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  Quote irenen Replybullet Topic: Photos of Boulder Drop?
    Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 6:49am

I'm looking to do a blog post that gives a general overview of the lines on Boulder Drop and am wondering if anyone would be willing to share any photos (or video) you might have that give a clear view of the drops, especially in the low to 6K or 7K range?  I know there are a few explanations out there but I just talked to someone who was running it for the first time and he said it's really hard to find a good overall explanation with images, which is true - and I've been kind of wanting to do something like this for a while now.  If you can share a photo just PM me or share it on this thread, whichever is easier, and I'll credit you in the post, which would be on http://www.ireneskayakingblog.com.  Thanks, and SYOTR!
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  Quote SupaSta Replybullet Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 1:25pm
Wow, that's cool Harms.  Do you have a bigger version of that shot?
 
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  Quote mokelumnekid Replybullet Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 1:46pm
What a great idea- and alsogreat to see that for the whole Sky run, not just BD, calling out some interesting details, etc. I've done that kind of thing with Google Earth images but more coudl be done by people who know the river well.
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  Quote irenen Replybullet Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 2:13pm
Thanks Mike, do you know if that's available in larger format?  The Google Maps satellite image I found of Boulder looks like it's at pretty high water and not too helpful, it looks like the one you posted might be at lower water, which would be good.
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  Quote James Replybullet Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 3:56pm
Mokelumnekid - have you seen De PPGmap? http://www.professorpaddle.com/map/

Check out the Sky on that http://www.professorpaddle.com/map/rivermap.asp?riverid=586
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  Quote irenen Replybullet Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 5:54pm

I can't believe I've never clicked on the mapplet link before, very nice!  (But I still need photos. :)
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  Quote Ben Baugh Replybullet Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 9:18pm
American whitewater has some decent photos of boulder drop
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  Quote mokelumnekid Replybullet Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 10:06pm
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  Quote Jule Replybullet Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 6:26am
Irene, you're thinking something like this? I think it's using the same picture that Mike posted:

http://www.riverexpeditions.com/boulder2.htm

The descriptions are mostly geared toward rafts, but it did help me over my out-of-proportion BD anxiety when I first started running it.
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  Quote Jule Replybullet Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 6:29am
And that picture is fairly high water, 7500cfs or so. 
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  Quote irenen Replybullet Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 6:14pm

Thanks Jule, that is a great photo, even though it's on the high side you can see pretty much every feature and it's great that it's an aerial shot.
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  Quote irenen Replybullet Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 6:15pm
And just checked out the AW photos too, thanks Ben!
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  Quote jP Replybullet Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 4:04pm
Originally posted by James

Mokelumnekid - have you seen De PPGmap? http://www.professorpaddle.com/map/

Check out the Sky on that http://www.professorpaddle.com/map/rivermap.asp?riverid=586
 
(Yup: Zoom in on De PPGmap. Eagle's Eye view-- Bam!)
 
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