The classic Guide’s Guide used by river guides world-wide, now updated, expanded, and better than ever! This ultimate reference book for river guides (and tour guides in general)—now available in ebook and print—covers people skills; safety talks; swift water rescue; high-water safety; knots; signals; emergency evacuation and coping with accidents; minimizing liability; food planning; nature interpretation made fascinating; boat, bus, and camp entertainment that really brings people together; guiding industry best practices; boatloads of general guiding wisdom; new sections on boating skills, tall-tale campfire stories, and much, much more. At 115,000 words and 543 pages, the 2024 edition of The Guide’s Guide Augmented is a treasure trove of vital life-saving and life-enhancing information. The ebook contains a clickable index and table of contents, and is a must-have on every river guide’s phone. The definitive how-to book on professional river guiding, The Guide's Guide Augmented presents a comprehensive philosophy and a wealth of detailed methods for creating "Deep Fun:" Life enhancing river trips which entertain, inspire, educate, thrill, heal & delight! Created originally as a staff manual for Whitewater Voyages in California, The Guide’s Guide Augmented has been revised and expanded to serve as an even more comprehensive, universal reference book for guides and outfitters worldwide. The Guide's Guide Augmented has been widely hailed as helpful, even essential and inspirational, to guides, trip leaders, outfitters, government agency river and recreation managers, private boaters, adventure travel companies, and tour guides of all sorts. Any individual, company or group which practices the philosophy and methods presented in this book is welcome to consider The Guide's Guide Augmented their own staff manual. Although the myriad users of this book are independent, far flung adventurers, guides, private boaters, outfitters, tour operators and recreation resource managers, at the very same time, ideally, we are all working together to enhance the quality of life on--and win friends for--this planet! The highest purpose of this book is to contribute to this broad, growing, wonderful effort--which is, after all, an ongoing quest of planet-saving proportions. Whitewater Experts Review The Guide ' s Guide Augmented : "A great book ... a must read for anyone doing any guiding, period." —James Ellsworth, Owner, Middle Fork River Expeditions "Probably the single most worthwhile guide book in the whitewater industry." —Tracey Knutson, Legendary Alaska and Western States attorney for the recreation and outfitting industry "Thorough, Engaging, Inspiring—A must read for any professional river guide"—Peter Grubb, Founder & President, ROW Adventures "Bill McGinnis' Guides Guide Augmented has everything a professional river guide needs to succeed." —Charlie Walbridge, Author of Whitewater Rescues, River Safety Anthology & Knots for Paddlers "An excellent reference for anyone involved in professional river guiding." —John McDermott, Founder, River Dancers "The most important river guiding book ever written...it will save lives..." —Gene Evans, Class V River Guide "Guiding is complex and fun and stressful ... Bill captures all of this in his updated encyclopedia of how to guide whitewater raft trips." —Bruce Lessels, Founder, ZOAR Outdoor "The book includes EVERYTHING pertinent to whitewater boating and river life. ... every boater should own this book."—Oregon Whitewater "Best guide book ever written." —David Wilson "Thorough, dependable information covering all aspects of whitewater rafting." —Roland Stevenson, Founder, River India "I admit to having borrowed many ideas from The Guide's Guide over the years (always with full attribution)." —Brian Merrill, President, Western River Expeditions