By Jonathan Blum
Trip date: 4/15/2006-4/16/2006
River flow: 500-340cfs
Length: very short
People: Jonathan Blum, Abigail Polsby, Will from SRK, Ryan and Joel from from Peak7 Adventures, Blaze, Ryan, Bob, Kyle, Jacob and Asher from CWU, Kim and Brenan, Steve and Nina, and Logan
Boat: Bliss Stick Huka
I helped Abbe (Sierra Rescue) out with this swiftwater rescue course offered through Seattle Raft and Kayak over the weekend. She was a fantastic instructor as usual, and I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to work with such amazing talent. Will from SRK also helped out which was awesome! The weather was pretty poor on Saturday with hail, gusting winds and sideways rain! It was really cold in the afternoon but everyone made it through, learned lots and enjoyed themselves. Sunday was warmer with clear skies and sunshine! We had a large group from the CWU outdoor program who were also taking a basic raft guide training earlier in the week (good work fellas!). The course was mostly catered to the rafting crowd, but we got a chance to do kayak pins, riverboarding, foot/ body entrapment, and all the normal swiftwater stuff on top of all the raft stuff. Lots of fun in the river.
Please be patient while the photos load... This is the easiest way to share with everyone in the class... Enjoy.
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| Day one: parking lot throwbagging |
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| The perfect toss |
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| Joel and Ryan from Peak7 |
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| Throwing bag |
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| Shallow grass crossing |
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| Kim gets cinched |
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| Shallow water crossing... about to go swimming downstream |
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| Super Stick method shallow water crossing |
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| Hold tight so you all swim together... |
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| Rotating crossing |
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| 4 person rotational crossing |
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| Abbe plays the unconscious victim as Ryan, Logan, Brenan and Will express great concern |
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| More concerned faces |
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| Bob on a log... |
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| Brenan over the strainer |
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| Kyle over the strainer |
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| Will playing on the strainer |
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| Logan has the best strainer face |
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| Not enjoying the log... |
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| Enjoying the log too much... |
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| The helmet sheds water nicely |
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| Joel cheating... he redid this one... |
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| Asher over the top |
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| Steve can't see anything... |
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| Jacob trying to get over |
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| But he's about to go under... |
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| And under... |
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| A little humor after defying death |
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| Deep breath and then under... |
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| Ryan stuck and then over the top |
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| 4 point raft lower |
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| Partner tension zip-line |
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| Joel gets it done... |
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| Brenan down the drop... |
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| Will on the raft flip drill... excellent demo of he and I falling on each other... |
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| Classic Abbe |
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| Flip flopping people over the raft... |
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| Jacob makes it look easy |
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| Nina riding the wave |
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| Steve was all smiles |
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| Jonathan riding the wave |
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| Joel on the back side |
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| Ryan made this look really easy too |
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| Even no hands... |
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| Bob having a momment... |
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| Blaze in the mess of it |
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| The money shot.... |
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| Jacob flexes and then flys |
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| Ryan was all smiles... flying high... |
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| Steve gets 'er done |
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| Logan with excellent form |
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| We all heard this one... well done Bob! |
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| Keep flat as a board... Joel gets it done. |
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