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   Topic: Elkhorn
Posted: 24 Jan 2010 at 1:23am |
If anybody wants to tempt me to skip school Monday for an elkhorn run. Let me know i would be into being irresponsible with a mild coaxing.
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water wacko
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Posted: 24 Jan 2010 at 8:27am |
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tiziak
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Posted: 24 Jan 2010 at 7:30pm |
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What about all the thousands of dollars?!?!
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water wacko
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Posted: 24 Jan 2010 at 8:02pm |
Damn, I have to work. 
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Posted: 24 Jan 2010 at 10:11pm |
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Yeah I am pullin the plug on this. I really should be responsible.
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jP
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Posted: 25 Jan 2010 at 9:44am |
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Yeah, we should all be responsible.
1.) I really have work to do today as well
But maybe more to the point:
2.) I'm Physically and Mentally wiped out after a harrowing Sunday EPIC (like- a real Epic. Not some casual slang being used here.) That's the teaser. Someone else in my party can spill the beans as they feel like it. Suffice to say this is one lengthy T.R. that folks with attention spans may find to be an informative read.
Stay Tuned for more.
whoa! rising to the surface suddenly is a vague memory of a dream I must've had within the last few days: I dreamt I was soloing apparently on Elhorn. I remember in the dream I was approaching the first walled up class V in there... weird. I totally didn't remember it on a conscious level until now.
That's not where my EPIC occurred, although it wasn't far from that drainage...
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water wacko
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Posted: 25 Jan 2010 at 10:09am |
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Hopefully it wasn't at the portage on Jeffy...
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Posted: 25 Jan 2010 at 10:47am |
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There's a portage on Jeffy now?
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Posted: 25 Jan 2010 at 12:12pm |
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well, depends on who you are and how you feel.
But no, Jeffrey woulda been a bit too low for me. This Epic Yardsale occurred on another river nearby...
At least I got most of my gear back.
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franzhorner
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Posted: 25 Jan 2010 at 3:03pm |
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I'm guessing that these brave boys went after the Upper Upper Hamma Hamma....is it true???!!!
Edited by franzhorner - 25 Jan 2010 at 3:03pm
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MORE RAIN PLEASE
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Posted: 25 Jan 2010 at 3:04pm |
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The South Fork has been dealin' up some ass beatings these days.
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tiziak
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Posted: 25 Jan 2010 at 3:09pm |
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Man, I think I missed out. Snowboarding was fun, but we all know I love a god beatdown!
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Posted: 25 Jan 2010 at 3:10pm |
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Good beatdown.
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Posted: 25 Jan 2010 at 3:13pm |
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Dan, I think that was a sign from good
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Posted: 25 Jan 2010 at 3:26pm |
hahaha! true, but whats the worst that could happen...? 
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Posted: 26 Jan 2010 at 10:39am |
Go over to the PPages area and read the Trip Report. (Listed as Yardsale today!) It's an epic read. I just finished it. Glad everyone is ok, and it's amazing that only those few items were lost to the Skok. I have taken off that run in the Dark quite a few times so Kudo's for keeping that movement & pace. - Oh and PS I did not name dem rapids, Big Momma Jomma is the entrance rapid and that name is out of the Bennett Book or from Hoover. Speaking of Skok trips that went wrong... I have seen a few epics in there myself. ~J
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Posted: 26 Jan 2010 at 10:45am |
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Bad Maama Jamma?
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Posted: 26 Jan 2010 at 11:05am |
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Wow, JP, great write-up. Nice job to all you guys for getting outta there and keeping it together. I've heard a couple stories about that run, too.
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Posted: 26 Jan 2010 at 1:29pm |
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Word up! That was one hell of a day that I will never forget. I feel fortunate to have only lost my shoes and rope and for the fact that I can look back on this experience in a positive light and learn as much as passable from it.
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"Call on God, but row away from the rocks." ~H.S. Thompson
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Posted: 26 Jan 2010 at 1:43pm |
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possibility
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Posted: 26 Jan 2010 at 1:44pm |
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Jeeesus!
Y'ins know what I meant.
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Posted: 26 Jan 2010 at 1:46pm |
YEEE HAWW!!
I finally recovered my normal energy level after waking up this morning, 36 hours or so later. Yup. I think I stated it in the T.R. "Bad Mambe Jamba" is a worthy name. I just spell it like they sing it in the song "She's a Bad Mamba Jamba" . Although my experience was more like Death Metal than funk.
Brian swam ABOVE "Bobbing For Butler"
High Five, Pernick! You and I managed to swim the majority of the whole run as members of the Newly Fomed "S. Frk Skokomish Swim Team"-- Let's disband the team now, o.k.? 
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Posted: 26 Jan 2010 at 2:26pm |
Sounds like this run has some sticky ones on it, look forward to reading your TR when I have more time JP.
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Posted: 26 Jan 2010 at 9:24pm |
Hey JP,
Great trip report. Thanks for being so self effacing and allowing us to read through it, including the mistakes. It takes a big person to admit mistakes... Which brings me to two, one of which was mine on another trip:
But first, about your trip: Sounds like a couple of breakdown paddles would have been appropriate for this trip. As a gentle reminder to all: When paddling (harder) rivers away from roads, take a breakdown.
Now, for my "I know better than that!" moment: A few weeks ago I was on the Middle Middle... Yeah, I know, the MM. I was putting on with a strong crew of four and decided to wear my play vest instead of my rescue vest. I didn't take a throw bag either. I figured, with this crew, if anyone was going to get in trouble it was going to be me! As it turns out, another group joined us, a group that included some boaters that were just gettting their MM chops up to speed. One of them swam in the lead in drops to House Rock. She and her boat both ended up on the right side but I chased her paddle down HR 1 and ended up on the left side between the HR drops. I was in a play boat, no tether on my pfd, and no rope/webbing of any kind to make one. I tried to ferry across using both paddles and flipped. I rolled up and eddied out again on RL but realized I probably couldn't get across the current with both paddles. I got the attention of one to the boaters on RR (where swimmer and boat were) who had a tether and they ferried over and got the paddle, clipped it on and returned it to the swimmer. All ended well and no one was in that much danger but it did remind me: If you have safety gear and you know how to use it, BRING IT! From now on my play vest is for road side runs and park'n'play only.
Again, thanks for the great TR! You rock, mister!
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Posted: 27 Jan 2010 at 2:22pm |
Thanks for your feedback, Kyle.
I posted it in all it's excruciating detail because I figured it would be entertaining, informative, or both. I also want it to stand on its own a s awork of writing. Hopefully it does.
But -yeah, I didn't even include the lack of a breakdown as an oversite, but you are right about that. I don't own onw and would love to scrape up the cash for one. It's somehting I've been thinking about but postponing. I DO have a pair of hand paddles now. And I think I'm goig to cultivate some skill with them. They are much lighter and less bulky and people run all sorts of crazy sh*t in them.
I don't care if people percieve my skill level as less than it really is in this case. I've been at this game long enough to know where I stand. My relationship with the river is what it is. Therefore I'm not insecure about admitting my faults-character flaws, or mistakes in my actions. I'm such a geek about paddling these days that I really got a lot of enjoyment out of analying the events after the fact!
It's a thin membrane we opperate in and we often don't fully understand how vulnerable it is to being ruptured until it happens. That's why seemingly trivial details like the ones I wrote about and the ones you mentioned from your trip, really could shift the nature of a trip, and flip reality upside down.
What i'm most stoked about though, was my discovery about using my whole body as a kayak, once I was reunited with my paddle. It became a really playful moment. I'm really encouraged now to become less dependent on a paddle or a boat. To be able to do without either one.
Next summer when we get warm temps and medium low flows on the Sky, I intend to do some more "boatless" kayaking, "swimming" down the Sky with a kayak paddle. Sooner, I intend to get more practice with my handpaddles-took them to the pool the other night and had a blast!
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