Ted SoquiRolling on the river.Boating down the L.A. River has been a rite of passage for journalists and urban adventurers, mainly because it’s such a trash-strewn concrete jungle that it presents an ironic challenge.

Traversing the waterway was almost a dare: We dare you to make it down

Article source: http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/07/la_river_boating_angeles_river_la_river_expeditions.php