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Fish
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   Topic: Rafting Ernies Gorge
Posted: 13 Jul 2011 at 10:15am |
Hans Hoomans, Tom Marley, Kira Watts and I took two rafts into Ernies Gorge at 500 cfs and had an amazing day of paddling this past monday. Having rafted the Little White Salmon the previous weekend, we felt confident in both our teams, and i'm stoked to say we completed the run with only 3 portages. Here are some pics, check out the gallery for more. All pics by Kira Watts!
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JoesKayak
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Posted: 13 Jul 2011 at 10:30am |
That's awesome! Congrats. Is that a raft 1st d?
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TomMarley
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Posted: 13 Jul 2011 at 11:44am |
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Not 1st raft d, but first rafts only d in July with water is our claim
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Fish
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Posted: 13 Jul 2011 at 12:01pm |
Like Tom said this is not a first D, It was first rafted this year at 350 cfs, and they had twice the portages that we did. Our group went down with 500 cfs and only portaged 3 rapids. We were joking at the put in that this descent carried with it many firsts...
All jokingly of course.
1.First descent while carrying a six pack of beer
2. First all raft descent
3. First descent with water
4. First descent by a woman
5. First descent with temps of 70 in July
The list goes on, haha
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Ellingferd
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Posted: 13 Jul 2011 at 12:13pm |
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Nice work Scott. Wish I could have seen it, from my kayak however. Soon enough......2 more weeks on the crutches.
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Fish
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Posted: 13 Jul 2011 at 12:20pm |
Yeah Jonathon! Your on the home stretch now, 2 more weeks is nothing. You'll be back out boofing in no time!
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Kendi
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Posted: 13 Jul 2011 at 1:46pm |
I keep teling you guys- I wanna grow up to be just like you!
Kalli
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Posted: 14 Jul 2011 at 2:41pm |
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If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
Daniel Patrinellis
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1150lbsofaire
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Posted: 14 Jul 2011 at 3:05pm |
sick is right, maybe even a little mental! hats of to anyone who has run it more then once, definitely a place you would not want to miss a single line
big props to scott for helping me get in there! 
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lookin for a bow cap for a storm
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jP
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Posted: 14 Jul 2011 at 8:19pm |
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YeH- the dream team! Hans hears a Who and Fish Miester, T n K- DYNOMITE!!
Stoked for you guys and wish i coulda been there
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🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋
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huckin harms
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Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 10:40am |
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Nice job you all!
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fiddleyak
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Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 12:50pm |
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Awesome job guys!
I didn't realize you lost a paddle...there must be more to this story than what we're hearing here!
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Fish
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Posted: 15 Jul 2011 at 1:06pm |
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1 raft paddle was lost after a tight squeeze between some boulders, but no story really. I'm still looking for my Werner Shogun from an earlier kayak trip this past winter tho :-)
Btw, just uploaded more pics to the gallery, video will be out soon!
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