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River Rafting and Kayaking in Russia and Siberia
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About Us - Vlad and Zach
Vlad and Zach met on a cold day on the Cal Salmon river in California eight years ago and have worked together as river guides ever since. Since then they have both guided and managed river operations throughout the Western United States. They bring together their respective skills in order to outfit (mainly) river rafting trips in the former Soviet Union specializing in the rivers of Siberia. They also use their years of commercial guiding experience to help customers find discounted trips on the Tuolumne River and the Middle Fork of the Salmon in the United States.
While in the former Soviet Union, Vladimir Gavrilov earned two PhD's in solid state physics and published over a hundred scientific articles and one book. Most of his vacation time (in the USSR you get extra when you work with radiation) was spent traveling through the former Soviet Union leading expeditions on all types of rivers in Russia and especially Siberia.
His love for rivers brought him to a rafting competition in Costa Rica where he was recruited to guide on the class IV Tuolumne River in California. In 1991 his guiding skills allowed him to move to California and bring his family there two years later. He now works as a river guide in the summer and as an AP Physics teacher during the off-season. On the river Vlad is known as a fun-loving sour cream aficionado while in the classroom he is known as the hardest teacher in school. He has recently published a book titled Rivers of an Unknown Land about the rivers of the former Soviet Union and recently an Australian Filmmaker has asked him to lead an expedition to the class V Kitoy River near Lake Baikal.
