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Monday, April 30, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
Icicle in April - Ricochet Rounds
For days and days...
Adrian was in town and we were able to get multiple laps on the middle five miles of Icicle Creek. This portion of the run is known as the Ricochet section of Icicle Creek.
Levels were as follows:
Friday 4/20: 3060 cfs and rising 20cfs/hr Wenatchee at Peshastin.
Saturday 4/21: 3100 cfs and rising 60cfs/hr Wenatchee at Peshastin.
Sunday 4/22: 4200 cfs and rising 40cfs/hr Wenatchee at Peshastin.
Many friends were seen and even more good lines were had.
Brief photo dump of the 3 day weekend adventure:
The view from secret camp, way above Leavenworth is worth the drive.
Looking West from Secret Camp towards the source of Icicle Creek and therefore the source of all things good in this world.
One of the best drops on the run: The Plunge. The normal line is starting center river right and staying right until the slide. Then you want to be a couple of boat widths off the right wall with right or no angle. BOOF!
With more water you actually run over the river left side of the ledge.
This rapid is, in my opinion, the best rapid on the river, by far. It has no name, other than "the one above the plunge". Multiple boofs and tight line abound. Get in and get some.
Some Greenery with your Scenery?
More fun below Horseshoe
On Sunday we scouted with a little more water in the Creekbed.
Here, Adrian weighs his options on Horseshoe's outflow.
Horseshoe at a healthy level
Gorgeous weather all weekend
Stopped on the way up to The Wall for a look at Last Exit.
Stay safe.
Video From the Weekends Fun:
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Multi disciple Carnage
I love Carnage, no matter the sport.
Another quality edit that I found on Vimeo. These guys are legit.
Another quality edit that I found on Vimeo. These guys are legit.
Robe Canyon - High Water Run
Prior to this morning I had never run Robe higher than 5.9.
There are a handful of boaters in the Seattle area that regularly boat Robe above 6 feet but I could never say I desired to be among them. At 5.8 and 5.9 the holes get much bigger, the wave trains steeper and the pucker factor magnifies by a factor of around 20.
I kept hearing it was "good to go" and "almost fun" above 6 feet, from a couple of locals, but I wasn't convinced.
Then the day finally arrived; Nothing else was in (at a reasonable level) and I HAD to get on the water. Darren had called earlier in the morning and told me that there would be a decent sized group on the river, so safety would be less of an issue. I tentatively agreed to join.
I called Joe and his response to my inquiry as to the intelligence of the undertaking at hand was: "what could go wrong?"
By the time we got to the takeout I had worked myself up to walking T1 and probably Sunshine, as well as the possibility of walking Hotel California (the longest rapid on the run). I told my rumbling gut I would give it a look.
Some Bellingham boys joined us and all in all we had close to 10 kayaks in the water at the put-in. This time last year I would say it would have been wishful thinking to get 10 people to join you on Robe at a more agreeable level of 5.5 or so. The class V community in Washington is expanding rapidly!
We put on and I was surprised to see that there is a sneak line on RL of T1. The boof at T2 is a must make and the hole at the bottom of Last Sunshine looks like the Boogie Man, Pinhead and whatever demon lived under you bed as a child all rolled into one massive mosnter. The video speaks for itself, it was an amazing day. My only out of boat experience was the portage at Landslide and I got a huge boof off the left side of Off Broadway.
The 6 foot and higher realm is actually a fun place to be... if you're on line.
Robe Canyon - 6.3' from daniel patrinellis on Vimeo.
There are a handful of boaters in the Seattle area that regularly boat Robe above 6 feet but I could never say I desired to be among them. At 5.8 and 5.9 the holes get much bigger, the wave trains steeper and the pucker factor magnifies by a factor of around 20.
I kept hearing it was "good to go" and "almost fun" above 6 feet, from a couple of locals, but I wasn't convinced.
Then the day finally arrived; Nothing else was in (at a reasonable level) and I HAD to get on the water. Darren had called earlier in the morning and told me that there would be a decent sized group on the river, so safety would be less of an issue. I tentatively agreed to join.
I called Joe and his response to my inquiry as to the intelligence of the undertaking at hand was: "what could go wrong?"
By the time we got to the takeout I had worked myself up to walking T1 and probably Sunshine, as well as the possibility of walking Hotel California (the longest rapid on the run). I told my rumbling gut I would give it a look.
Some Bellingham boys joined us and all in all we had close to 10 kayaks in the water at the put-in. This time last year I would say it would have been wishful thinking to get 10 people to join you on Robe at a more agreeable level of 5.5 or so. The class V community in Washington is expanding rapidly!
We put on and I was surprised to see that there is a sneak line on RL of T1. The boof at T2 is a must make and the hole at the bottom of Last Sunshine looks like the Boogie Man, Pinhead and whatever demon lived under you bed as a child all rolled into one massive mosnter. The video speaks for itself, it was an amazing day. My only out of boat experience was the portage at Landslide and I got a huge boof off the left side of Off Broadway.
The 6 foot and higher realm is actually a fun place to be... if you're on line.
Robe Canyon - 6.3' from daniel patrinellis on Vimeo.
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