{"id":24678,"date":"2021-04-14T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T19:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com\/?p=24678"},"modified":"2021-04-09T09:24:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T16:24:25","slug":"six-questions-to-ask-a-trip-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2021\/04\/14\/six-questions-to-ask-a-trip-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Questions to Ask a Trip Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multi-day rafting trips are the best. Spending all day on the water with your best friends in the middle of nowhere, facing down dangerous rapids and fighting off bears and mosquitoes can create a powerful shared experience and give you memories to treasure for the rest of your life.<\/p>\n

Wait, the people on the trip are more like acquaintances?
\nYou only met them for fifteen minutes at the boat swap?
\nThey\u2019re friends of friends?
\nYou picked them up on a Facebook boating group and have never met them before in your life?<\/p>\n

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How far in the middle of nowhere did you say this trip was?<\/p>\n

For people who love being on the rivers, it\u2019s unnatural to imagine turning down an invitation to go boating, but the wilderness can create strange boatfellows, and not everyone\u2019s expectations of a good time, or even a safe time, are the same.<\/p>\n

When you join up with a group for the first time, or maybe even the fifth time, it\u2019s a good idea to get the right information up front. Don\u2019t be shy about asking, because the trip leader\u2019s response will tell you all you need to know about how much of their \u2018poop\u2019 they have \u2018in a group.\u2019 Chances are that everyone else in the group will be glad you asked.<\/p>\n