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		<title>I&#8217;m in Love With a River Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ECHO Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our good friend Laurie Lewis just posted this wonderful video to her song &#8220;I&#8217;m in Love With a River Guide&#8221; featuring many ECHO guides. You&#8217;ll probably recognize Ian, Maggie, Heidi, Zach, Krista, JT, Kelly, Vlad, Dick, Joe, Dewi, Jeff, Dale, Adam, Martin, Audrey, Anthony, and Brian. There are also a couple of great shots with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Orange Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Daly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all have heard of Superman, Batman, and Spiderman, but how many among us have heard of the Orange Man? If you were at ECHO&#8217;s 40th Reunion Party, you would know what we are talking about. But for those of you who were not, the attached picture will have to suffice. However, the picture does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ECHO Guides Celebrate 40 Years!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick Linford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We celebrated ECHO&#8217;s 40th anniversary with a great two-day party on the South Fork of the American River last weekend. It was a grand affair. Around 130 people showed up. They ranged in age from six months to seventy years, and came from as far as Australia and Montana. Two of our first three guides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Boating With Emma</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ECHO Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A wise woman once said: &#8220;What I love most about rivers is, you can’t step in the same river twice. The water’s always changing, always flowing.&#8221; Although this &#8220;wise woman&#8221; might actually be the animated Disney character, Pocahontas, she does have a valid point. One of the most exciting things about rivers (and river trips [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the Scenes Guide Stories</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ECHO Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Textbook River Guide Ingenuity on Bear Camp Road by Hata Hill This year we ran a couple of 5 day Rogue trips, which we love because they afford the option of a layover day and more time to enjoy the beauty of the Rogue. Our July 3rd launch was one of these, which meant that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ECHO River Guides &#8211; Winter 2007 Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dick Linford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a glimpse into the lives of some of our river guides during the winter months. Over the years we&#8217;ve found that most guides travel, teach, ski patrol, or hole up in a shack in the San Juan Mountains during the Fall and Winter months. Shawn White decided against going back to her real job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donovan Clavey Martin &#8211; ECHOs Newest Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ECHO Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dan and Sonja are proud to announce Donovan Clavey Martin, the newest member of the ECHO family, who entered this world last Sunday, September 24, 2006 at 2:31 PM. Donovan came in at 7 pounds, 13 ounces, and 21 inches long. He has quite the geneology for river guiding as both of his parents are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Search of Brokeback Mountain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2006 05:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ECHO Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of our guests ask what our guides do in the off-season. Well, this season Jeremy Matlock and Adam Farmer spent their time working on a short film titled &#8220;In Search of Brokeback Mountain.&#8221; Jeremy sent a copy to ECHO World Headquarters here in Oakland a few weeks ago and we loved it. We are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skunkcapades: ECHO Guide Traps Dangerous Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ECHO Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adam Farmer, ECHO guide and Oregon River manager, is spending the winter at ECHO&#8217;s luxurious doublewide mobile home near the Rogue River. All was well until a very distinct smell told him that skunks had moved into the space below the trailer. Now Adam had a challenge that would put his degree in business from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Exile Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 23:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ECHO Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the most recent report from Geoff, who is spending his winter as the Station Manager of a science outpost in Greenland. Geoff guides for us on the Rogue River. In case you haven&#8217;t heard, I have once again turned my back to common sense and returned to the North Pole just in time [...]]]></description>
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