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- From: mikeq@freddy.CNA.TEK.COM (Mike Quigley)
- Newsgroups: rec.backcountry
- Subject: Re: Guide info
- Keywords: guide
- Message-ID: <3915@master.CNA.TEK.COM>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 18:05:25 GMT
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- In article <Nov17.160809.57935@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU trzyna@CS.
- ColoState.EDU (wayne trzyna) writes:
- In article <Bxv5BL.BoL@mentor.cc.purdue.edu mratliff@sage.cc.purdue.edu
- (Michael S. Ratliff) writes:
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- I am looking for information on how to become a guide. What does it take for
- one to call oneself a guide?
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- In this country? A big yellow sign that says "WHITE WATER RAFTING, $30"
- and a moral inclination toward disguising from your clients the fact that
- their lives are at risk. ...Oh, and maybe a lawyer.
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- Not much in the way of certification is required, but you may need a
- concessionaire's permit from the USFS.
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- In Oregon you need a standard first aid card, 300k liability insurance,
- and an application and $50 annual fee to the State Marine Board.
- Easy to fudge the application and insurance, as may ``outfitters'' do.
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- Mike
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