shit, can't even count em all.  some highlights though:

got utterly destroyed a couple times on the illinois.  So used to creeking, I'd see over the horizon line, identify the rocks to avoid, and figure everything else was good to go.  Oh yeah ... forgot about big holes!!!

Swam on that ledge below Norm's on the cooper, the one with the log acrss the canyon at the lip.  too low for the clean boof, but better the swim than the elbow bashing some did. 

lots more, but that's part of IKin'

I swam on the eddyline at the top of Mel's on the Chilliwack, and after three failed roll attempts beneath Hussum falls this year.  Not to proud of either of them.  I have worked on my role and it is much stronger now.

Edited by justin - 10 Aug 2007 at 10:14am

1- First day down the N. Fork Sky. 7,000 cfs, flipped by the log jam right above the confluence. Hadn't really been boating for a while, and couldn't get forward to roll. Swam out, went over a pourover, straight onto a rock with my ass. Hurt for a week.

2- 1st time down White Salmon. Got stuck in the hole on river right at Waterspout. The leader (*cough**cough*bryon*cough*) said the hole was good to go and to aim for a little right of the green tongue. Surfed for a probably 10 seconds, windowshaded, tried to roll, windowshaded again, pulled the skirt, had to kick ridiculously hard to get out of the boat, and then kick more to get out of the hole. I was in the boat in the hole for about 30 seconds, and the boat stayed in for another 30 after I got out. Glugh.

3- Boulder Drop. I knew, at the beginning of the run that something was going to happen. Jay Kincaid was with us, and I just knew I would do something stupid. Flipped in the entrance, missed a couple rolls in the pool above the fence, pulled the skirt right above the fence, washed up against the rock that separates Ned's and the Needle, boat went through the Needle, I went through Neds, managed to swim into all the big holes below that, right of House Rock, and swam over the ledge at the bottom, and didn't notice until I looked back upstream at the rapid. I believe I spent 65%+ of that swim under water getting pushed around by holes and trying to not hit a rock and get air at the same time. Brett was right next to me the whole time, but... in Boulder, that doesn't do much good. I'm still kind of trying to get back on the horse. Sigh.

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Edited by ashleygoesdisco - 09 Aug 2007 at 11:19am

Adam. Everyone is waiting for you to get thrashed. No hard feelings. You just deserve it. 

Swim free season here, Heeehawww

After that statement I have a feeling a swim is coming for me soon.

I took a playboat out for a weekend. Ran B.D. in it, not that it may count for much in your hair boating world.  Besides, I don't have the exclusive liscence on the Jackson Rocker series.

i got munched in the drop above the spout on the top tye, first real bad swim in 4 years.  I later heard it is bad karma to kill anything on the way to a class V.  I smushed a mouse that had been eating my food with a log the night before.  Coincidence? no way.   i haven't killed anything since!

moral of the story:
don't hurt animals.  if you do, go for a mellow run that day- and don't kill animals
jordan

I got ya all beat!!!

Just curious, what was the 5+?

Have a great time in the Canyon.....I'm jealous.

What Canyon do you speak of?

Well I can honestly say that I am glad I swam on the sultan and not on any of the harder rivers I have done this year. I learned a lesson too... don't listen to brad when he is trying to explain how when you pound a few tall boy's of OE, you will loop higher, its not true.

When I think of it I have styled plenty of local rated III+ and -IV this year there were some class III runs too but you guys are most likely not interested in those.