Friday, February 5, 2010

blog post #10

In this chapter Tally says, "I kind of like being fooled about dome things." Do you agree with Tally, or would you rather know the reality behind everything? Why?
I wouldn't want to know everything, because it would take away the surprise behind secrets.
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Find information about the origin of White water rafting and post it here along with the website URL.

In 1811, the first recorded attempt to navigate the Snake River in Wyoming was planned by the Overland Astorians. While attempting to boat the stretch below Jackson Hole, the river was found to be too treacherous and it came to be called ?Mad River.?
The rubber river raft is believed to have been invented in the early 1840s. It was first made by Lt. John Fremont, who was then serving in the U.S army and Horace H. Day. They invented the rubber raft with the intention of surveying the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains. Although the raft was invented in the mid-nineteenth century, it was not until the turn of the century that the first ever commercial whitewater trip was undertaken. At first, surplus military rafts were used as boats and it was only much later that inflatable rafts were used.
url: http://ezinearticles.com/?History-of-Whitewater-Rafting&id=276992

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