The river that my friends and I guide on is often running at 200 cfs or less when we take guests downstream. So when one of us got lucky enough to draw a Grand Canyon permit for the month of August, we were excited to see what 16,000 cfs would feel like for the first time. However, I don’t think any of us were expecting the 16ft boat to disappear under the water in nearly every class 7+ rapid. The best 16 days of whitewater ever.