Last Weekend - Clear Fork Cowlitz & The Ohane

Clear Fork of the Cowlitz.

For as long as I've been interested in hiking through Devil's Club and carrying my kayak immense distances on my shoulder, I've heard about the Clear Fork of the Cowlitz.

I was able to get a lot of footage out if this mission so I will do an entire post on the CF Cowlitz later.

There was a lot of portaging on this trip...

... and a lot of getting sick.

The next morning we were able to bang out a quick Ohane lap on our way up to Icicle and Tumwater Canyon.

Caught up with the Portland crew as they were putting on for their first lap of the day.

I didn't get any photos of Icicle or Tumwater this weekend, but I was able to shoot a bunch of video so I'll try to get that online soon.

Another solid weekend in the books.

Video - CARNAGE!

Carnage is a way of life when you're  a weekend warrior.

Yeah, you rememeber the basics when Saturday morning rolls around, maybe even some of that extra knowledge that keeps you a  little more on line.

But here's to all those missed lines, pluged holes and botched boofs. Here's to the best way to drink a nice cold beer; straight out of your own shoe.

Enjoy



Remember to always have a throwbag and stay safe.

Last Weekend - Middle Icicle

This was going to be my first weekend away from the water as my big sister was in town, but after a quick drive through Chelan and a glimpse of that gorge I had to get in the water. Just driving down the road that parallels the Chelan Gorge gets my palms sweaty...

I rolled into town late Sunday afternoon but I was able to catch up with a couple locals as they scraped down middle Icicle.

I missed Sam's line while we were running shuttle, but I was able to get a buddy of his from out of town on his first run down The Plunge.

Sam, patiently waiting.

Boofington Heights looks good even with these low water levels.

I don't know your name, sir, but you had a great line!

I think The Plunge is pretty difficult at these levels (all levels for that matter), because the hazards are so much more prevalent. The hole gets very shallow and there are some funky guard rocks in the lead-in.

Sam leads the way down to the takeout.

200mm is great, but there is a little bit of shake with no IS.

I think this little, unnamed drop needs to be called the Leap of Faith. You have no idea what you are boofing into. There has been wood in there before, so it's always a roll of the dice...

Stay Stoked, Stay Safe!

Video - Robe Race 2013

Here is a quick and DIRTY video of the beaterfest that was Robe Race.

Level is around 5.9 and the stoke was high.




Stay safe!