Cici Simon Memorial
River Resource Library &
Collection

In her memory, we've compiled the most complete river resource library designed to educate and grow our next generation of world class boaters who will keep the spirit of Project RAFT alive in future international, multinational boating expeditions and adventures! Here you will find everything you ever wanted to know about rivers, waterways, canyons, mountains, boating skills, reading rivers, trip planning, international teamwork and boating, multicultural exchange, cooperation and teamwork, whitewater, rafting, IK, hard shell, canoe, floats, boating and anglers too.

Most Recommended and Site Credits

1. Rivers of an Unknown Land, Vladimir Gavrilov, Boreal Press, USA, 2004.
2. WhiteWater, Graeme Addison, South Africa, 2001.
3. Whitewater Rafting, Graeme Addison, South Africa, 2000.
4. California Whitewater, Lars Holbeck, California-USA, 1984
5. Western Whitewater, Jim Cassady, Berkeley, CA-USA, 1994.
6. World Whitewater, Jim Cassidy, Dan Dunlop, California-USA, 1999.
7. Whitewater California's Little Known Runs, Lars Holbeck, California-USA, 1998.

Other Resources and Acknowledgements

• Gavrilov, Vladimir, Rivers of an Unknown Land, ISBN 0-9677570-3-7, Boreal Press, NorCal-USA, 2004.
• Redfern, Ron, The Making of a Continent, ISBN 0-8129-1079-6, NYTimes Books, USA/Canada, 1983.
• Cassady, Jim; Cross, Bill; Calhoun, Fryar; Western Whitewater, From the Rockies to the Pacific, A River Guide for Raft, Kayak, and Canoe, ISBN 0-9613650-4-8, North Fork Press, Berkeley, CA-USA, 1994.
• Addison, Graeme, The Worlds Wildest Rivers, WhiteWater, ISBN 1-85974-501-5, New Holland Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa, 2001.
• Addison, Graeme, Whitewater Rafting, South Africa, 2000.
• Holbeck, Lars, Best Whitewater in California, Guide to 180 Runs, ISBN 09665289-0-5, Watershed Books, Coloma, CA-USA, 1984, 3rd Edition, 1998. Matt, SF.
• Rodman, Selden, The Peru Traveler, Meredith Press, NY-USA, 1967.
• Brander, Bruce, The River Nile, Library of Congress 66-18848, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC-USA, 1966.
• Grosvenor, Melville Bell, Exploring Canada from Sea to Sea, Library of Congress 67-16080, National Geographic Society, USA, 1967.
• Dor-Ner, Zvi, Columbus and the Age of Discovery, ISBN 0-688-08545-8, William Morrow and Co., Inc., New York, USA, 1991.
• Nebenzahl, Kenneth, Atlas of Columbus and The Great Discoveries, Library of Congress 90-52620, ISBN 0-528-83407-X, Rand McNally & Co., Genoa, Italy, 1990.
• Bowen, Ezra, The High Sierra, Library of Congress 78-179462, Time-Life Books, USA, 1972.
• Apt, Jay, Orbit, NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth, ISBN 0-7922-3714-5, National Geographic Society, Cayfosa, Barcelona, Spain, 1996.
• Noel, Captain John, The Story of Everest, Cornwall Press, Inc., Cornwall, NY-USA, 1927.
• Fischer, Louis, The Life of Mahatma Gandhi, Harper Brothers, NY-USA, 1950.
• Houston, Charles S., K2 The Savage Mountain, Library of Congress 54-11760, McGraw Hill Book Co., NY-USA, 1954.
• Sayre, Woodrow Wilson, Four Against Everest, Library of Congress 64-15208, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ-USA, 1964.
• Kane, Joe, Running the Amazon, ISBN 0-394-53331-4, Borzoi Book, Alfred A Knopf, Inc., 1989.
• Bonington, Chris, Everest, The Hard Way, ISBN 0-394-40786-5, British Everest Expedition, Random House, New York-USA, 1976.
• National Geographic Society, Journey Into China, ISBN 0-87044-437-9, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC-USA, 1982.
• Inglefield, Eric, The Beauty of America, ISBN 0-517-37866-3, Hamlyn Publishing Group, Ltd., London, Italy, Crescent Books, New York-USA, 1982.
• Cohen, Joan Lebold and Jerome Alan, China Today and Her Ancient Treasures, ISBN 0-8109-0157-9, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York-USA, 1975.
• Goldstein, Milton, The Magnificent West: Yosemite, ISBN 0-385-03296-X, Doubleday and Co., Garden City, New York.
• Redfern, Ron, Corridors of Time, 1,700,000,000 Years of Earth at Grand Canyon, ISBN 0-8129-0922-4, Times Books, New York, NY-USA, 1980.
• Powell, John Wesley, Down the Colorado, Diary of the First Trip Through the Grand Canyon, Library of Congress 70-77353, EP Dutton & Co., Inc., New York-USA, 1969.
• Brown, Dale, Wild Alaska, Library of Congress 74-190658, Time-Life Books, New York, NY-USA, 1972.
• Jackson, Donald Dale, The Sierra Madre, Library of Congress 75-21613, Time, Inc., New York, NY-USA, 1975.
• Wallace, Robert, The Grand Canyon, Library of Congress 71-179463, Time-Life Books, Inc., Alexandria, VA-USA, 1973.
• Brower, David, Gentle Wilderness, The Sierra Nevada, Library of Congress 64-8356, Sierra Club, San Francisco, CA-USA, 1964.
• Leydet, Francois, Time and the River Flowing, Grand Canyon, Library of Congress 64-8356, Sierra Club, San Francisco, CA-USA, 1964.
• Brower, Kenneth, Earth and the Great Weather, The Brooks Range, ISBN 0-913890-06-5, Seabury Press, Friends of the Earth, San Francisco, New York, 1972.
• Hyde, Philip, Navajo Wildlands, "as long as the rivers shall run", Library of Congress 67-30536, Sierra Club, San Francisco, CA-USA, 1968.
• Sample, Michael S., California On My Mind, ISBN 1-56044-570-X, Falcon Press, Helena, MT-USA, 1997.
• Hornbein, Thomas F., Everest, The West Ridge, Library of Congress 65-28406, Sierra Club, San Francisco, CA-USA, 1965.
• Le Bon, Leo, Majestic Mountains, Roaming the Great Mountain Ranges of Six Continents, ISBN 0-8109-1539-1, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, NY-USA, 1989.
• Carrington, Richard, Great National Parks of the World, Library of Congress 67-22232, Random House of Canada ltd, Toronto, Canada, 1967.
• Newman, Arnold, Tropical Rainforest, ISBN 0-8160-1944-4, Eddison-Sadd Editions, London, UK, 1990.
• Mountain Travel, The Adventure Co., El Cerrito, CA-USA, 1989.
• Parish, Steve, Australian Rainforest, ISBN 0-947263-83-7, Steve Parish Publishing, Pty., Ltd., Queensland, Australia, 1995.
• Gardner, Joseph L, Atlas of the World, ISBN 0-89577-264-7, Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1987.
• Krell, Dorothy N., National Parks of the West, ISBN 0-376-05585-5, Sunset Books, Lane Publishing, Inc., Menlo Park, CA-USA, 1965, 4th Edition, 1984.
• Clark, David E., Beautiful California, ISBN 0-376-05035-7, Sunset Books, Lane Publishing, Inc., Menlo Park, CA-USA, 1963, 8th Edition, 1989.
• Krell, Dorothy, Beautiful California, ISBN 0-376-05032-2, Sunset Books, Lane Magazine and Publishing, Inc., Menlo Park, CA-USA, 4th Edition, 1972.
• McDowell, Jack, San Francisco, ISGN 0-0376-0567-1, Sunset Books, Lane Magazine & Book Co., 1969, 4th Edition, 1973.
• McCone, Michael, California History, ISSN 0612-2897, California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA-USA, Spring, 1992.
• Viola, Herman J., Exploring the West, ISBN 0-8109-0889-1, Smithsonian Institution, USA, 1987.
• Berton, Pierre, A Picture Book of Niagra Falls, ISBN 0-7710-1214-4, PierreBerton Enterprises, Ltd., Canada, 1993.
• Maclean, Norman, A River Runs Through It and other stories, ISBN 0-671-77697-5, Pocket Books, New York, NY-USA, 1992.
• Meyer, Kathleen, How to Shit in the Woods, ISBN 0-89815-627-0, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA-USA, 1989.
• Moorehead, Alan, The Blue Nile, Library of Congress 62-15659, Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., New York, NY-USA, 1962.
• Tzu, Sun, The Art of War, ISBN 1-59308-016-6, Barnes and Noble Classics, New York, NY-USA, 1910 original, 2003.
• Riviere, Bill, Pole, Paddle & Portage, Library of Congress 73-22726, Litton Educational Publishing, Inc., Boston, MA-USA, 1969.
• Kennard, Charles, San Francisco Bay Area Landmarks, ISBN 0-935382-63-1, Tioga Publishing Co., Palo Alto, CA-USA, 1987.
• Sutton, Ann and Myron, Yellowstone, a Century of the Wilderness Idea, Library of Congress 72-183207, Macmillan Co., New York, NY-CA, 1972.
• Kielan-Jaworowska, Zofia, Hunting for Dinosaurs, SBN 262-11030-X, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA-USA, 1969.
• Thybony, Scott, The Rockies, Pillars of a Continent,ISBN 0-7922-2940-1, National Geographic Society Book Division, R. R. Donelley & Sons, Willard, OH-USA, 1996.
• Reader's Digest Treasures of America, Library of Congress 73-83812, Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1974.
• National Geographic Society The New America's Wonderlands, Our National Parks, ISBN 0-87044-004-7, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC-USA, 1959, 1975(3rd)
• Morath, Inge, Chinese Encounters, Library of Congress 79-13128, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Ltd., Toronto, Canada, 1979.
• Matthiessen, Peter, Sand Rivers, ISBN 0-670-61696-6, Viking Press, New York, NY-USA, 1981.
• Smith, Robin, Australia in colour, ISBN 0-85902-005-3, John Currey, O'Neil Publishers Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Australia, 1979, 1981.
• Reader's Digest Scenic Wonders of America, Library of Congress 72-91832, Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1973.
• Reader's Digest The Story of America, Library of Congress 75-3837, Library of Congress 75-3837, Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, NY-USA, 1975.
• Adams, Ansel, The Grand Canyon and the Southwest, ISBN 0-8212-2650-9, Little, Brown & Co., 2000.
• Watkins, T.H., Natural America, ISBN 0-7922-7060-6, National Geographic Society Book Division, R.R. Donnelley, Willard, OH-USA, 1998.
• National Geographic Special Edition Water, The Power, Promise, and Turmoil of North America's Fresh Water, National Geographic Magazine, 1993.
• Anikina, M. N., Russian Language Express Course within 10-20-30 Days, ISBN 5-86479-064-8, Arsis Lingua, Moscow, Russia, 1992.
• Duff, Charles, Russian for Beginners, ISBN 389-00287-9, Barnes and Noble Books, New York, NY-USA, 1962.
• Gorbachev, Mikhail, Perestroika, New Thinking for Our Country and the World, ISBN 0-06-039085-9, Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., New York, NY-USA, 1987.
• Gilbert, Bil, The Old West, The Trailblazers, Library of Congress 73-76268, Time-Life Books, USA, 1973.
• O'Neil, Paul, The Old West, The Rivermen, Library of Congress 75-7913, Time-Life Books, Time-Life Books, USA, 1975.
• Johnson, William Weber, The Old West, The Forty-Niners, Library of Congress 73-88997, Time-Life Books, USA, 1974.
• National Geographic, The Alps, ISBN 0-87044-109-4, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC-USA, 1973.
• Melham, Tom, John Muir's Wild America, ISBN 0-87044-186-8, Special Publications Division National Geographic Society, Washington, DC-USA, 1976.
• Schreider, Helen and Frank, Exploring the Amazon, Library of Congress 71-111626, Special Publications Division National Geographic Society, Washington, DC-USA, 1970.
• National Geographic, Alaska, High Roads to Adventure, ISBN 0-87044-193-0, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC-USA, 1976.
• Ellis, William S., The Majestic Rocky Mountains, ISBN 0-87044-178-7, The National Geographic Society, Washington, DC-USA, 1976.
• Sunset Books, Sunset Travel Guide to Northern California, ISBN 0-376-06555-9, Lane Publishing Co., Menlo Park, CA-USA, 1970, 1975.
• Owen, Thomas, The Canadian Rockies, A pictorial guide to the National Parks: Banff, Jasper, Kootenay, Yoho, and Waterton Lakes, ISBN 0-920573-00-2, High Country Colour, Canmore, Alberta, Canada, 1985.
• Rocky Mountain Skylines, ISBN 0-919381-10-3, Altitude Publishing, Ltd., Banff, Alberta, Canada, 1985.
• Wright, Richard T., The Canadian Rockies, ISBN 0-920620-30-2, Whitecap Books, Ltd., North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1981.
• Towriss, R. Wayne, Yukon by Northern Light, ISBN 0-88925-453-2, Studio North Ltd., Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, 1983, 4th Edition, 1992.
• Diercks, Richard A., Introduction to Canoeing, A Complete Guide to Enjoying the Most Versatile of Watercraft, The Canoe is at Home in a Wild River, a Lazy Stream, a Wilderness Pond, or even a City Lake, VHS 35min., Quality Video, Minneapolis, MN-USA, 1990.
• Colorado, the Angry River, 8mm Film, Castle Films #665.

Photo Credits and Acknowledgements to RAFTWEB Sites

• Vladimir Gavrilov
• Thia Konig
• Paul Quiroga
• Jeremy Katz
• Andreas Wallach
• Simon Ginsberg
• Steven Wong
• Rudy Meyers
• John Lane
• Herman Arroyo
• Luis Saravia
• Daniel Lum
• Bill Tuthill
• Andy Hertz
• Doug Rhodes
• Ken Bauer
• Doug Soule
• Bubba Santin
• Rorie Gotham