Had we have lost Majbrit to the river, I would have never forgiven myself.

I led a few friends to a spot in Diamond Fork Canyon my family calls the Red Narrows. A place I have been to many times with my family. I learned how to rappel there, and I'm very familiar with a few of the cliffs and the surrounding terrain. Recently I had learned how fun it was to play in the fast moving river on the other side of the road. I had considered it to dangerous before but now was changing my tune. I went to the Narrows that day specifically to play in the river. I brought a few friends with me, and one of them brought his wife (girlfriend at the time.) After we arrive I lead the group across to the spot that I wanted to play at. The river was around 3 feet deep and very strong where we were crossing, and I don't think that anyone made it across without loosing their footing at least once. Brenin and Majbrit both were swept down stream a little and I found out later that Majbrit lost her sandals in the first crossing.

So after playing in the cold river for a while we all started making our way back across the river. I noticed my friend Jared rather nervously helping Majbrit cross the river so I made my way over to help them out. As I reach them Jared looses his footing, and hands Majbrit off to me as he's swept down stream. As I begin to help Majbrit across the river I come to realize how frightened she is. After a few more careful steps we both loose our footing. Quickly I regain a solid foothold as the river tries to rip Majbrit from my hands. I try to pull her to me, but the current is to strong. After a few more moments of fighting the current with no avail I lift her up out of the water and then pull her to me. When I set her on her feet she collapsed backward into me. It was at this point that I realized just how dangerous the situation was. She was paralytic with fear and could hardly stand. In no state to swim for her life in a fast moving river. After tightening my grip around her we continued to carefully cross the river. A few more steps and down we both went again. We cruised down stream a bit and rode the rapid part of the current to the side of the river. Then I gave her a final toss out of the faster current and into a slower part of the river toward the open arms of her boyfriend.

Well that's my story about playing in the Diamond Fork River. A fun but rather dangerous act.I'm glad that no one was hurt. I really need to be more aware of the danger that I may inadvertently lead people into.