Doug Ponce, rear of raft, a lead guide for Mountain Waters Rafting and lower Animas River manager of the River Guide School, steers into the Pocket at Smelter Rapid on Monday to purposely spill students during a river guide training program. Aspiring river guides get more than 50 hours of training.
Doug Ponce, rear of raft, a lead guide for Mountain Waters Rafting and lower Animas River manager of the River Guide School, steers into the Pocket at Smelter Rapid on Monday to purposely spill students during a river guide training program. Aspiring river guides get more than 50 hours of training.Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald