No sign of it. I heard no mention of it, not surprisingly. Because if you lost it there is only ONE.... Uh...
persona that saw it:
The river itself.
Its gone dude. Granted, it was a beautifully large
sky mob (enter that one into your localized lexicon because the Sky Mob is a real social phoenomenon and it is here to stay so embrace it w/ love- its not everyday you get to hit up world class class III-IV with such an informally assembled array of talented and ecclectic quality PPeeps...) sh*t...
Yup. Gopro is gone, bro. I will be glad tho if I am wrong. But, since I am always right (like any whitewater self proclaimed "expert" would have you believe),
AND more germane: since it was lost to begin with, the most
vital discussion at this juncture would be that of exactly when and how your fatefull gopro has come to be lost, er-uh... Seperated from your person.
For example, describe the conditions that best describe your particular Tele Tubby Configuration:
Are we talkin Helmet mount or stern mount? Probably helmet mount- I didn't see any stern antennae out there.
Next:
Did you have a tether? Awe, man you straight up
GOTS to have a tether. Otherwise its just "ameture fools with professional tools", brah.
If you had a tether: ok, this would be the second incident I've heard of where the plastic eyes that the mounting bolts thread to snapped off. If this is the case, GoPro is Lame because no sh*t this is a serious design flaw and
I can't fu*kIN BELIEVE THEY CAN'T BE SMART ENOUGH TO CAST A lanyard ring INTO THE CLEAR PLASTIC HOUSING. Seriously that would be included in one of my very first sketches of the gopro housing if I were to invent it. fu*k YOU GOPRO YOU SUCK. HAHA that only felt good cuz its true. Why am I typing this? Because its true. They haven't included a lanyard attachment to the housing. Lame
I use gorrilla thread. Its small, thin and strong. But since there is no way to attach a lanyard to the housing, I wrap it around where the housing attaches to the mounting piece w/ the tabs. So far its worked and stayed on my helmet but then again I only hit my head once every ten years or so. Better to stay upright and not ever capsize (unless you are playboat'n). It survived my stern mount pole when I capsized and had to bust out a combat roll, but I don't have any more faith in it as a result.
What happened? Where/ how did you lose it? Did you capsize and hit your head somewhere (the sky was pretty deep on saturday at 4500-5000 cfs) or did you set it down because someone Dabbed your synapses? (Not that I observed such wayward activity. My safety kit operates entirely on old school technology. You kids have made injesting THC way too scientific...)
I have now sufficiently digressed enough to conclude this post in a satisfactory manner. But before I do allow me to say that I really enjoyed seeing the PPeeps who turned out for Kiwi Mike's event. And Mike, thanks for organizing it! Even tho I didnt participate.
It ended up being a great springboard for a faction of us who ran CC Stilly the next day. Anyone want some kind of TR or beta? I'd call it "Squeaky Clean" as far as wood goes, considering we are in Wa. There was a nuciance of a stick that Brad X tried to yank out of play, but a few of our crew just mowed it over like fresh grass on a suburban lawn grown by copious water from some shackled and enslaved source. fu*k YOU MIRACLE GROW, I LIVE IN WASHINGTON.