The North Fork of the Payette is an infamous river that attracts kayakers from all over the world. It's a training ground with fifteen miles of class five whitewater — and it's right in our backyard.

Photos posted on the helicopter company’s website showed the couple and their children smiling as they boarded just before the flight took off.

Uh-oh, this doesn’t look good. A kayaker is careening down the narrow winding river, letting the current pull her towards danger instead of paddling like mad away from it. “Stay hard right,” shouts ...