Rowing Blind – Dennis Fantin and Bob Metts on the Stanislaus River

This amazing set of video clips (four minutes) by film maker and photographer Coni Beeson shows the unique duo of Dennis Fantin and Bob Metts, rowing a raft on California’s Stanislaus River in 1980 (in this case, as part of an ETC trip). Dennis, rowing, was blind and Bob, giving the commands, was a polio survivor – as a team they ran many other whitewater rivers, including the Tuolumne. Bob passed away in 2021.  Locations on the Stanislaus River in the film include: Camp Nine put in, Cadillac Charlie, Suspension Bridge, Devil’s Staircase Rapid, Bailey Falls, and more. Music from Scott HolmesMusic.com.