River Rat Chapter 1

River Rat
Chapter 1 of 63
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Time frame	April 14, 1999
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Location

• Nantahala Outdoor Center, Wesser, North Carolina

Characters

• Scooter, the trail name that Rhonda Whitsell uses
• Crystal Chladek

Summary

Scooter is stuck behind the counter in the store at the Nantahala Outdoor Center ("NOC"), thinking back over how she had become trapped there, when Crystal rings her up and invites her to join her at Canyon Tours. The job is taking rafting groups down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.

Also Mentioned

• Al Buck

• Randy Clark

• Noah Whittaker

• Leon, Scooter's boss at the NOC.

• Tinman, the trail name of an OLTA classmate that Scooter started the Appalachian Trail with in 1992.