Jesse Bell “Chuy”
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Hometown: Alpine, TX
Favorite Rapid: # 4 The Numbers
Strange But True: Jesse once broke his leg during a solo hiking adventure in Texas and was stranded in the wilderness for over three days. Surviving off of one Nalgene of water, two cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon, and 4 Power Bars, he lived to tell this epic story.
Archie Ofenstein “Archman”
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Hometown: Alpine, TX
Favorite Rapid: # 5 The Numbers
Favorite Movie Quote: "Well that's like...your opinion man." The Big Lebowski
Strange But True: Although Archman is a phenomenal raft guide, his first true love is music. He is an amazing guitarist and his skills on the ukulele aren't far behind.
Tony LaGreca “The Greek”
Hometown: Evanston, WY
Favorite Rapid: Sunshine/Grateful Dead/Sledge Hammer combo at high water through The Royal Gorge
Still on my 'Bucket List': Afghanistan cause the whitewater is sick (someday!)
Favorite Movie Quote: ‘The Drill is overheating…there are too many hippies’ South Park
Strange but True: Studying Extraterrestrial Fluvial Geomorphology in Graduate School
Kalu Gurung “Kalunatic”
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Hometown: Fishling, Nepal
Favorite Rapid: Sledgehammer in The Royal Gorge
Favorite Travel Destination: Nepal
Strange but True: My mom gave birth to me in the middle of the jungle in Chitwan National Forest, Nepal without any medical attention. My dad was a park ranger at the time.
Mac Fraley
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Hometown: Crystal Lake, IL
Favorite Rapid: "The Seven Stairs" Brown's Canyon
Nemesis Rapid: "Hemorrhoid Rock" - Brown’s Canyon, Arkansas River
Favorite Travel Destination: Anywhere but the Midwest
Still on my 'Bucket List': epic hitchhiking trip
Who I’d like to be stranded on a desert island with: Tina Fey or Norah Jones
If I was an animal, I would be: Bald Eagle (flying would be awesome, plus I like fish)
Eddie Dowd
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Hometown: Denver, CO
Favorite Rapid: Sledge Hammer, The Royal Gorge
Nemesis Rapid: Boat Eater, Royal Gorge, Arkansas River
Favorite Travel Destination: Africa
If I was an animal, I would be: A duck, that way I would still run rapids, but if I got really scared could just fly away.
Strange but True: In 2008 our group was held hostage in a remote Ethiopian frontier town for a ransom of $600 USD. (Probably not quite as exciting as it sounds).
Anna Sitton
Hometown: Edmond, OK
Favorite Rapid: Sledgehammer in The Royal Gorge
Strange by True: I lived in my car for 6 months and I always had a pair of heels packed along with my flip flops.
Favorite Travel Destination: Nepal
Favorite Movie Quote: No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world. Robin Williams, Dead Poet Society
