Ride the River

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In the old American west the toughest and most dangerous activity was taking herds of animals or wagon trains of people across a river. According to Zane Grey the highest compliment you could pay to someone in those days was to say that, "He will do to ride the river with." It meant that he could be relied on to do what was necessary in the most difficult of situations.

I don't know of many people in the modern world who would generally qualify for that accolade. But occasionally someone will take an action that seems, at least for a moment, to put him in that category. Such acts will be classified here by placing them in the new label: ride the river.
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