Yo Nelson- I will see you there, man! Dress warm it'll be chilly ( but if you were out there today I guess you know that).

I'll call ya up either tonight or in the a.m.

~jP

I'm in too. See you there.

That was fun.

Documentation?

Fine video-ography via Dale.

Yeah Nelson! Way to get after it! That was a tough spot to roll the whole way.

For the record, that's "Coal Bucket" rapid, named so in the Bennett Book. Nelson tangled w/ the Coal Bucket- youre core, dude! Core!

Thad, after watching that video and you saying it was salt in your wounds to miss that trip makes me wonder just what kind of sick, twisted individual you are.

You're going to fit right in. :-)

First, avoiding hitting the rock would have been nice.

Second, once flipping, trying to claw your way up the rock side would have been something to do while waiting to wash around it.

After the flip, Nelson did a pretty good job. Stayed focused on his task(trying to roll) and stayed in his boat instead of swimming immediately.

If he had swam immediately upon flipping, he might have gotten much more involved in that rock(is it undercut?) and staying in his boat until he got past the coal bucket kept him from possibly getting sucked under it.

If he coulda held out for just a few more seconds, it would have been my favorite type of video clip. One where there is a decently long struggle with the victory of a roll at the end. Maybe next time. As it is, I'm pretty happy that it wasn't much worse. That could have turned into much more of a struggle.

That area between Coal Bucket and Paradise Ledge is pretty sievy and undercut. Makes me feel like I'm back in the SouthEast.

Again, good work hanging in there Nelson.

We may try to do it all again on Thursday(minus the Coal Bucket episode).

I'll be out Saturday for sure and probably Sunday.

..and by out, I mean WILL be boating. No sense sometimes do I make.

So Nelson is saying Saturday and Slick is sayin Sunday.

I may be in for either day, or both. Not commiting just yet though, but I will let you guys know before meet time. Its going to depend on tempertures and flows, and whether or not anything else is running and who may influence me to go where, ect. But chances are I'll be there for a lower run this weekend.

I think I might just be out there too, I have a new rod to break in

Trip open to anyone? Also, why isn't the trip planner used? and... I've gone down the lower green once before... in an old wavesport xxx. (I just started boating and it was the first kayak I got.) I'm tempted to try another ancient boat that sports a displacement hull to see if it keeps me right side up more. It's an old perception dancer I also picked up.   :) I know, get a real boat. I picked up a dagger piedra which looked like it would be good to learn in... but that got stolen before I got to any white water.
Anyway, any warnings I should know about trying to run the dancer?

i want to go.  Unfortunately, I can't commit until Sunday morning.