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[tanya]

Great stuff everyone.

It sounds like you have a couple of days Alex. Grab your boat and go for it!

[Bo_Beck]

canyonquest wrote: Bo,

It was me and my buddy Jason that you bumped into there at the North Fork / Deep Creek confluence. Wish we would have had a little more time to chat. I was extremely jealous of your Deep Creek put-in. However you didn't let on that it was such rough paddling. The walk in from Chamberlain's is long but still pretty. I'm glad your patch job got you through. We were unscathed aside from one very ugly dump right at the end of Riverside Walk in front of all the tourists. We flipped in the EXACT same spot two years ago. Note to self - portage around that little boulder field in the future.

http://canyonquest.com/v/zion/narrows/narrows_2008/P5180179.JPG.html

I finally got the link to work! Awesome stuff! That video stuff is sooooo cool! Glad you guys had a good trip!

[Bo_Beck]

Alex wrote: Bo_Beck wrote: Alex wrote: canyonquest, I looked through your pics, what an awesome looking trip

"Whoever turns the boat first loses..." :roflol: Nice!

Man, I am so jealous of you guys! If you ever need another crazy to join you send me a PM :2thumbs:

Yeah, yeah, yeah! :lol8:
Actually Michal turned over first, but got right back in. I did learn a lot after my incident. We spent 10 minutes afterwards discussing scouting and shoreside signalling. Michal had given me the signal to go ahead, but what he really was trying to say is that there is a BIG ASS WATERFALL just below me...look where I'm pointing....don't do it man! Get over to the side. I interpreted his signal as "Go right where I'm pointing!".... :haha:

Sorry Bo didn't mean to poke fun of you, I was referring to canyonquest's video in his gallery. They were running tandem and were coming up to a gnarly section and one of them says: "Let's play chicken, whoever turns the boat first, loses..." :lol8:

Oops! I hadn't seen his pics and TR with Video! That is soooo cool!
I'll certainly PM you if I get another opportunity Alex. It looks like the river is drying up for this season though? If my shoulder didn't hurt, I'd say lets get on the river tomorrow! :2thumbs:

[Alex]

It's alright man, I am glad you got to go, sorry I couldn't attend. Another river called my name, I had to settle an old grudge with her. We are all good now, she took me back in her arms once again! :2thumbs:

Will look forward to next year, Bo!

[Bo_Beck]

Alex wrote: It's alright man, I am glad you got to go, sorry I couldn't attend. Another river called my name, I had to settle an old grudge with her. We are all good now, she took me back in her arms once again! :2thumbs:

Will look forward to next year, Bo!

An ex-employee of mine (Sherwood) and his girlfriend and another couple were on the Dolores maybe 2 weekends ago as well. I haven't talked to them, but I heard from friends that they had a GREAT time!? The only river I have done sort of in that neck of the woods is the Animas. I used to live in Durango and in the summer I would haul an innertube up past Hermosa and float down to Durango, I also did a commercial trip from Durango toward Aztec. What a beautiful river. I'm still hoping and keeping nmy fingers crossed that I'll be driving a baggage boat down the entire Grand Canyon in september!!!!!!! :five:

[Bo_Beck]

Re: Kayak: Zion Narrows Trip!


Actually Tanya, the trip was as dangerous as you would want to make
it. I went into the day with a HUGE amount of apprehension, but
quickly found that the apprehension gave way to total focus. The only
reason I was injured is because we didn't take the time to discuss
proper river procedures before starting. We did discuss that we'd pull
over and scout any and all questionable spots, but soon we got lax and
one person would stop and either flag the others over or flag the
others to run it. Thats where we needed to spend some time....the
proper signals for "Stop" or "Go". I saw Michal posed and pointing
below. I "assumed" (ass out of you and me)he meant for me to go. Big
mistake. We discussed it after my incident however. There were
numerous portages after that and none of which were close calls. There
was generally ample time to get to one side or the other before any
hazards. The Deep Creek section was narrower and faster moving than
the actual Zion Narrows, and also had several waterfalls that could
have been really dangerous (one was for me because of lack of
communication). Once we arrived at The Narrows the water level was
pretty low and the trip was much more "laid back", but not to say it
couldn't have been dangerous?! I was paddling a Tomcat with a
partially inflated right chamber, and yet really didn't have problems
maneuvering to avoid obstacles, or arriving ashore to portage
dangerous spots. I certainly felt more comfortable in the Narrows than
I did in Deep Creek though. My plan is to learn how to paddle a
Hardshell this summer and next year repeat a similar trip on a
different boat. I would suggest the paddling trip through the Narrows
(accessed via Chamberlain Ranch to anyone interested, but am an
advocate of some good training beforehand. I think an ideal water
level for a first time-novice would be 200-250 cfs though. We went
through the Zion Narrows and it was somewhere around 170? and I had to
drag the duckie a few times. A bit more water would have made it less
physical.

--- In Zion_National_Park_Hiking@yahoogroups.com, "~tanya" <gotta>
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> So the whole thing is dangerous! [:D]
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> --- In Zion_National_Park_Hiking@yahoogroups.com, "Bo" <bbeck>
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> > It wasn't really any more dangerous, you just had to do a lot more
> > paddling to get around the rocks and trees.
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