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  Quote The NZA Reply0 props     bullet Posted: 11 Jul 2012 at 9:52am
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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  Quote shap Reply0 props     bullet 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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  Quote shap Reply0 props     bullet Posted: 12 Jul 2012 at 3:33pm

Master Slickhorn at work:



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  Quote slickhorn Reply0 props     bullet Posted: 12 Jul 2012 at 4:09pm
nice!  that was a great little drop.  seemed to stand out at the time, but really, there were a ton of drops like this on the run. 
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  Quote shap Reply0 props     bullet Posted: 21 Oct 2012 at 5:42pm
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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