Not just river guides, ARTA guides
All in the family – We live under the same roof (stars), cook in the same kitchen (campfire), share the same vehicle (truck) and know a lot more about each other than we probably should (secrets) so it is only natural that we think of each other as family. Our family-style business that began in 1963 has evolved into a modern-family-style business of the 21st century. Last year, we had four children of former ARTA guides and multiple sets of siblings working for us along with the 40 or so other guides who are often mistaken for brothers and sisters because of the way they get along.
The result is an atmosphere that is warm, wholesome, congenial and congenital.
Welcome to our family, we look forward to meeting you!
Noa Bruhis
The hardest part about writing a profile for Noa is choosing which story to use. Should we use the story ...
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Aaron Warshauer
Aaron is one of those people who can put you at ease and make you feel comfortable without really trying...
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Emma Glatte
IN HER OWN WORDS: I was born in the riparian zone, and was only able to eat salmon I caught with my bare hands from the age of six...
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Cortni Haislet
Even at 17, when she started to work for us, Cortni was a throw-back. She is a 1960’s, tie-dye, flower-in-her-hair...
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Casey Mathews
When Casey was a little kid, she spent her time watching Animal Planet, reading National Geographic, and bringing home handfuls of critters...
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Katie Parker
The child of two biologists, Katie grew up in the woods of southern Oregon; poking, prying, and pondering all things natural...
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Isabelle Guthrie
Isabelle got in line twice when they were handing out kindheartedness. And she double-dipped on warmth. And she completely ...
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Peter Reuben
Peter is next in the long, storied line of ARTA’s spiritual caretakers, the philosophical guide for all ARTA guides...
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Jordan Freer
If anyone kept track of the number of days on the water as a percentage of one’s life, Jordan would be...
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Isaac Ingram
Isaac's inspiration for learning to speak Spanish came from his great-grandfather, an immigrant who...
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Scotty Ewen
Is "Midwestern Dude" an oxymoron? Scotty was born and raised in Minnesota but ...
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Hanna Woods
Hanna’s secret ambition is to be on Survivor; to weave her natural physical fitness and her supernatural interpersonal skills...
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Makayla Hoyt
Makayla’s favorite thing to do while she was growing up (and her parents were guiding for us) was to jump off of a stack of inflated rafts at the warehouse or...
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Cole Sornborger
Cole was just an average, baseball-playing, public-pool-lifeguarding, horse-tending, farm boy until...
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Camille Kintzele
Camille was all set to go on her first whitewater rafting trip in middle school and then backed out at the last minute. Cold feet about wet feet...
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Tess McEnroe
Tess still gets goose bumps (and a little choked up) when she pulls into Blackadar Camp on the Main Salmon and remembers...
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Billie Prosser
Billie tells us that when she is too old to row rafts, she is going to become one of those crazy cat ladies...
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Alia Payne
Alia’s life-list of adventures is Forrest Gump-ish; plausible feats that are almost...
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Xander Guldman
Xander’s life has been going downhill since he was five. That’s when...
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Niko Loznak
Niko works hard, smiles a lot, cares about the right things, and doesn’t talk about himself very much.
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Dawn Canapary
One of Dawn’s career goals is to be a Llama Wrangler. That would be unusual, except that in the Why-Not-World-of-Dawn, it makes perfect sense....
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Abby Hudson
Most 10-year-olds aren’t ready to decide what they want to do with their lives, but that’s how old Abby was when...
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Mia McDonald
We worry about guides who know exactly what they want to do with their lives. We’re not worried about Mia...
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Vladimir 'VK' Kovalik
In an age of second-generation river guides, VK is third-generation (his grandfather pioneered the sport...
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Emily Pearlman
It’s not good to anthropomorphize rivers, but if it was, we’d talk about how the Rogue and Emily could be twin sisters...
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Kelly Asselin
Kelly lives her work life in the slow lane; four to six miles per hour to be exact. In the winter...
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Austin Charvet
Austin grew up in the lush Pacific Northwest on Bainbridge Island, Washington where...
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Stella Robinson
When your parents are river guides and own a house near the river, you’re bound to run into a few characters growing up....
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