rafters surface near the boat and are taken downstream and ultimately to safety. but two rafters are stuck in the hydraulic. >> we have a man and a woman out there. and the guy is a football player, super burly guy, but he was probably one of the least experienced people on the team. and he was very scared. theres nothing we can do out there because its so far out there. its just so heartbreaking. so they both try and ...

River with throw rope on hand. one of them is eric nugturn. >> in a class 5 river, its really something where the group youre with is probably the most important decision you can make, because theyre really the ones that are there to save you if you make a big mistake. >> the team has already surveyed the rapid and now theyre ready to tackle it. >> first raft lines up nicely. raft goes over the waterfall, and then they come through that unscathed. and, you know, theres a big cheer. and then the ...

Experience. >> there are days when you just feel invincible, your crew is firing on all cylinders. then every once in a while, you get this feeling that things just arent happening right or maybe theres just something inside you that worries a little bit. >> on this date, its not a commercial raft trip. but a group of guides and experienced boaters with high expectations of riding the big one. there are four rafts in the water and each is approaching the most formidable rapid of the day. one wit...

At this point. >> in a matter of seconds the river spits the lead guide out of the raft and then flips the boat over, completely upside down. three of the rafters surface near the boat and are taken downstream and ultimately to safety. but two rafters are stuck in the hydraulic. >> we have a man and a woman out there. and the guy is a football player, super burly guy, but he was probably one of the least experienced people on the team. and he was very scared. theres nothing we can do out there b...

As a precaution, a large team is standing on the banks of the river with throw rope on hand. one of them is eric nugturn. >> in a class 5 river, something where the group youre with is probably the most important decision you can make because theyre really the ones that are there to save you if you make a big mistake. >> the team has already surveyed the rapid, and now theyre ready to tackle it. >> first raft lines up nicely. raft goes over the waterfall, and then they come through that unscathe...

River spits the lead guide out of the raft and then flips the boat over, completely upside down. three of the rafters surface near the boat and are taken downstream and ultimately to safety. but two rafters are stuck in the hydraulic. >> we have a man and a woman out there. and the guy is a football player, super burly guy, but he was probably one of the least experienced people on the team. and he was very scared. theres nothing we can do out there because its so far out there. its just so hear...

Video camera that day and gets on top of the rocks to film the rafters coming through. as a precaution, a large team is standing on the banks of the river with throw rope on hand. one of them is eric nugturn. >> in a class 5 river, something where the group youre with is probably the most important decision you can make because theyre really the ones that are there to save you if you make a big mistake. >> the team has already surveyed the rapid, and now theyre ready to tackle it. >> first raft ...

Rafters coming through. as a precaution, a large team is standing on the banks of the river with throw rope on hand. one of them is eric nugturn. >> in a class 5 river, something where the group youre with is probably the most important decision you can make because theyre really the ones that are there to save you if you make a big mistake. >> the team has already surveyed the rapid, and now theyre ready to tackle it. >> first raft lines up nicely. raft goes over the waterfall, and then they co...