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Jed Hawkes
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Posted: 21 Jun 2012 at 9:04am |
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woah, looks rad.
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The line will become apparent
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The NZA
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Posted: 21 Jun 2012 at 9:04am |
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This looks awesome. I need to get my Alpacka up in this!
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JoesKayak
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Posted: 21 Jun 2012 at 9:07am |
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Don't know why you bother with this crap when you got the Duwamish in your back yard.
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James
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Posted: 21 Jun 2012 at 10:02am |
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Looks amazing in there... but I bet that there was very little
industrial waste in the eddies and probably no overpasses with bum
camps. Brian probably just had a few extra vacation days so he tried to find another river that could compare with his backyard stretch.... While I don't think he succeeded it would appear that he still had a good time.
Any fishing done on that trip? Chetco is pretty well known for it.
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The NZA
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Posted: 21 Jun 2012 at 10:36am |
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Cool bear sighting! I saw 7 the day I was up on the Queets on Memorial Day.
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James
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Posted: 21 Jun 2012 at 10:44am |
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Brian if you went back would you be willing to pack no food and live off the river?
That is how I determine if the fishing is off the hook so to speak.
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James
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Posted: 21 Jun 2012 at 11:50am |
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my record is a bit more than 8 beers in a day.... oh wait bears... my bad
This little chetco might have to go on the hit list for another year...
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jP
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Posted: 21 Jun 2012 at 12:18pm |
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No doubt. As usual, Professor Slick brings back for us a stellar report of adventures pursued well.
Looks like an awesome trip, Brian!
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not-very-clever
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Posted: 21 Jun 2012 at 2:46pm |
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what do you get when you cross a bear with a deer?
a beer
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Jed Hawkes
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Posted: 21 Jun 2012 at 3:16pm |
Originally posted by James
my record is a bit more than 8 beers in a day.... oh wait bears... my bad
And by a bit more I assume you mean multiples of 8?
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justin
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Posted: 21 Jun 2012 at 3:40pm |
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Man, I wanna retire and go boat that.
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SPerillo
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Posted: 21 Jun 2012 at 7:01pm |
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Chetco....so hot right now
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The NZA
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Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 12:40pm |
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Hit me up if you ever go back there. Doing rivers/canyons like this is exactly why I bought an Alpacka!
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shap
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Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 2:51pm |
I was on this trip, I can vouch for its badass-ness! Access is the long term problem.
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awskitc
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Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 8:50pm |
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This is something i'd love to do! And I have time now. Whats the level like, how long does it stay running, and do you need more water for a creeker rather than a ducky?
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thad2000
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Posted: 11 Jul 2012 at 4:34am |
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Great pics.. fodder for fantasy. :) The hike, aside from the bush beating, sounds like it was nice too. I say sail in on an airship made of IK's filled with helium. :)
p.s. any eucalypti on the trail. (obscure joke with self regarding a glorious way to die.) the trip looked increadible... beautiful water.
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why not!
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shap
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Posted: 11 Jul 2012 at 8:40am |
Originally posted by awskitc
This is something i'd love to do! And I have time now. Whats the level like, how long does it stay running, and do you need more water for a creeker rather than a ducky?
I think you want to be in there as late as possible to minimize the risk of being hit by a big storm and being in serious peril. There really is no way out from the vast majority of this run. The river was running from 475 at put in down to about 375 cfs at takeout (lower Chetco River gage). I think this is hte lowest minimum flow for a mostly "in boat" IK trip. You would want more for a hard boat for sure, but I am not sure how much more. This year, this flow range occurred or was slightly exceeded for about the 1st two weeks in June, then for another week latter June after the river dropped and then came back up a bit, not it is too low.
Regarding the fishing, tossing a spinner or spoon, you pretty much catch a large cutthroat in very nice pool on your first cast, but only one. Then you have to move to the next pool. I caught dinner 2 nights in a row, catching a couple nice fish in about 10 minutes both days, then fished another 20 or 30 minutes for fun to see what else might be lurking.
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The NZA
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Posted: 11 Jul 2012 at 9:52am |
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I will reiterate: totally hit me up if you do this again. I think this is number one on my tic list for next year, if I can find other (if not more, since I am still a greenhorn myself) competent boaters to do it with. The Alpacka defiantly does great in low water like this, so this time of year seems perfect. I may know some other packrafters who'd also be interested.
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shap
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Posted: 11 Jul 2012 at 10:18am |
Originally posted by The NZA
I will reiterate: totally hit me up if you do this again. I think this is number one on my tic list for next year, if I can find other (if not more, since I am still a greenhorn myself) competent boaters to do it with. The Alpacka defiantly does great in low water like this, so this time of year seems perfect. I may know some other packrafters who'd also be interested.
To shed a little more light on the character, this is not really a place for 2 green horns alone to go exploring whitewater:
There were somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 +/- rapids in the Class III to IV range, with maybe 25% Class IV, being primarily steep technical long and blind boulder garden drops. Class IV was most concentrated in the Slide Creek to Granite Creek area, but scattered thought the run in ample supply. The last rapid before our takeout at the Steel Bridge was a long Class IV. . All I will say is that there is a lot of scouting to be done of long blind drops, especially between Slide Creek to Granite Creek. Allow plenty of time for this section, but scouting will be done at many places along the entire trip. Although wood was not a problem, there are a number of nasty sieve hazards at low water in which you could kill your self. I would not want to do this trip with less than 3 (safety factor) or more than 6 people (camp size/horse pack logistics). At low water, you want top notch gear, because you will be smashing/squeezing through a lot of rocks.
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Posted: 12 Jul 2012 at 3:33pm |
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shap
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Posted: 21 Oct 2012 at 5:42pm |
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a few more vids:
Slickhorns POV of the same rapid video above:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIu1deXFAKM&list=UUT3SXMZRCX6x7qvLeIgVA0Q&index=2&feature=plcp
my run of the same less cleanhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtKsG_yVS_Q&list=UUT3SXMZRCX6x7qvLeIgVA0Q&index=1&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgXrk86F4jw&list=UUT3SXMZRCX6x7qvLeIgVA0Q&index=3&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffm3XHYeHJk&list=UUT3SXMZRCX6x7qvLeIgVA0Q&index=4&feature=plcp
can't figure out how to have the vid embedded in the post, but I only got my first cell phone this year, so what can you expect
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