[thoughtpalette]

Great read and writing style. Loved the videos and photos. I've been on The New river in WV (super tame), this looks awesome by comparison.

I've never seen those two seater rafts, really cool. Is the person in the front supposed to be in a spotter role?

[altec3]

I think the rafts you're looking at are just gear rigs, on long multi-day trips usually there is only one person with a set of oars. The boats have frames and lots of cargo space for food, clothes, toilets, tents, kitchen, etc.

Depending on the size of the boat and the difficulty of the river you can have more people on them, but still only one person rows.