ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY, THE WORK OF PEPPER K. ETTERS

Action and Adventure: Water

A celebrated aspect of the environment itself, water takes on a whole new meaning when recreation and adventure come into play. Its calm, soothing qualities are cast aside when enthusiasts tempt fate as they battle water's less forgiving wild side.
Steve Fisher, one of the world's best kayakers, blasts through a wave on Homestake Creek during a extreme creeking race in Colorado.
   
A group of paddlers attack the waves of the Rio Enco in Southern Chile.
   
Three rafters discuss the difficult moves of Gore Rapid as they decide whether or not to run the dangerous section of river.
     
  
Rafters enjoy the whitewater of the Eagle River's Dowd Chute.
   
The US Women's Rafting team competes in the National Rafting Championship Slalom Race in Gore Canyon, Colorado.
   
A kayaker drops off a 30 foot waterfall on the Upper Fuy river in Chile's Lake District.
     
  
A group of rafters pound into a wave on southern Chile's Rio Enco.
   
Kayakers find the Rio Fuy to be a paddling paradise, as the river pours over numerous volcanic formations creating impressive cascades.
  
A kayaker runs the largest drop of Las Leonas on the Rio Fuy in Chile's Lake District.
     
  
A commercial raft tackles the class 4 rapids of the Rio Fuy in Chile.
  
A commercial raft crew tackles the class 4 rapids of Dowd Chute on the Eagle River, Colorado.
  
The US Women's Rafting team practices for the National Rafting Championship downriver race in Gore Canyon, Colorado.
     
  
A kayaker tackles one of several drops on the Upper Fuy near Neltume.
  
The US Women's Rafting team competes in the National Rafting Championship sprint race in Gore Canyon, Colorado.