John Whaley in the magnificent Grand Canyon of the Elwha
Alsea, Upper North Fork: III (V)
Agua Azul: V ( V+ )     ( Mexico, By Ben Stookesberry )
American River, North Fork ( Giant Gap ): IV+ ( V )     ( California )
Ashlu River ( Box Canyon ): V - V+     ( A video featuring the Box Canyon of the Ashlu, British Columbia, by Barney Bonito and Craig Ernst )
Black Rock Fork of the SF Coquille: IV ( V )     ( Exploratory Descent )
Blue River: IV ( V )
Breitenbush River: ( IV )

Brewster Canyon ( East Fork Coquille ) : V

Bridge River : IV ( V )     ( British Columbia )
Box Canyon of the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone: V+ ( P )
Burungdi River: V - V+     ( Nepal )
Buey River: ( V+ - VI )     ( Colombian multi-day exploratory by Ben Stookesberry and Jesse Coombs )
Calapooia River, the Upper Upper section: III ( IV )
Cachoeirihma River: V - V+     ( Brazil, First known kayak descent, Ben Stookesberry, Ben Zupo, Jesse Coombs, Ryan MacPherson )
Camanducaia River: V - V+     ( Brazil, First known descent of the Cascades of the Camaducaia, Jesse Coombs )
Campo Belo River: V     ( Brazil, First known descent )
Cascada Micos: IV     ( Mexico, By Nico Zegre )
Cascade River: V     ( By Chris Arnold, Northern Washington Cascades )
Clackamas River, The June Creek section: III ( IV )
Clackamas River, The Upper: III ( IV )
Clackamas River, Killer Fang section: IV ( VI )
Clackamas River, North Fork: IV+ ( V , P )

Clackamas River, Oak Grove Fork: III - V ( VI )
Clackamas River, South Fork: IV - V
Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone ( Box Canyon multi-day ): V+ ( P )
Cle Elum River, The China Gorge Section: IV+ ( V )
Cispus River, North Fork: IV ( V )
Cispus River, Super Slides Run: V ( P )

Cispus River, the Upper Upper: V ( V+ )
Collowash River, the Middle: III+ to IV
Collowash River, the Upper Section: ( IV+ to V- , P )
Colorado River through the Grand Canyon: 226 miles, 18 days     ( Arizona )
Cooper River Gorge: ( V )     ( Central Washington )
Coquille River, Lower: III-IV

Coquille River, South Fork ( Coal Creek Canyon ): IV ( V )

Coquille River, Upper South Fork ( The Gem ): ( V )     ( By Steve Stuckmeyer ( text only ) )
Coquille River, Upper Upper South Fork ( Cataract Canyon ): V+ to VI

Coquille River, East Fork ( Brewster Canyon ) : V

Cotahuasi River: IV ( V )     ( Peru, by Robert Bart )
Crooked River : IV

Cunha River: IV ( VI )     ( Brazil, First known descent, Ben Stookesberry, Ben Zupo, Jesse Coombs, Ryan MacPherson )
Dean River: V ( V+ )     ( Northern British Columbia, Multi-day expedition by Robert Bart )
Deschutes River, Upper ( The Canyon Run ): IV ( V )
Deschutes River, Upper ( The Riverhouse run ): IV
Deschutes River, Upper ( Dillon Falls to Meadow Camp ): IV ( V )
Deschutes River, Upper Upper ( Benham Falls ): V
Devil's Lake Fork of the Wilson ( Headwaters run )
East fork of the Lewis River, The Waterfall Run: IV ( V )

East Fork of the South Fork Salmon ( The Upper Fifteen Miles ): IV - V

Elwha River, The Grand Canyon of the Elwha: ( V )     ( Summer 2000 )
Elwha River, The Grand Canyon of the Elwha: V     ( Summer 2002 )
El Salto ( Rio Valles ): IV ( V )     ( Mexico, by Nico Zegre )
Entiat River ( The Canyon ): IV - IV+     By Chris Arnold
Feather River, Middle Fork - 2009 ( Devils Canyon Wilderness Run ): V ( P )     ( California Sierras ) - By Chris Arnold
      Feather River, Middle Fork - 2003 ( Devils Canyon Wilderness Run ): V ( P )     ( California Sierras ) - By Jason Rackley

Feather River, South Fork: IV - V ( P )     ( California Sierras )
Foss River: IV+

Fumaca De Fumaca section of the Preto River: V+ ( P )     ( Brazil. First known descent, Ben Stookesberry, Ben Zupo, Jesse Coombs, Ryan MacPherson )
Gore Canyon: IV - V ( paddled at floodstage )     ( Colorado, trip report by Jesse Coombs, film by Ben Stookesberry )
Grand Canyon, Colorado River: 226 miles, 18 days     ( Arizona )
Grays River: IV ( V )

Hells Kitchen section of the NF Stanislaus: V+     ( A Ben Stookesberry Film )
Hood River, Upper Middle Fork: IV - IV+     By Chris Arnold
Hood River, Upper East Fork: IV+
Illinois River: IV+ ( V )     By Steve Stuckmeyer
Laurenco Velho River: V+     ( Brazil, first known descent, Ben Stookesberry and Jesse Coombs )
Lewis River, Upper North Fork: IV - IV+ ( P )     ( By Chris Arnold )
Little Klickitat River: IV+ ( V )

Little North Santiam River, Headwaters of Opal Creek: IV - V , ( P )     ( First known descent, Josh Knapp and Jason Rackley )

Little North Santiam River, Upper Opal Creek: ( IV+ )

Little North Santiam River, Lower Opal Creek: IV ( V )


Little North Santiam River, Opal Gorge: IV - V ( P )

Little River ( Upper Section ): IV ( V )

Little Sandy Gorge: V ( VI , P )

Little Wenatchee River: IV ( V )

Little White Salmon River: ( V - V+ ) - The Upper

Little White Salmon River: ( V - V+ ) - The Lower

Lochsa River ( The Upper ): IV     ( Northern Idaho )
Lost River: IV+ ( P )     ( By Thomas O'Keefe )
McKenzie River ( The Headwaters ): IV-V ( V , P )
Middle Santiam ( The Concussion Run ): IV
Miracle Mile: V     ( Photo Guide at medium flows, 1.5 feet on the gauge )
Mollala River ( The Three Bears Run ): III ( IV )
Mollala River, North Fork: ( IV+ )

Mollala River, Table Rock Fork: III ( IV )

Mollala River, Table Rock Fork Gorge: IV - V

Murtaugh Canyon: IV - V     ( Idaho, Snake River )
New River: IV+ ( V ) , Northern California     ( By Steve Stuckmeyer )
NFMF of the Willamette, The Miracle Mile: V     ( Photo Guide at low flows, 6 inches on the gauge )
NFMF of the Willamette, The Miracle Mile: V     ( Photo Guide at medium flows, 1.5 feet on the gauge )
NFMF of the Willamette, The Miracle Mile: V     ( My first trip down - text only )
NFMF of the Willamette, Exploring the headwaters: V ( P )     ( By Dave Mcneil )
NFMF of the Willamette, Paddling the headwaters: V ( P )     ( First known descent, by Ben Stooksberry )
NFMF Willamette, the lower gorge: IV ( V )
Nisqually River, The La Grande Canyon Section: ( IV+ to V, P )     ( Originally posted as an essay entitled 'Too little, too late' on the Tales page. )
North Fork Lewis River ( The Upper ): IV - IV+ ( P )     ( By Chris Arnold )
North Santiam, Niagara section: III ( IV, V )
Oetz River: ( V )     ( Austria, by Jurgen Nickles )
Ohanepecosh River: V ( V+ )
Ohanepecosh River (The headwaters): V ( V+ )     ( By Isaac Priestly )
Owyhee River: III     ( The lower canyon at 6,000 - 9,000 cfs )

Owyhee River: IV ( V )     ( The Upper Owyhee, by Steve Stuckmeyer )
Palouse River ( The Upper ): III ( V )     ( By David Chatham )
Payette River ( Idaho - North Fork, Lower Five ): V

Payette River ( Idaho - South Fork Canyon ): IV ( V+ )

Preto River, Fumaca De Fumaca section: V+ ( P )     ( Brazil. First known descent, Ben Stookesberry, Ben Zupo, Jesse Coombs, Ryan MacPherson )
Quinuault River, North Fork Gorge: V ( P )
Roaring River ( the lower ): IV+

Roaring River ( the upper ): IV+ ( V )

Robe Canyon, SF Stillaguamish: V ( V+ )

Rogue River, Middle Fork Gorge: IV+ - V     ( By Nick Sinderson )
Rogue River, North Fork- The Natural Bridge Section: IV ( VI )

Rogue River, North Fork- The Mill Creek Section: ( IV+ )

Rogue River, North Fork- Takilma Gorge: ( IV+ )

Salmon River, California, (The Cal Salmon): IV ( V )     ( At 500 cfs - By Mike Haley )
Salmon River, California, ( The Cal Salmon ): IV ( V )     ( At 3,400 cfs, 2004 )
Salmon River Canyon, Oregon: V - V+     ( 2007, The complete guide by Ryan Scott and the fifth no-portage descent )
      Salmon River Canyon, Oregon: V - V+     ( The Fourth known descent )
      Salmon River Canyon - Oregon: V - V+     ( The First no-portage descent )
      Salmon River Canyon - Oregon: V - V+     ( Exploring the canyon prior to the first descent )
Salmon River, Idaho, South Fork ( The Goat Creek Section ): IV

Salmon River, Idaho, South Fork ( The Wilderness Section ): IV - V-

Salmonberry River (North Fork): III+ ( V , VI )

Sandy River Gorge: ( IV )

Sarapiqui River ( Box Canyon run ): V+     ( Paddling the Box Canyon of the Sarapiqui in Costa Rica, By Ben Stookesberry )
Santa Domingo River: V+ to VI     ( Mexico - Exploratory descent, by Ben Stookesberry and Jesse Coombs )
Scott River: IV ( V )     ( Northern California )
Selway River: IV     ( Northern Idaho - Wild and Scenic section )
Siletz River, North Fork: III - IV
Skokomish River, North Fork: IV+ - V ( P )
Skokomish River, South Fork: IV+ ( V , P )
Snake River, ( Murtaugh Canyon ): IV - V     ( Idaho )
Smith River, North Fork: III ( IV )
Smith River, Oregon Hole Gorge: IV
    - Smith River, Oregon Hole Gorge at 80,000 cfs: V       Originally published as the story 'Park and Pray', by Paul Gamache
Smith River, Lower South Fork Gorge: IV+
Smith River, Upper South Fork Gorge: V
Soda Fork of the South Santiam: V

South Fork Payette River ( Idaho - Canyon section ): IV ( V+ ))

South Santiam, The Monster Section: IV ( VI )

South Santiam, Mountain House Section: V

South Fork Salmon ( Idaho - The Goat Creek Section ): IV

South Umpqua, The Three Falls Section: III ( IV - V )     ( Exploratory Descent )
Stanislaus River, North Fork ( Hells Kitchen ): V+     ( A Ben Stookesberry Film )
Sultan River ( The Upper ): IV+     ( By Thomas O'Keefe - 2003 )
Sultan River ( The Upper ): IV+     ( By Jeff Bowman - 2005 )
The Three Falls Run on the South Umpqua River: III ( IV - V )     ( Exploratory Descent )
Trinity River, North Fork: V ( P )     ( Northern California, by Steve Stuckmeyer (2001) )
Trinity River, North Fork: V ( P )     ( Northern California, by Jason Rackley (2003) )
Trinity River, South Fork (Klondike Mine): V ( P )     ( Northern California )
Tye River, Upper (The Top Tye): IV - V ( VI )     ( 2007, by Ryan Scott with the CRG crew )
Tye River, Upper (The Top Tye): IV - V ( VI )     ( 2002, by Darren Albright )
Washougal River, the waterfall run: ( V )     ( Southern Washington )
Washougal River, the Upper Upper: ( V )     ( Southern Washington )
Washougal River, The North Fork: IV ( V )     ( Southern Washington )
White River, The Lower: III ( IV )

White River, the Upper: III - IV ( IV )

White River, Celestial Gorge at flood: VI

White Salmon River, The Farmlands: IV+ ( V )     ( Southern Washington )
White Salmon River, The Green Truss section: V ( P )     ( Southern Washington )
      Truss Tales I: Double Trouble
      Truss Tales II: Critical mass for carnage
      Truss Tales III: Green Truss 2005
White Salmon River, The Green Canyon section ( The 'headwaters run' ): IV+ - V     ( Southern Washington )
Wind River, Lower: IV ( V , P )     ( Southern Washington )
A summer run over Shepherds Falls on the Lower Wind

Wind River, Upper: ( IV+ )     ( Southern Washington )
Yuba River, North Fork (Sierra City): IV ( V )     ( California Sierras )
Yuba River, North Fork ( Loves Falls ): V - V+ ( P )     ( California Sierras )
Yuba River, South Fork (49 to Bridgeport): IV+ to V     ( California Sierras )
Zambezi River: V     ( An African big-water classic, by Jon Fowlkes )

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