Bekah Grim has been a whitewater raft guiding for five seasons in Colorado. She is currently at the Nonfiction Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa, working on a book of essays about the beauty and terror of river guiding. Her true aspiration in life is to be one of Rihanna's backup dancers.
“I want to become more independent, but stepping outside and knowing that if I cross the street at the wrong time I could get hit by a bus, well, that’s intense,” she said.