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TR: Marsh Creek into MF Salmon
Very interesting trip report, including hairball log encounter,
he http://canoekayak.com/whitewater/rafting/marshcreek/ Several additional pictures of the log he http://home.earthlink.net/~mhowell777/images/MFS/ |
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TR: Marsh Creek into MF Salmon
Bill Tuthill wrote:
Very interesting trip report, including hairball log encounter, he http://canoekayak.com/whitewater/rafting/marshcreek/ Several additional pictures of the log he http://home.earthlink.net/~mhowell777/images/MFS/ What a story! Thanks for sharing, Bill! I wonder if it would have been less damaging in a smaller group (say two groups of five paddlers) and with only kayaks, instead of so many catarafts... The ability of catching tiny eddies sure helps in a situation like that! -- Wilko van den Bergh wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe ---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.--- http://kayaker.nl/ |
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TR: Marsh Creek into MF Salmon
Hi Wilko!
You typed: I wonder if it would have been less damaging in a smaller group (say two groups of five paddlers) and with only kayaks, instead of so many catarafts... Few people would want to do that run without raft support, since it is six days from the put-in to the takeout! -Richard, His Kanubic Travesty -- ================================================== ==================== Richard Hopley Winston-Salem, NC, USA .. rhopley[at]earthlink[dot]net .. Nothing really matters except Boats, Sex, and Rock'n'Roll .. rhopley[at]wfubmc[dot]edu .. OK, OK; computer programming for scientific research also matters ================================================== ==================== |
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TR: Marsh Creek into MF Salmon
Wilko van den Bergh wrote:
http://canoekayak.com/whitewater/rafting/marshcreek/ http://home.earthlink.net/~mhowell777/images/MFS/ I wonder if it would have been less damaging in a smaller group (say two groups of five paddlers) and with only kayaks, instead of so many catarafts... The ability of catching tiny eddies sure helps in a situation like that! You bet. Would you have volunteered to take your kayak out ahead, scouting for down logs, and report back by 2-way radio? I don't know if I would. On Marsh Creek hazardous logs appear every few years. Below the confluence with Bear Valley Creek, where the river officially becomes the Middle Fork Salmon, I believe log danger is less. In the aforementioned TR, it appears the log had just moved, because another party had rafted the river days before and reported nothing. |
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TR: Marsh Creek into MF Salmon
Bill Tuthill wrote:
Would you have volunteered to take your kayak out ahead, scouting for down logs, and report back by 2-way radio? I don't know if I would. I tend to be the lead paddler most of the time when we paddle, so yes, I probably would volunteer. It's actually pretty normal to find trees across the river on most of the (steep) creeks that we paddle. I've been in that situation a couple of times, finding a tree blocking the entire river. I find a strainer a lot more risky than many of the more difficult rapids, and as a result, we tend to be as careful as possible. Since we paddle pretty continuous stuff most of the time, there usually is no scouting on foot, only from the boat. I'm not sure that could have made much difference here though. I read the story, thinking: what could I have done? Frankly, with so many catarafts, I would probably be able to stop just in time in my kayak, only to see a lot of them still get in trouble. :-( If it was only one, with a couple of kayakers staying ahead, it might be different if one would signal upstream, but it might still be too late. Reading about the multi-day trip, I can see the need for a raft. That sure complicates matters! I have very little experience with doing multi-day trips, so I don't know how to circumvent that equipment issue, unless you're all taking Prijon Tornado size kayaks... :-S On Marsh Creek hazardous logs appear every few years. Below the confluence with Bear Valley Creek, where the river officially becomes the Middle Fork Salmon, I believe log danger is less. In the aforementioned TR, it appears the log had just moved, because another party had rafted the river days before and reported nothing. Yeah, so I noticed. The kayakers did manage to get through unscathed though. -- Wilko van den Bergh wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe ---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.--- http://kayaker.nl/ |
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