Video - Box Canyon of the Ashlu River (BC)

Got two solid days in on the Box!



Level was around 0.7 at the putin and around 25cm's online.

Last Weekend - Tumwater Canyon

Oh Snap! Tumwater is good to go!

I was fortunate to catch a bunch of the Leavenworth locals while they were out having a good time and screaming down Tumwater Canyon at mach speed. 

Tumwater was around 2500 on Saturday and by Monday it was down just under 2300cfs.

It pains me to say, but with how quickly it was dropping; Tumwater will be out fo the season pretty soon.

Where are they? Sorry guys, we're slow like that.

Doctor Pat aka Popeye.

Here we have some chargers showing us the lines through Last Exit. This rapid is tough at any level, but 2000+cfs and it feels like you're riding a railroad boxcar down a ski-slope. Intense!

Kiwi's always boat a little strange; Mike Nash decides to playboat his creekboat.

John Fuqua in Exit.

Willie Kern

Adrian Wigston in Last Exit:





Jah Himself takes the meat line:

Ellie Wheat jumped out to grab these shots of Scott Waidelich and I.

This guy was crushing marriage vows less than 24 hours prior to the shot. 

Alternate lines happen:

Afternoons in Tumwater are the best. Every drop is backlit and your view as you drop over pour over after pour over is perfect.

On our last lap of the weekend; the team was down to two. Jeremy Bisson and I went skin to the wind and rallied down The Wall while Adrian and Scott shot the next series of photos.

Until next time.

Video - 4Th of July Gnarfest

Over the 4th of July weekend, Joe Howard and I did a little bit of roadtripping. We drove down to the South side of Mt. Rainier for the Clear Fork of the Cowlitz. It was a bit low, but super fun. Then we grabbed a quick lap on the Ohanapecosh. From there it was a 3.5 hours of driving but North to Icicle Creek for probably the last laps of the season. Then we topped the weekend off with a handful of Tumwater laps. A great weekend was had.

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!