...White Water Rafting ACC 543 April 2, 2012 White Water Rafting Consultation When considering options to choose when starting a whitewater rafting business, one can become overwhelmed by the number of laws and regulations in place that must be followed and which can limit other decisions for the location and running of the business. Insurance laws and land use regulations vary from state to state; both of these will have a significant impact on how a company conducts business. Real property and personal property laws also vary between the states and play a significant role in business decisions. Research into insurance laws, environmental regulations, and the impact of real versus personal property laws in states considered for business operations is paramount to a successful business venture. Real and personal property acquisition A whitewater rafting business requires operating from the ground up. In searching for the best place suited to start up this business three sites where chosen, the Nolichucky River in North Carolina, the Chattooga River in South Carolina, and the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon in Arizona. There are two kinds of property, personal and real. Personal property in all three states is classified as movable. Mobile homes are classed as personal property and may be acquired with minimal formality. According to all state laws, mobile homes as personal property depreciate in value. Real property is immovable or attached to the land and...
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...I remember a time in my life not too long ago when my family and I went white water rafting for the first time. We had been spending some of our summer vacation at a cabin in the Smokey Mountains, close to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The next day we would experience feelings of exhilarating excitement, with a sense of suspense and anticipation as we rafted down the Nantahala River. I recall in vivid detail the scenery around us as we Adventures on the Rapids Adventures on the Rapids "This could be your last meal," my mother jokingly said before we left that day. The day was bright, and the sun gleaming. ... embarked on our perilous journey down the Nantahala. We arrived at the drop-off point in the early afternoon the next day. The sweet smell of fresh pine trees was floating in the air and a soft midsummer breeze was brushing against our faces. After receiving directions and safety precautions from our rafting instructor, we geared up, boarded our raft, and set out for our voyage down the treacherous Nantahala. Sharing the experience with me were my mother, aunt, uncle, and Adventures On The Rapids Adventures on the Rapids "This could be your last meal," my mother jokingly said before we left that day. The day was bright, and the sun gleaming. The group ... cousin ;along with out rafting guide. We were all ready for a fun and safe ride down the Nantahala. As we started to slowly drift down the river, seemingly inch by inch, I began to have feelings of disappointment. I had been...
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...Krauss: In preparation for our meeting on May 8, I have taken it upon myself to research river rafting to prepare our staff for their trip next month. River rafting, also known as whitewater rafting, is a recreational activity using an inflatable raft to navigate rivers or other bodies of water. The difficulty of the course is measured by the roughness of the water. A scale ranging from 1 to 6 is used with 1 representing calm waters and 6 representing rough waters. Rafting is a great activity for anyone and everyone. “It not only offers adrenaline-pumping action for the adventurous lot but also ample scope for nature lovers and solitude seekers to soak in the beauties of nature while floating along lazily”.[1] However, we must all keep in mind that river rafting can be a dangerous sport. Adequate planning and following the safety tips below can greatly reduce the risk of injury. • Avoid river rafting alone. Whether you are an experienced river rafter or not, it is important to always have someone with you. • Avoid alcoholic beverages before rafting. However, it is important that one drinks liquids such as water before, during, and after the rafting experience. • Avoid rafting in the dark. By starting early in the morning and ending before the sun sets we reduce the danger of hitting big rocks and encountering huge waterfalls.[2] When river rafting, one must dress accordingly. Please adhere to the following clothing requirements: • Wear...
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...Jake Livingston Mrs. Niel English composition 101 MW 1-12:30 9-10-11 Underneath the Rapids “Jake, come and eat before your brothers eat everything!” It was another gorgeous morning in the West Virginian Mountains. My parents decided that we all needed to bond a little more as a family, so they planned for us all to go on a family vacation. This wasn’t such a terrible idea seeing as how my brothers seemed to hate me, as all older brothers hate their snitch little brothers. They decided that a white water rafting trip seemed like a fun idea for the boys. My sister had to stay home because she was pregnant with her first child. So off we went in the summer of 2005, to good ole’ West Virginia. I was 12 at the time, while my older brothers, Nate and Nick, were 19 and 17. Nate was a two time convicted felon who loved to drink at the time. His life wasn’t exactly going down the right path and my parents wanted to try and connect with him more. Nick on the other hand was a pretty nice kid who was well liked in the community, he had his secrets though. Nick loved to sneak out and go to girl’s houses late at night, I was fortunate enough to share a room with him. Every time he would sneak out when I was still awake, I would tell my parents. I don’t know why I did this to my own older brother; I guess I just liked the attention. He would know it was me and beat me up for betraying him, which would inevitably end up in even more trouble for him. So as you can guess he didn’t like...
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...opportunity for doing something about Rocky Mountain Adventures Inc. After that we are all group member give thanks one another because we are unanimous on a point for work about Rocky Mountain Adventures Inc. That’s really helps us to know about the Competitors, Driving force, Company’s Competitive strength, SWOT, Competitive strength measure , key success factor etc. Rocky Mountain Adventures Inc. (Summary) Bill and his partner, Dave Costlow, were the owners of Rocky Mountain Adventures (RMA), an outdoor outfitter in Fort Collins, Colorado. The company sold and rented outdoor recreation equipment, led whitewater rafting excursions on five Colorado rivers, guided fly-fishing excursions in Colorado and Wyoming, and coordinated guided fly-fishing, hiking, and rafting expeditions in Siberia and the Patagonia region of Chile and Argentina. The scope of RMA's operations and its annual revenues had increased substantially since the company had been purchased by Dave and Bill in 1993. The opportunities they had identified included adding a second-floor restaurant to their Fort Collins store, building a mountain outpost and lodge in northern Colorado or southern Wyoming and...
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...Assignment Duluth Outdoor Adventures, LLC Adventure #1: Whitewater rafting In consideration of being allowed to participate in the Duluth Outdoor Adventures, LLC. whitewater rafting adventures, I, myself, have read and agree to the following: 1. I understand and acknowledge that to participate in any activity related to whitewater rafting I must be in good health and in proper physical condition. If there are any, possibly harmful, adventures that I no longer want to take part of I will notify the instructor assigned to my group immediately so that I, myself, can disembarrass from this activity and will no longer take part in this activity. 2.I understand and acknowledge that there are dangerous risks taken with whitewater rafting. I understand that a part of the thrill can cause dangerous, possibly fatal injuries to my person. These injuries include but are not limited to drowning, concussions, broken bones, heart failure, whiplash, cuts, scrapes, contusions, and possible death. I understand and accept full responsibility for all of the possible physical injuries and/or death that might occur to my person during my participation in this activity, whitewater rafting. I UNDERSTAND THAT IN PARTICIPATING WITH WHITEWATER RAFTING, I AGREE THAT I WILL NOT SUE AND HOLD DULUTH OUTDOOR ADVENTURES LLC. LIABLE FOR ANY HARM CAUSED TO MY PERSON. IF ANY HARM COMES TO MY PERSON WHILE USING ANY OF THE WHITEWATER RAFTING FACILITIES, EVEN IF I DECLARE THAT THE INJURY IS DUE TO NEGLIGENCE...
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...Rafting Water. It seems like such a simple word. Add freezing and training to that and you get my training for my summer job. This past summer I worked at North Woods Rafting as a white water raft guide. Before I could officially call myself a guide I had to go through training, but this wasn’t the ordinary show up watch a video and then attend a CPR class type of training. Well, we did watch a video and take a CPR certification class, but there was much more to it. On the first day of training I arrived at 7 am on a cold May morning. Now for most people May is a month where the weather is usually nice and warm, but I live in northern New Hampshire. Here that May day was barely 36 degrees and the water temperature wasn’t any different. We were shown a video and sized to receive our guide gear. After struggling into a wetsuit and layering on as much fleece as possible we were read; albeit slight reluctant to begin training. The first bit of training was rafts themselves. We were taught how to open and close valve and the terminology that goes with the rafts. We were shown how to blow up the boats and how to tell when they were done. A few facts were thrown into the mix also. For example did you know that most river rafts alone weigh around 200 pounds? Also if you leave a fully inflated raft in the sun the heat would cause the chambers to expand and eventually explode! Next we loaded up the trailer and headed to the Pontook Dam on the Androscoggin...
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...Salmon River Weekend Reflection On the weekend of April 22nd through the 23rd, the University of Idaho Recreation 224 class led by Bruce Saxman took a trip to the Lower Salmon River for a spring whitewater rafting trip. With a group of fourteen people, we brought two separate rafts for individuals to get different experiences piloting each style of boat. The first raft, which was slightly smaller, was a frameless paddle boat that could hold a few less people but was also more maneuverable. The second boat was a stern-framed raft that was a few feet longer and had quite a bit more capacity for both people and gear. Since the group was not camping on the river, the amount of space that was left was largely unused on account of all the gear being left in the vehicles. Participants had widely varying expectations of this trip and many were apprehensive about the river, weather, and other factors, but they pulled together and actually created an exceptional recreational experience. There was one student in particular, named Grant Curtis, who seemed to really enjoy himself during the entire trip. The outcome he excelled at the most was absolutely the river running portion. Though he had some experience with maneuvering through swift water, he had never experienced anything like the Salmon River. The water was running exceptionally high at an accelerated pace which made most of the rapids far less daunting. That being said, from the road, it seemed as if both boats would have an...
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...TOP 5 RIVERS IN WEST VIRGINIA Having an odyssey to West Virginia, you cannot miss its stunning landscape, especially a treasury of superb rivers there. Whether go fishing or kayaking, diving or rafting, you can enjoy the rivers to the maximum with whatever you want. Here are top 6 rivers in West Virginia that we have asked the locals. 1. New River Gorge There is a lot to do when you visit the New River Gorge National River. The Gorge is fantabulous with many surrounding mountains leading down to the river. Hiking, driving under the bridge, walking underneath the bridge on a catwalk, or river rafting are all interesting. Do not forget to visit ghost towns. Make sure you have a camera with you as you will not want to miss this tremendous chance to...
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...mountain Keep hope alive! page 4 page 6 page 8 These texts look at different kinds of challenges, from taking part in extreme sports to experiences that change the way people think. They also explore how facing a challenge can inspire people. Facing the challenge FTC_booklet_282644.indd 3 3 12/12/07 2:18:04 pm In this article, Louise Rogers tries to understand why young people are attracted to extreme sports. You can now go deep sea diving without oxygen and do parachute jumping from space. These activities are apparently some of the latest examples of extreme sports. They certainly sound extremely dangerous, and it’s tempting to call them extremely stupid too. You begin to wonder what people will do next: white water rafting without the raft? Skateboarding down Everest? What exactly are extreme sports anyway? According to sports expert Angie Naidoo, they are action sports usually done by someone on their own rather than in a team. ‘Extreme sports involve more than one of the following: speed, height, danger or spectacular stunts,’ explains Angie. ‘They are also often about challenging some aspect of the natural world, whether it’s defying gravity or scaling a very high mountain. They are not all as extreme as parachuting from space! And extreme sports are not just a recent trend either: skiing, skateboarding, in-line skating and mountain biking are all examples of extreme sports that people have done for years.’ Moreover, these sports are becoming more and...
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...Out of all the fun things that our family did from going on a trip to Disneyland with the Andersons to our traditional winter retreat to San Francisco. The most memorable event of 2016 was freezing our tails on the white waters of Glacier National Park. This year was exceptionally special because us, as a family, went on our second rafting trip. Our host was the Glacier National Park Rafting Company and our guides were Doc and John. The two of them took our family, as well as another older couple, on the exciting overnight rafting trip. On the last few days of our Glacier park reunion, The Thompsons decided to try out a new activity to raft down a river that borders the park. After two hot days of swimming in the pool of the best Koa, we arrived ready to be sent off on the river. From the office, everyone hopped on a bus and drove about thirty minutes up stream to be let off and sent away. During that time, the guides talked about the water levels and how the river will roar depending on the time of year. When the boats were hauled off of the buss and our luggage was packed tight into the supply raft, Doc floated away downstream to meet us at the camping spot. John got us prepared and ready with the tools that we will use for the day. Even though most of us already knew, John taught us how to row and when to row using the secret language of commands that he gave. Then we set off into the the water. The...
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...River Rafting Location, Evaluation, and Analysis Lynn Lee, Gail Rickey, Brenda Wilson-Stringer ACC/543 Managerial Accounting & Legal Aspects of Business February 10, 2014 Fred Johnston River Rafting Location, Evaluation, and Analysis White water rafting has exploded into an adventure sport in the last 10 years. This explosion has broadened the business market for rafting companies in Florida, Kentucky, and California. In order to open, a new rafting business research must be conducted on the legal ramifications pertinent to the area. The direct concern are the legal aspects of real property, personal property, business insurance, and environmental issues and regulations. Evaluate the Legal Aspects of Acquiring, Holding, and Disposing of Real Property The River-Rafting Business is real property, which consist of a riverbed, and banks that are state property. It is considered public property if the river is physically navigable. Public property does not abide by the rules of real property. Cheeseman (2007) stated, “Real property is immovable or attached to immovable land or buildings, whereas personal property is movable” (p. 755). Real property plays an important role in the United States (U. S.) economy of property and ownership rights. The real property concept is concerned with the legal rights of property as opposed to the physical attributes of tangible land. Real property consisted of items of personal property...
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...We offer rafting devotees – from tenderfoots to specialists - top quality half to multi-day whitewater rafting stumbles on the most famous waterways in Nepal. Mountain River rafting gives numerous years proficient managing knowledge in kayaking and rafters downriver. Regardless of in case you're new to rafting, regardless of in the event that you go for a few hours, or a few days, and regardless of on the off chance that you can go close or a long way from home, you're certain to locate the ideal rafting excursion right...
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...damages associated with building new structures within it. Big Ben National Park, located on the Rio Grande River in Texas, is another potential site for Big Rapids. The Texas Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for the regulation of air and water pollution as well as waste reduction. The Rio Grande River is primarily used for irrigation and serves as the habitat for many species of wildlife. The E ... Merced River – California --- Yosemite Environmental regulations for the state of California are enforced by the California Environmental Protection Agency. The Cal/EPA enforces the state’s environmental protection laws that ensure clean air, clean water, clean soil, safe pesticides and waste recycling and reduction. If the rafting company wanted to open a location along the Merced River then the California Environmental Quality Act...
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...botanical garden founded in 1999 provides visitors with a colorful setting for special events, photography, community learning, and horticulture seminars. Here you also get the chance to view display gardens that feature a range of local plant species, tour the historic Adams Farmhouse or hike along the Joann Holt Walking Trail. The Columbus botanical garden is open to the public for free every day of the week from dawn to dusk. The address for the garden is 3603 Weems Rd., Columbus, GA 31909 USA. · Rafting Down the Chattahoochee River. One of the most interesting and unforgettable thing that any visitor can do during their visit to Columbus, especially in the summer, has got to be rafting down the Chatahooochee river. With the city boasting the longest of being home to the world’s longest urban white water course, white water rafting is not something you can dare miss experience while on a visit here. You get the chance to experience the Chattahoochee River rapids with some rafting and kayaking that will make for an amazing weekend. ...
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