Our guide training is a three-week process, and the people we hire and invite to guide training all come from a whitewater river adventure sports background. Those are the people we hire. Even with that, they go through a three-week training program. Interestingly enough, the first day of guide training is always very exciting for our new guides, because on day one of guide training we make them swim the rapids. We do that because our guides get very good, and for the most part, even if a raft goes up and people fall out, our guides usually stay in the raft because they know what to expect; they know how to sit in the raft properly. So to make sure our guides never ever lose sight of what it's like to be in the river, the first day of guide training is always swimming the river.
On April 30th, 2009. See this statement in context.