My Adventure: by Jim King
I am fortunate to have family and a group of eight great men to go on white water rafting trips together.
We started this series of adventures in 1973 and most recently rafted the Alsek River in Alaska in July 2025. These adventures have allowed us to see the world, spend uninterrupted quality time together, and test our physical skills. In total, our group has been on 23 “bucket list” rivers of the world. It has been a great ride, and we look forward to a few more outings.
Here is a list of rivers I have rafted:
1973 Tuolumne River (CB) Northern California
1985 Middle Fork of the Salmon (Family) Idaho
1986 Selway (Braden @16) Idaho
1992 Selway (Mike @16) Idaho
1995 Bio Bio Chile
1996 Main Salmon (Courtney @16) Idaho
1998 Rio Upano Ecuador
2000 Colorado, Grand Canyon (14 days) Arizona
2002 Futaleufú River Chile
2003 Great Bend of the Yangtze China
2005 Magpie Canada
2007 Zambezi Zambia and Zimbabwe
2009 Siang India
2014 Apurimac (Machu Picchu) Peru (Santo Tomas River also)
2016 Petrohue (Top to Bottom) Chile
2016 Dinosaur Canyon (with Grandkids) Utah and Colorado
2017 Pho Chhu Bhutan and India
2019 Sayan Oka Siberia, Russia
2021 Rogue River (TuTuTun Lodge) Oregon
2022 Cataract Canyon – Colorado River Moab Utah
2024 Lower Salmon River/Snake (Grandkids) Lewiston, Idaho
2025 Alsek River Alaska
2027 In planning
