Fun in Devil’s Staircase – ARTA oar boat in the whitewater!

Sitting and enjoying the run in Devil’s Staircase is (Needs ID) (red hair, front left seat on the raft, with bailing bucket), guide Larry Orman (red kayaking lifejacket), and Needs ID on the right side of the raft. Rowing is Jeff Schloss, who became a river guide and noted skier.  Tim Palmer remembers the scene:  “You (Larry) were kind enough to lend him the oars as an opportunity to learn to row (I was also eager to row but didn’t want to hog the oars, knowing that you would probably not really want to give them up). Jeff had said, “Sure, I’ll row!” as he needed the experience – later in the trip he suffered a minor wrap, with someone else’s boat, but we got him off.  Jeff later guided for Martin Linton in Hells Canyon, and did remarkable ski traverses of the Sierra, and coached (maybe still does) high school cross country skiing in the Tahoe area.”