The Whitewater Rafting Life style

low water cataraft trip, middle fork of the salmon, Idaho

At JPW we look at the lifestyle from many different angles. We think that our customers like the sort of things that we like. The thing we like the most about rafting in the west is the camping. I like that first cup of coffee in the morning, and watching the sun hit the cliffs, with the light reflecting off the canyon walls. The feeling that you are with a group of your best friends doing something that not a whole lot of people understand or know about, and the opposite feelings of serenity and excitement that can come from the experience of camping and whitewater in the same day. Fishing, and hunting are important parts too. We all know that if we come to catch fish, we may get skunked, but if we come to enjoy the experience we cannot loose. That is really how the rafting life style is. If we come for the experience, and go with the flow, we cannot loose.

JPW products get you there with comfort, safety, and performance. Performance is defined by different people in many different ways because of different experiences with this life style. Therefore we would like to invite our customers to let us know what it means to them, and allow us to help them acquire the parts that put the whole lifestyle together for them. It is not important that you use our's or a competitor’s boat. What is important is that you are enjoying the experience. Yet this is an attempt to get customers to think about components for life style, and ask us the hard questions about how we may make that life style work better for them. At JPW, we think we perform this vital function better than any of our competitors.

The rafting life style transfers to all kinds of camping and adventure experiences. We feel we have a responsibility to enhance access to the outdoor experience. The earth is a great gift, it is important to explore, embrace, and preserve it. This is why we say that JPW changes the world one life style at a time.

While looking at the links below, think about the lifestyles of the people and the experiences that they had. The people at JPW want you to share in those lifestyle experiences too. We appreciate it when you share them with us.

Sincerely,

Jack Kloepfer –Pres. Jpwinc

camping with kids on the san juan river,Utah

Animas Amazons,gore canyon race, custom self bailing raft

A Interesting trips using our inflatable products, dry bags and paco pads- Some examples

journey down the Rio Santo Domingo In Mexico- About 1991
Fat Cat in the Grand Canyon, and the meaning of the universe- Chip rawlings
The first Eltigre made on the Selway in high water- Around 1995
Hugh Cannard- Helicopter put ins and other general Culebra fun in New Zeland 2014
Dare to Dream Macpac Challenger rows across the atlantic the hard way from New York to England. Paco pads on board.

B rafting History

1 High water in grand 1983- What really almost happened to Glen Canyon Dam

A part 1 of 2 – Video by Jeff Aranson

B part 2 of 2 –Video by Jeff Aranson

2 History of cat development - Who started the cataraft thing on the Colorado plateau

3 warm springs rapid how it came to be.

A the film preview

B the full film

4 History of Inflatable Boats and How they Saved Western Rivers

This is a more complete history including the Mexican & Civil War additions, with added Lincoln and Mark Twain and some more stuff on WWII.

by Herm Hoops

5 History of the Yampa river

A ___History of warm springs rapid, old video footage, Hear and see the old timers talk about the first runs.

B ___See the preview to the film

C ___Take a trip down the yampa with Google maps street views. Courtesy of American Rivers

C River trails project

D currents film and solar powered raft

1 Jack’s write up of the first traverse of Lake Powell with solar power

2 Currents film web site- watch on You Tube

3 Second traverse in video Hite to Wahweep a video of the trip

E the next Generation- they come from being on a commercial raft trip, being a guide on a commercial trip, or from outdoor leadership programs.

1 Students from Wyoming Catholic College use the culebra for whitewater raft training - Out door leadership

2 A day in the life of a commercial guide or passenger- Hatch River Expeditions video clip

F Baja mobile domes – Video-Taking inflatable tent structures to a new level

G Gold mining – we have many cats in Alaska in the Bearing sea. This is one has a sluice on top.

1 catarafts for beginners- Originally written for gold miners, for design purposes.

H special customers –special projects

1 Rio Grand River Guide by Paul Bauer

2 San Juan River Cleanup

3 Rio Santiago project - Mexico

I grand canyon private food preservation

J invasive muscle species

1 Utah wildlife invasive muscles web site

2 Arizona Invasive aquatic species web site

K Low water river survey Gila River AZ

L what to know if you are a first time rafting customer

M--- River Geek An interesting perspective of rafting western rivers with permit information and other usefull stuff

N --Animas Amazons.. the story behind This down river race team and our colaboration with them to build the best down river race raft.

O-- our poster

P--Cutthroat paddling modification from Wisconsin to Oregon via Commercial aircraft

Q--Lake Powell Environmental information

R--Row Across the North Atlantic, Sleep on Paco pads

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