Evan
Sunday, January 21, 2007
South Fork American
Larry McAbee, Jeremy Lynn, and myself took a run down the SFA yesterday. For Jeremy and Larry, it was their Sophmore run. Both did great. We stopped at all the play spots along the way, and tried our best to do some playboating. With the cold temperatures, and lack of recent practice, it was pretty entertaining. Enjoy the video.
Evan
Evan
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
N. Fork Kings revisited
1-16-07
We hit the N. Fork Kings again today. It was a pretty, but cold day on the water. Dan Hogg, Daniel Lundberg, Paul Martzen, and myself all had great runs. Unfortunatly, Chucks's Leap had it's way with us today, causing 2 swims, and two close calls. We put on with around 800 cfs and instead of the water receding throughout the day, it held strong. This led to a lot more water than last weeks run, and consequently, a more challenging river. In the end we were all smiles and everyone was glad they made the trip.
Evan
Evan goes off Chuck's Leap
We hit the N. Fork Kings again today. It was a pretty, but cold day on the water. Dan Hogg, Daniel Lundberg, Paul Martzen, and myself all had great runs. Unfortunatly, Chucks's Leap had it's way with us today, causing 2 swims, and two close calls. We put on with around 800 cfs and instead of the water receding throughout the day, it held strong. This led to a lot more water than last weeks run, and consequently, a more challenging river. In the end we were all smiles and everyone was glad they made the trip.
Evan
Evan goes off Chuck's Leap
Saturday, January 13, 2007
007 Mt. Bike day
Daniel, Frank, and myself took a nice trip up to Bass Lake to Mt. Bike the 007 trail. We took our time going up, and even walked down to a natural flowing river. It was a beautiful ride up, with a terrific downhill section. Enjoy the video.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Adventure Larry checks in...
I talked to Evan on Thursday night. He told me how much fun he and Paul had on the N.F. Kings River. I spoke with Jeremy and he drove from Modesto today so we could run part of that and part of the main fork of the Kings River.
On the N.F. I rolled once and the cold water took my breath away. We continued down to the main fork of the Kings River and it began to snow on us. After a quick scout of Rooster Tail we ran it almost flawlessly. It was roaring at this flow.
We left a car at the P.G. & E. Kings River Powerhouse for the take-out. When we got to that rapid we did a quick boat scout and headed down. I was worried about undercuts against the large rocks on river right. Both of us flipped next to those rocks and got a little beat up underwater, with both of us swimming. Jeremy's boat got pinned and I continued downstream with mine. Only took us a little under an hour to get it unpinned.
By this time the snow had picked up and my car's thermometer registered at 33˙. Yes, it was a great day on the river.
A beautiful start
Pinned Boat
One Hour later and it's still pinned
Here comes the White Stuff
Glad to have the boat on the car and off the river
On the N.F. I rolled once and the cold water took my breath away. We continued down to the main fork of the Kings River and it began to snow on us. After a quick scout of Rooster Tail we ran it almost flawlessly. It was roaring at this flow.
We left a car at the P.G. & E. Kings River Powerhouse for the take-out. When we got to that rapid we did a quick boat scout and headed down. I was worried about undercuts against the large rocks on river right. Both of us flipped next to those rocks and got a little beat up underwater, with both of us swimming. Jeremy's boat got pinned and I continued downstream with mine. Only took us a little under an hour to get it unpinned.
By this time the snow had picked up and my car's thermometer registered at 33˙. Yes, it was a great day on the river.
A beautiful start
Pinned Boat
One Hour later and it's still pinned
Here comes the White Stuff
Glad to have the boat on the car and off the river
Thursday, January 11, 2007
North Fork Kings
1-11-07
Today was a cold one, but that didn't stop us from heading up to Pine Flat to run the N. Fork Kings. This time of year, PG&E does maintenance on the powerhouse. That means good flows for us, at a time when little else is running.
We put on with between 750-800 cfs at noon, and that flow dropped to around 400 cfs by 4pm. It was plenty of water, without being too pushy. The only swim of the day was by yours truly. No big deal, just a bad line. Paul killed it. The guy didn't even tip over.
After some hot Gatorade and warm clothes, we agreed that it was a sweet run. I can't wait until spring.
Evan
Paul in Red Rocks
Look out for the Fingers
Boulder Pile
Put in
Chuck's Leap
Paul and the Wrapped Bridge
Furrow's Fillet
Red Rocks
Evan In Red Rocks
Today was a cold one, but that didn't stop us from heading up to Pine Flat to run the N. Fork Kings. This time of year, PG&E does maintenance on the powerhouse. That means good flows for us, at a time when little else is running.
We put on with between 750-800 cfs at noon, and that flow dropped to around 400 cfs by 4pm. It was plenty of water, without being too pushy. The only swim of the day was by yours truly. No big deal, just a bad line. Paul killed it. The guy didn't even tip over.
After some hot Gatorade and warm clothes, we agreed that it was a sweet run. I can't wait until spring.
Evan
Paul in Red Rocks
Look out for the Fingers
Boulder Pile 
Put in
Chuck's Leap
Paul and the Wrapped Bridge
Furrow's Fillet
Red Rocks
Evan In Red Rocks
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
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Monday, January 1, 2007
New Years Day on the Mokelumne
Larry, Jeff, and myself were joined by Jeremy Lynn from Modesto, for a New Years Day trip down the Mokelumne River. The water was 40˙ but we had a beautiful day. Larry got to try out his new Jackson 4Fun and really likes it a lot. After everything was said and done, I can honestly say, that this was the best run we have done so far this year. Enjoy the Video below.
Happy New Year
Evan
Happy New Year
Evan
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