Jeff Bennett

Jeff Bennett has been running rivers in rafts, hardshell and inflatable kayaks, and canoes since the 1970s. A columnist and contributing photographer to Paddler and Snow Country magazines, his work has also appeared in Canoe & Kayak, Adventure West, and other publications. He is author or co-author of three classic river guides-- Class Five Chronicles, A Guide to the Whitewater Rivers of Washington , and Soggy Sneakers Guide to Oregon Rivers --and has contributed tales of hairball whitewater...See more

Jeff Bennett has been running rivers in rafts, hardshell and inflatable kayaks, and canoes since the 1970s. A columnist and contributing photographer to Paddler and Snow Country magazines, his work has also appeared in Canoe & Kayak, Adventure West, and other publications. He is author or co-author of three classic river guides-- Class Five Chronicles, A Guide to the Whitewater Rivers of Washington , and Soggy Sneakers Guide to Oregon Rivers --and has contributed tales of hairball whitewater descents to the wildly entertaining book, No Shit! There I Was . He is also author of The Complete Inflatable Kayaker and with Scott Downey, The Complete Snowboarder , both published by Ragged Mountain Press. See less