John Fereira wrote:

I'm looking for language that reveals the culture of river guides.

Maybe you're not getting much of a response because river guides don't
*have* a culture.

Yuk yuk yuk. Here are some of my offerings:

"Piece of cake" - I'm scared to run it, but I'll pretend I'm not.

"Totally bomber" - If you put this piece of river gear in Baghdad,
it would be destroyed by RPGs within an hour, however I am proud to
have paid a lot of money for it, so I like it.

"BWC" or "BWD" - Bitchin' whitewater chick or bitchin' ww dude.

"Tupperware" - kayakers clogging up the rapids.