After a summer of being out of Portland and out of my boat it was time to get back in the creek boat. Since the beginning of June I have been running around doing the river guide thing or seeing family so my kayaking has been suffering. Anyway, back now and since things have started to calm down in the beginning of August I have been on the lower wind twice. Seemed like a perfect time to make my first run down the Little White.
The flow was low, the gauge was not even in the water! Low as it was, this is still an epic run. The little white is everything I expected, steep boulder gardens, big drops and powerful holes. It was a great run and I learned a few things. The big lesson was that not only does Sacraledge have a cave next to it, there is a pretty big one behind the curtain. I can only tell you this because I was there with my boat. I was not in my boat, but we were there together. After pulling my way out of the cave behind the curtain and into the cave next to the drop i was fished out by the crew and down the river we went. First swim in a number of years, at least it was on the little white.
All in all it was a great day on the river and I learned that when you don't playboat much for a long period of time you quickly forget how long you can actual be in a hole before you should start to worry, in retrospect I should have ridden longer before bailing out, but what can you do.
Walked: Island, Bowey, Stovepipe, Spirit/Chaos.
Here are some pics from a great day in Southern WA.
Chris at Boulder Sluice
Jason: Boulder Sluice
Me at Boulder Sluice
Chris at s-turn, probably the cleanest waterfall I have ever seen.
Jason on s-turn
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