EditorialA rafting trip organized for teenagers in Step by Step, an after-school support program, on the New River in New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia on Sept. 27, 2022. (Matt Eich/The New York Times)
EditorialPatrick Sipp, the owner of Flying Pig Adventures, a whitewater rafting company, with his dog, Otis, and Sami Gortmacher, the manager, in Gardiner, Mont., June 15, 2022. (Louise Johns/The New York Times)
EditorialRiver guide Sam Grake gives instructions to guests before a rafting trip in Thurmond, W.Va., on May 11, 2021. (Kristian Thacker/The New York Times)