It was 1997 when I first met Brian McCutcheon, owner of Rivers, Oceans,
and Mountains, or simply ROAM. I had been hired by Men’s Journal
magazine to write about the first descent of the Klinaklini River in
British Columbia. It was a spectacular journey down a rip-roaring river
dwarfed by snowcapped peaks and glaciers. I was accompanying Johnny
Morris, the owner of Bass Pro Shops, who came to the Northwest with his
entourage to hook salmon on the fly. The fish weren’t biting but the
scenery and excitement of riding the Klinaklini more than made up for
the lack of salmon.
