by Ben
We headed out from Denver early on Saturday, April 19th for our first creeking trip of the season. You could not have asked for better conditions, the chocolate water was raging and the temperatures were in the mid 70's. Sunday, 4:20, proved to be the best of both days giving us medium-high flows, providing enough padding to run Escalante Falls and making the inner gorge a bit more interesting.
Our group consisted of myself, Justin, Lori, Chris, and Mike. It was great having Lori there to take a bunch of these amazing photos, run shuttle, and looking after all the dogs...thanks for putting up with us stinky river-rats!
Justin boofing the first drop, Leap Of Faith...
Mike blasting off Rib Ripper...
Justin finishing off the upper run on Corkscrew, online as usual...
Mike entering the inner gorge...
Chris running the falls. Freaking sweet boof guy, way to represent MD...
Cool angle on this picture taken by Lori catching me in mid air, she was sitting about 100 feet above us...
Some random guy getting buried at Magnetic Wall...
I learned the hard way how to run the entrance to Magnetic. Found it much easier to grab the river left eddy above the drop and charge with right boat angle, making sure to have a delayed boof stroke. The initial attempt got me my first bootie-beer of the season, nothing like the taste foot fungus and Miller Lite to quench your thirst...
What an awesome way to kick off the season! Made a few new friends out there, did some great camping (minus the gay dog action and me forgetting breakfast), plus had our shuttle bunny taking care of us. Mike, can we get some ICE CREEEEAAAAAMMMMMM, don't think that we will forget that. Don't wait too long, those ice creams become steak dinners at Ruth's Chris Steak House after 10 days.
Check that off the list for the season, next up Rio Embudo...
For a video report check out www.gravitysessions.com/video
1 comment:
shite, ten days, can't believe i missed my opportunity at mickeyd's. good job on the blog!
Mike B
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