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Alex · Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 2469 Location: SLC, UT

Sunday night I got a call about a spot available on a Westwater canyon for Monday morning. It took me about 5 seconds to decide :2thumbs: and at 3:00 AM I was on my way down to Price to meet up with the rest.

The flow was about 4,700 cfs, in our group we had 5 boats, one of those was a paddle boat (I am in it).

This is the equipment I have used. It sure looks like a special ed helmet, but I think it served it's purpose :naughty:

http://utahbp.com/album01/IMG_1375

The videos are here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6193510857478246212
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4395593025705479244
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-40472024601627856
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=68176095480347800
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8261807800304006564

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 11846 Location: The Rubbish Bin

Very cool! Those videos were great. It's about time somebody gives us some helmet cam footage on the river. :cool2:

So, tell me about your camera and helmet mount. I suppose you just kept the camera in video mode, and just reached up to push the button when you were coming to some rapids?

Alex · Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 2469 Location: SLC, UT

That's exactly what I did. I bought a tripod head from Inkleys and mounted it into the existing holes on my helmet with some screws from Home Depot. It stayed very stable and was very easy to adjust the view where the camera was looking.

And yes, I just reached up and turned it on, on my camera it was easy to switch to Pictures or Movies, so I was able to switch to Pictures mode and just look at the direction i wanted to take a pic and it turned out pretty good.

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 11846 Location: The Rubbish Bin

So, what kind of camera do you have? Did you have @ 2GB card?

accadacca · Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 7418 Location: On Your Screen

That was AWESOME dude! :getiton: Thanks for filming and letting us see...just rad ass stuff. :rockit:

Alex · Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 2469 Location: SLC, UT

Glad you liked it, you know I was thinking of uutah all the way down the river. The reason I made the cam mount :2thumbs:

Just think of possibilities.... biking, canyoneering, etc. :nod:

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 11846 Location: The Rubbish Bin

Kazak wrote: Glad you liked it, you know I was thinking of uutah all the way down the river. The reason I made the cam mount :2thumbs:

Just think of possibilities.... biking, canyoneering, etc. :nod:

:lol8: welcome to the club. uutah has become the REASON for getting outdoors.

Alex · Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 2469 Location: SLC, UT

Sombeech wrote:

:lol8: welcome to the club. uutah has become the REASON for getting outdoors.

:haha: true true...nothing like showing off your pics to someone who appreciates it. I show it to my computer geek and coworkers and all they can say is "cool, but I got a mace of vanquishing +1 last night in World of Warcraft"....nothing like wasting your life away.

anyways, back to the topic... since you did your own helmcam, what do you think of this design?

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 11846 Location: The Rubbish Bin

Kazak wrote:
since you did your own helmcam, what do you think of this design?

That's pretty good! It seems like it's rock solid. I'm assuming it's a waterproof camera.

In fact, you could do the same thing with a camcorder (except the waterproof part), you could just reach up and hit the "record" button when something was coming up. I would be doing that on bike rides, but I still crash too much, so I had to go with a "crush proof" helmet cam.

But your design seems like it's perfect.

Alex · Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 2469 Location: SLC, UT

Ya on the bike it would be tougher, especially when you crash. This was made with whitewater in mind, so even if I crash (fell out), all I have is water to fight, not the ground.

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 11846 Location: The Rubbish Bin

Hey, did you feel that wingnut at all on the inside of your helmet? I may try this on a few things. I'm even looking at a waterproof case for my camera.

fouristhenewone · Joined: 02 Aug 2006 Posts: 164

You happen to know the brand of tripod you bought? I'm interested in working out something like that for mountain bikling.

Alex · Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 2469 Location: SLC, UT

Sombeech wrote: Hey, did you feel that wingnut at all on the inside of your helmet? I may try this on a few things. I'm even looking at a waterproof case for my camera.

Not at all dude, I even hit my head hard on the side of the boat....

Alex · Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 2469 Location: SLC, UT

fouristhenewone wrote: You happen to know the brand of tripod you bought? I'm interested in working out something like that for mountain bikling.

You know, I don't remember anymore, I just got the smallest tripod head at Inkley's on state and 21st.

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 11846 Location: The Rubbish Bin

I found this cool video from the shore of Westwater.

Although, the video's short, but still cool.