In whitewater rafting, river left and river right refer to the banks of the river on either side when looking downstream. This is part of a complete episode.
You know I never thought about it but in whitewater rafting they’re the terms river left and river right. Why? Because it’s the right and left hand sides as you face downstream.
It’s sort of like stage left and stage right. Yeah, never thought about that before. Right, yeah.
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