Photos of Boulder Drop?
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Topic: Photos of Boulder Drop?
Posted By: irenen
Subject: Photos of Boulder Drop?
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 6:49am
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I'm looking to do a blog post that gives a general overview of the lines on Boulder Drop and am wondering if anyone would be willing to share any photos (or video) you might have that give a clear view of the drops, especially in the low to 6K or 7K range? I know there are a few explanations out there but I just talked to someone who was running it for the first time and he said it's really hard to find a good overall explanation with images, which is true - and I've been kind of wanting to do something like this for a while now. If you can share a photo just PM me or share it on this thread, whichever is easier, and I'll credit you in the post, which would be on http://www.ireneskayakingblog.com - http://www.ireneskayakingblog.com . Thanks, and SYOTR! ------------- It's all fun and games until someone loses a paddle. |
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Posted By: huckin harms
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 9:18am
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Posted By: SupaSta
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 1:25pm
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Wow, that's cool Harms. Do you have a bigger version of that shot?
Dan ------------- Life is short, paddle hard! |
Posted By: mokelumnekid
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 1:46pm
| What a great idea- and alsogreat to see that for the whole Sky run, not just BD, calling out some interesting details, etc. I've done that kind of thing with Google Earth images but more coudl be done by people who know the river well. |
Posted By: irenen
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 2:13pm
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Thanks Mike, do you know if that's available in larger format? The Google Maps satellite image I found of Boulder looks like it's at pretty high water and not too helpful, it looks like the one you posted might be at lower water, which would be good.
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Posted By: James
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 3:56pm
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Mokelumnekid - have you seen De PPGmap? http://www.professorpaddle.com/map/ - http://www.professorpaddle.com/map/ Check out the Sky on that http://www.professorpaddle.com/map/rivermap.asp?riverid=586 - http://www.professorpaddle.com/map/rivermap.asp?riverid=586 |
Posted By: irenen
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 5:54pm
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I can't believe I've never clicked on the mapplet link before, very nice! (But I still need photos. :) ------------- It's all fun and games until someone loses a paddle. |
Posted By: Ben Baugh
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 9:18pm
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American whitewater has some decent photos of boulder drop
http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/2209/#tab-photos - http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/2209/#tab-photos
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Posted By: mokelumnekid
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 10:06pm
| Thanks! |
Posted By: Jule
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 6:26am
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Irene, you're thinking something like this? I think it's using the same picture that Mike posted: http://www.riverexpeditions.com/boulder2.htm The descriptions are mostly geared toward rafts, but it did help me over my out-of-proportion BD anxiety when I first started running it. |
Posted By: Jule
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 6:29am
| And that picture is fairly high water, 7500cfs or so. |
Posted By: irenen
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 6:14pm
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Thanks Jule, that is a great photo, even though it's on the high side you can see pretty much every feature and it's great that it's an aerial shot. ------------- It's all fun and games until someone loses a paddle. |
Posted By: irenen
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 6:15pm
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And just checked out the AW photos too, thanks Ben! ------------- It's all fun and games until someone loses a paddle. |
Posted By: jP
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 4:04pm
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Originally posted by James
Mokelumnekid - have you seen De PPGmap? http://www.professorpaddle.com/map/ - http://www.professorpaddle.com/map/ Check out the Sky on that http://www.professorpaddle.com/map/rivermap.asp?riverid=586 - http://www.professorpaddle.com/map/rivermap.asp?riverid=586 (Yup: Zoom in on De PPGmap. Eagle's Eye view-- Bam!)
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