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Sombeech
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject: Full of Grace |
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Cirrus2000
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Powder blue! That's so... sweet! |
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abirken
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Something tells me you and Alex had matching wetsuits...... :haha: |
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Alex
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:45 am Post subject: |
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abirken wrote: Something tells me you and Alex had matching wetsuits...... :haha:
Not Alex! But team Stearns was well represented! :haha: |
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tanya
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:26 am Post subject: |
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That would not be my favorite photo of you 'Beech. :mrgreen:
I am so glad you guys are back safe and did not run into too many hazards! :2thumbs: |
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DiscGo
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:16 am Post subject: |
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| Were you cold much on this trip? I see you had a wet suit which must have helped some. I went down westwater in June and it was very nice, but April still sounds a bit cold. |
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Alex
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:24 am Post subject: |
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Wetsuits are for when/if you fall in. The water is 48 degrees, the hypothermia would set in less than a minute. Wetsuit buys you time to function fast enough to get our of the water.
We had a couple of guys in our group in dry suits. |
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tanya
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:37 am Post subject: |
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| I am guessing you all stayed in the boat. :popcorn: :mrgreen: |
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Alex
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:42 am Post subject: |
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tanya wrote: I am guessing you all stayed in the boat. :popcorn: :mrgreen:
:cool2: I was driving |
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DiscGo
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:52 am Post subject: |
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I totally get the difference between wet and dry suits (I am scuba certified). When we did West Water I think we pulled out too late, because we pulled out in Moab instead of that first pull out, but we floated in the water a lot of the way (except the rapids) and it took us two nights in the canyon.
I went riverrafting last year in Denali, and everyone has to wear drysuits in this river. At one point we got out and floated in the river in our drysuits. It was crazy to feel the freezing cold water and still be floating on top of a river and being dry. |
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tanya
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:08 am Post subject: |
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Alex wrote: tanya wrote: I am guessing you all stayed in the boat. :popcorn: :mrgreen:
:cool2: I was driving
:lol8:
:hail2thechief: :hail2thechief: :hail2thechief: |
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Alex
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:43 am Post subject: |
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Disc, if you took out in Moab and spent two nights on the river, I assume you did Moab Daily, not Westwater. Westwater is a permitted canyon and you take out at Cisco Landing from it. If you did Westwater and floated all the way down to Moab, I'd assume it would take you at least 3-4 nights, especially in late summer time when the flow is low.
Daily section has a few small rapids, but mostly a mellow float. It doesn't require a permit, so it's easy to just jump in the boat and go for it. |
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Iceaxe
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:01 am Post subject: |
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I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.....
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abirken
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="Iceaxe"]I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.....
:puke8:
You crack me up. I'm SOOOO SURPRISED you don't love a man in a wetsuit. :lol8: |
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Iceaxe
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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abirken wrote: You crack me up. I'm SOOOO SURPRISED you don't love a man in a wetsuit. :lol8:
That's a man!?!?!?
Dang, I thought it was Big Foot in a wetsuit....
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