Jim Saxon Review of U.S. National Whitewater Cente...
I would never go back there, due to my dealings wi...
I would never go back there, due to my dealings with Jeff Wise (the director) over serious safety concerns a few years ago. His attitude was cavalier and dismissive. The guide was out of control, and kept hitting on my 18 year old niece, trying to grab her and pretend he would push her in, even over her protests.. Then, he put the raft under the waterfall, kept it there so the water would fall on the front of the raft, which eventually knocked me off. I bounced off the rocks and walls for about 150-200 yds, before they could pull me back in. Had scrapes on my arm and bruised shoulder and butt. After we got off at the unloading my sister told me the guide had said, "Watch this, someone's going in".as he kept the raft under the waterfall. Called Jeff Wise the next day, explained to him what happened. He said his guides would never act like that, and sort of accused me of fibbing.. I asked him to follow up with me after he talked to the guide. He said that was none of my business, and he said he would handle it. My niece's mom, my sister, also called him a couple of times, but he never returned her call. This director is an accident waiting to happen with this sort of attitude toward safety.
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