Wells, Dawn Patrol, 11-19-07

Ran the Wells at dawn today with Anna and Toth. It's 18 degrees at the Wells right now, which means it was probably close to 10 when we were paddling. Check out my icicles:


And on the beard:

Wells River, 11-18-07

Went to the Wells today, at a little over 200 cfs, with Klem, Emily, Kevin, Joe, Ana, Toth, and David:



Emily on the second drop:


Toth on the second drop:


I ran four laps on the waterfall while they were scouting and landed stern first on one of them (with a huge boof). Ana's brother has some video, I'll post it as soon as I get it.

Middlebury Gorge, 11-17-07

I finally got on the Middlebury; it was great. Fallopian Tube (the falls at the entrance to the gorge) is an amazing drop:


Despite pretty epic conditions,


a huge crowd showed up, probably twenty boaters.


Here's a shot looking up at the gorge from below Rebirth:

You can see the log at Rebirth -- it's not as bad as it looks, you clear it easily, but worrying about it makes it tempting to ignore other aspects of the drop, and I pitoned badly in the drop. Luckily I hurt both my knee and my ankle or I might've broken one of them.

N. B. Winooski, 11-16-07

Ran the North Branch of the Winooski at low water yesterday with Strauss, Justin, his friend Alex, Scott Gilbert and his friend Ben. It's a fun run, a fair amount of flat water but a good number of big, easy drops.
There's more photos in the gallery, but here are some of the highlights:

Alex boofing at the top of a fun slide:


The awesome boof ledge Strauss and I ran twice:









Me at the bottom of the last drop:

Wells, 11-7-07

Ran the Wells around 275 with Strauss today:

Strauss on a mediocre line (heading towards the rock):

Strauss redeeming himself:

Me, following a nice line just right of the rock and into the current:

I'm in there, I swear. You can see my paddle blades sticking out. They look sort of like rocks.

Downtown Mascoma, 11/1 and 11/2/07

Ran Downtown twice with Jeff yesterday and three times today with Jeff, Scott, and Mike. Finally got some decent pictures, too. Something about running it when the sun is still out.