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Enhancing the Layover Day	---Quote (Originally by Schutzie)--- Abuse of alcohol on the river is a felony!:twisted: ---End Quote--- To eliminate alcohol abuse, simply use an...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Dirty First Aid	My kit is stocked with a lean towards controlling bleeding with many compresses and gauze and triangular bandages. I have a sam splint and a CPR...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Whitewater Forum : Sky Gauge	Author: James Subject: Sky Gauge Posted: 03 Feb 2016 at 8:09pm ^---- He just said comfort zone to Sam... When ever I am constipated I load one of Sam's clips, does the trick in about 15 seconds.	Professor Paddle	Washington, Oregon and vicinity
new drybox dimensions for Aire 160DD??	Thwarts holding the floor down is one thing. I would not recommend using rigid parts to do this though. Premature wear and floor damage will result....	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Enhancing the Layover Day	We call the ammo can tug o war game _Rope_. Another favorite is _Eat Box _Start with an empty 12 pack box standing upright in the center of the...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
where to buy?	Have you paddled the Karma? I am short and fat and prefer the Zen to the Karma. The karma is a lot of boat to pull into an eddy. I would suggest...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Dirty First Aid	---Quote (Originally by morbald)--- 3) epinephrine . ---End Quote--- Epinephrine! I'd end up killing someone with that. I'd say leave...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Raft Trailer Registration	Vagelbite: You got it right. The easiest thing to do is to have your buddy get a replacement title sent to him and then just have him sign it...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
And so it begins again....	From a 11 submits looks like we had 1 successful drawing. No date yet either. Hopefully we will find that out soon.	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Campsite / Hike questions for Grand Canyon Mid March Trip	Bring a dry suit for Silver Grotto. Hell bring a dry suit for everything!	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Risks Sato del Nilahue	---Quote (Originally by buckmanriver)--- BAER, Thanks for sharing. Lots to learn here. Glad it worked out. Thanks, ~B ---End Quote---	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Yampa from New Zealand	The Yampa is down to nothing by late June. May is the season. You can run Cataract Canyon if you apply three days ahead of time. No lottery. ...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Enhancing the Layover Day	---Quote (Originally by LSB)--- Another favorite is _Eat Box _Start with an empty 12 pack box standing upright in the center of the circle of lawn...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Pink Jackson Karma Medium	---Quote (Originally by tskoe23)--- You can special order one from Jackson, but its an extra $200. ---End Quote--- HI Buck, This is true. At...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
where to buy?	If Oldworldlife is going to step up his game to class 4 and huck some falls, at 265 the karma L will resurface a million times better than either of...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Buzz vs project	I went on four trips last year with folks I met on M.B. The year before that, a Grand trip. Who put a bug up your ass?	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
And so it begins again....	I don't mean to bogart in on anything....but if anyone is really looking to fill in a spot on this trip....I'd gladly take one. I have a 16' Avon Pro...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Risks Sato del Nilahue	---Quote (Originally by onefatdog)--- Uhh, I check out that drop years ago and years before it killed a friend of mine. That cave hasn't changed...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Oar holders when not rowing	I try never to ship my oars if you hit a rock or the bank it will swipe your front person off the boat or hit yourself. I think stowing them the...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Raft Trailer Registration	It's only a problem if the trailer was reported stolen. Back in the day you could just tell the Person at the Dmv that you built a trailer and they'd...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Risks Sato del Nilahue	The more I think about this video the more grateful I become that it happened. First my friend Baer is still here. Second, this video is the greatest...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Negative power draft wood burning tent stove by Venturi Pipe, Is it necessary	---Quote (Originally by shappattack)--- The thermo electric generator already exits:...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
new drybox dimensions for Aire 160DD??	---Quote (Originally by GreenWall)--- We don't run our boxes tight on the boat anywhere, holding down a floor is a new one on me. ---End Quote---...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Risks Sato del Nilahue	The times I've been to formal debriefings in the ems job, or as a river guide, one thing the moderator always stressed, was the importance of not...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
And so it begins again....	Might be a possibility. Ill let you know.	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Negative power draft wood burning tent stove by Venturi Pipe, Is it necessary	I googled by key words forum wood tent stove for camping hunting, this site comes out at first page.	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Whitewater Forum : Sky Gauge	Author: dave Subject: Sky Gauge Posted: 04 Feb 2016 at 8:00am That seems to be the phrase that everyone is using these days...	Professor Paddle	Washington, Oregon and vicinity
new drybox dimensions for Aire 160DD??	---Quote (Originally by Down River Equipment)--- What I am suggesting is to leave a 2" or so gap on dry land and if the floor wants to rises more...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Buzz vs project	The Buzz and Mountain Project are very similar. We have 10,000+ photos submitted, they also have tons of photos. We have a very active gear swap...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Negative power draft wood burning tent stove by Venturi Pipe, Is it necessary	Your search is too long. Try forum wood stove hunting	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Dirty First Aid	---Quote (Originally by dirtbagkayaker)--- Epinephrine! I'd end up killing someone with that. I'd say leave the meds home and bring latex...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Pink Jackson Karma Medium	Hey, Buck I would contact Jackson Kayak and see if they are selling any used team boats if you're not looking so spend a shit ton of money on a...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Whitewater Forum : Big Quilcene Update	Author: AdamG Subject: Big Quilcene Update Posted: 04 Feb 2016 at 9:01am Thanks for the update, I plan on getting in there soon once the days get a bit longer	Professor Paddle	Washington, Oregon and vicinity
Whitewater Forum : Sky Gauge	Author: Jed Hawkes Subject: Sky Gauge Posted: 04 Feb 2016 at 9:47am *Originally posted by dave* That seems to be the phrase that everyone is using these days... Constipated?	Professor Paddle	Washington, Oregon and vicinity
Risks Sato del Nilahue	Nice reply David. I met Chris at your place in Chile, and we have paddled together on Gore here in Colorado since as well. We all make decisions to...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Negative power draft wood burning tent stove by Venturi Pipe, Is it necessary	---Quote (Originally by mattman)--- Maybe tentnerds attempt to help us could turn into a bad thing, the venturi could enhance the winter camping...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Campsite / Hike questions for Grand Canyon Mid March Trip	I've ONLY done it in March so here are a few thoughts. The Deer Creek Tapeats suggestion is a good one. The Patio is my favorite layover day. The...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
new drybox dimensions for Aire 160DD??	---Quote (Originally by GreenWall)--- I am sure you guys have it under control, when's the crew coming to Oregon for some boating! Couple years back...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Whitewater Forum : Sky Gauge	Author: jP Subject: Sky Gauge Posted: 04 Feb 2016 at 11:50am *Originally posted by Slackkinhard* gauge correction? I've felt like the gauge has been reading higher than it really is lately....today there seems to have been a change? I've seen it do this before, so maybe it's just me. Ok here is the answer to your quandary. You aren't Slackin as Hard as your moniker implies- you've an avid pressence on this forum and on the river. But, like a lot of boaters on the scene you are a relative new comer. So the nuances of detail throughout the river escape your attention, no matter how observant you may be. This is natural. Such details are quite subtle. But over time you get so familiar with your environment that you know what you are observing. After a few decades of observing rivers and specifically about a dozen trips down the Sky since these last 4.5 floods, I have come to know, with confidence, what I'm observing. I'll share that now... The river bed as we know it in a general sense has a certain depth to it, as we've grown to be familiar with it in our 'lil geological blink of an eye. So, when the sky is running 6,000 cfs for example, the picket fence has had the peaks of its rocks visible, but the spaces between them are filled in. i.e Ned's Needle, The Needle Proper, and Paul's Needle all have pretty full channels. Keep in mind that "The Bubble Pool" (proper name) located immediately upstream of the Picket Fence (Also a Proper Name) has been a very very deep pool the whole time we've known the Sky. This deep pool has provided slack water and is the saving grace for raft guides as they try to line up for the needle. This slower water has also helped many a kayaker rescue or self rescue above the Picket Fence. "The Bubble Pool" is likely filled in with some extra gravel now. That is going to effectively Raise the Level of the River Bed.This is evident by comparing the guage reading with the waterline on boulders, such as those at the Picket Fence. I feel like my recent runs through the standard raft entrance are kicking me through the bubble pool faster than before the recent floods, but the extent of this could be partially or entirely in my imagination. Repeated runs through at varying water levels will reveal the truth, unless that 32,000 spike last week altered things further, which it probably did. Although, this time, it probably scoured and scrubbed out a small amount of these recent gravel deposits. The "Raised River Bed Due to Fresh Gravel Deposition" Theory is quite evident elsewhere throughout the run, most notably from the Confluence to the bottom of BDrop. Anderson Hole is perhaps the most striking example because there you have a relatively Simple, Flat and Wide river bed with a simple composition of just a few medium sized boulders. Flows between 3-4,000 give Anderson Hole a much more filled in look, with the boulders nearly pouring over. It looks more like 6-7,000 there, loosely speaking. Again: wide and uniform distribution of gravel across the whole run from top to bottom, from bank to bank. (and that's a slight exageration for conceptual purposes) My theory: Baseball to bowling ball sized gravel, an amount big enough to fill...20 dump trucks, let's guess. "Baseball to Bowling Ball size". I postulate this because that size range is small enough to easily moved around, yet big enough to stay put unlike sand and finer gravel. So when I say "gravel" I'm talking about "Cobble". You and I could unload a dump truck full in a day and move it somewhere with wheel barrels. Might not be fun, but from a logistics standpoint its doable. It's logistically doable for the river, too, except it probably enjoys moving that sh*t around. I know I would, If I was a Skykomish River Not My Theory, Just observation: All of this came out of the North Fork. This is obvious paddling down form Index to the confluence, most notably in "Powerline" Rapid. (Not Cable Drop- that's on the S. Fork, and the power lines cross both forks duh) Powerline (I'm hearing people call it "Toothpaste", but I never heard that name before and I been around awhile. Guys, stick with or find out what the original names are- its less confusing) Anyway, Powerline (for lack of a better name) is completely different now much to the consternation of the esteemed Mr. Harms and probably Sam too since that big monster hole that used to form at high water is gone now. The NorthFork has miles of that kind of gravel. If you've put in at or above Trout Crik you know what I'm sayin. Well now a large share of that gravel is below the confluence but above Aquagasm (Lunch Hole Proper looked consistent with my theory at 1900 cfs. Similarly, Any large amounts of gravel being pumped and rolled down the South Fork won't make it to the confluence because you got Eagle Falls, Canyon Falls and Sunset Falls to cull out those deposits. Big drops have big pools. And Otter Slide and Cable Drop can arrest any gravel that manages to get that far, not to mention the flatwater from there to the bridge. Having a large pool above and below each rapid is obviously a very common attribute of whitewater anatomy. These pools are perfect for recieving these deposits, leaving less gravel to proceed into the next rapid. But 32,000 is the low end of "Flooding" according to NOAA/USGS. Its wasn't severe enough or in series like the other events to bring down more gravel. No, last fall the North Fork PUKED HARD. Now the job of a 32,000 cfs event would be, I suspect, to "Tidy Up" or Sweep Away" some of that loose material that rests on top of the more firmly bedded deposition. Because that is Definitely enough water to move the gravel deposits we are talking about. So I'm sure its changed yet again, but not as dramatically. Hope that sheds light on everyone's questions about why the guage seems off (if you're still reading it means you were interested enough). Keep in mind the gauge is in Gold Bar. While the Cross section it measures may shift and change (gravel bars down there in the glacial valley), it is still just a measurement of volume and time. 6,000 cfs is 6,000 cfs. So the Gauge isn't "Off". The River is "Off". but, The River is The River, so it can't be "Off". That means the only ones left who can be "off" are... Us.	Professor Paddle	Washington, Oregon and vicinity
Risks Sato del Nilahue	People have free will. Baer chose to run the drop. The people providing his safety chose to do so. The people criticizing Baer's choice also had the...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Dirty First Aid	---Quote (Originally by morbald)--- I'd agree that having some sort of a satphone (I'm not particularly familiar with the SPOT system) is a good...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Whitewater Forum : Sky Gauge	Author: Slackkinhard Subject: Sky Gauge Posted: 04 Feb 2016 at 12:16pm great info....thanks jP	Professor Paddle	Washington, Oregon and vicinity
Risks Sato del Nilahue	I'm glad he posted the video and account of what happened too. Gives me something worthy of checking out here while I'm at work for the man. And of...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Third annual Whitewater Photography Championship	Round 2 has some of the best kayaking photography I've ever seen: Round 2 (http://darinmcquoid.com/photocomp20158.html)	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
where to buy?	Given your location and reading what you and others have said already trying out boats isn't going to be easy for you. I would also recommend a...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
IK question...	I am deciding on getting a second larger IK to complement my Sevy sK 100. Am trying to decide between a Tomcat solo and a Zoik Big Ego [the tandem...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Salt River with a twist	Hello, I just wanted to give a quick update on the potential of my wife and I acquiring a Salt River permit this spring. As I mentioned before, in...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Full face or no?	I agree with what was stated above. I'd much rather spend a little more money now on a better helmet than spend thousands on new dental work.	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Dirty First Aid	---Quote (Originally by morbald)--- 6) rubbing alcohol or iodine Topical antiseptics should be used whenever you have open wounds before you...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else
Pink Jackson Karma Medium	kayaklifeislife, Good idea I just sent and email to [email protected] Inquiring about both a Pink Karma build and pro team sale. ...	Mountain Buzz	Colorado, Western US and everywhere else

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