Bill Tuthill wrote in message ...

Were there any consequences to not making camp? For instance, did you
have trouble finding a spot to camp because somebody was already in it?
Trail Flat is at mile 7, but if you camped there, were you fined for
camping in another spot with a hot spring?


We camped at Elkhorn (Mile 8.2) and there were no consequences. I
told the ranger at Indian Creek and they did not seem to care. I am
sure this is because the upper river was pretty much deserted. I am
not sure if they would have cared if we had spent another night at a
hot spring - My guess is that they would not have cared.


Too bad it didn't rain *before* your trip, thus making Sulphur Slide easier.
Was the "rain all day" the typical kind of Idaho mist, or real rain?


Actually it did rain before as well. The level was 1.74 when we left
Reno and 1.88 when we launched two days later. It was real rain some
of the time - At times it was mixed with some hail. We never did see
the sun on the first day. It also rained much ot the night on two of
the days.


A friend of mine ran this in a raft, instead of his IK, because he thought
he might flip in his IK. Unfortunately the commercial raft flipped anyway,
and he ended up swimming right into the rock (on the right, same as your
"room sized rock"?) that he was afraid of swimming into. Ironic.

Our kayakers and IKs ran this line with no problems. One guy did roll
as he fell into the hole on the down-side of the rock. I am sure that
we are talking about the same rock - It may be somewhat smaller than a
room but it sure loomed large to me when I was running it :-)

Here is a pic of the rapid.

http://www.americanwhitewater.org/photos/?photoid=8447

Randy