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Lorna Colton rows an oar boat down the Colorado River through Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon River Guides

September 18, 2023General Info, Guide Profiles, NewsMegan Collier

Grand Canyon River Guides Oral History Interview of AzRA Guide Lorna Corson  The indefatigable Lorna Corson has guided for Arizona Raft Adventures (AzRA) since 1978. Read her fascinating interview published in the Boatman’s Quarterly Review (BQR), a Grand Canyon River Guides (GCRG) publication here.  Anyone can be a Grand Canyon River Guides member; GCRG is…

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Sara sitting in the Throne Room on a Grand Canyon rafting trip

Guide Profile-Sara O’Donnell

August 4, 2023Guide ProfilesMegan Collier

Meet Sara O’Donnell Sara is newer to the AzRA family, but she’s quickly become an integral part of the family! She has a calm disposition to her, and a quiet confidence, which is appreciated by those around her. As an English major in college, she wrote a really great profile, and we can’t wait to…

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Wesley Myers rowing a raft down the Colorado River through Grand Canyon

Guide Profile-Wesley Myers

July 26, 2023Guide Profiles, NewsMegan Collier

Meet Wesley (Wes) Myers Wes has been a part of AzRA his whole life, literally! His mom, who works in the office, started working for AzRA before Wes was born, and has been working here ever since. As you’ll read below, he started working in the warehouse for AzRA when he was in High School,…

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AzRA guide Ben Whitaker posing for a hike while on a Grand Canyon rafting trip

Guide Profile-Ben Whitaker

June 2, 2023Guide ProfilesMegan Collier

Meet Ben Whitaker Those of you that have been lucky enough to go on the river with Ben may know some of the information he’s shared below. As you’ll read in his answers, he loves adventure, and in particular, really loves to share his enthusiasm for Grand Canyon with our guests. With his easy, laid-back…

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AzRA river guide Margeaux hanging out in camp on a Grand Canyon river trip

Guide Profile-Margeaux Bestard

April 24, 2023Guide ProfilesMegan Collier

Meet Margeaux Bestard Photo by Taylor Miller If you’ve ever been on the river with Margeaux, you know how enthusiastic she is about the river! And it’s absolutely contagious! She cares about the river, Grand Canyon, her river trip guests, AzRA, and her fellow guides. She’s also a member of our Respect and Inclusion Task…

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Guide Profile-Clare Magneson

Guide Profile-Clare Magneson

October 14, 2019Guide Profiles, General InfoMegan Collier

Meet Clare Magneson! If you’ve been rafting with us in the last few years, it’s possible you’ve been on a trip with Clare Magneson, our next guide to be featured on our guide profile. She is a full-time guide here at AzRA, though she mostly guides in the summers now as she is now back…

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AzRA Guide Brad Dimock

Guide Profile-Brad Dimock

March 5, 2019Guide Profiles, General InfoMegan Collier

Meet Brad Dimock! Image above by David Zickl UPDATE in 2021: Brad Dimock has retired from AzRA. However, he’s part of our company’s history, so we didn’t want to remove his profile! Showcasing our guides is one of our favorite things to do; next up is Brad Dimock! He’s been around Grand Canyon and AzRA…

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Kelli O'Keefe

Guide Profile-Kelli O’Keefe

October 12, 2018General Info, Guide ProfilesMegan Collier

Meet Kelli O’Keefe! Our next guide profile write-up is about the lovely Kelli O’Keefe. If you know her, you’ll know she has a super upbeat, bubbly personality! We have had guests say, “her enthusiasm is contagious”, and that she is “quite the social engineer”. Our guests just love her, and so do we! Her Background…

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