Was a good time this weekend.
Saturday, I got on Tremont for the first time at low flow. A few scrapes and bruises to the hands and ANOTHER broken Werner paddle, but it was all worth it. During the second run, during a boof stroke on a 5 foot ledge, my paddle got wedged solidly in a small crack in the rock I was boofing. I was immediately clotheslined by the shaft, and felt like an explosion. I catapautled under it, landing stern first, then upside down in a small hole above two other ledges. It happened so fast, I didn't know what happened, but remained calm, handrolled up and paddled hard with bare hands for about 20 seconds to get into a tiny microeddy (paddle still lodged in rock and hanging out in front of the drop). Took me a while to unlodge the paddle, and that was the end of my day, but we headed over to the Little afterwards, where Drew and Boyd ran a lap from above the Meanies to the Elbow. They said the sinks were "Fluffy". I should have held out for a run on the little vs. a second lap on Tremont.
Sunday, Boyd let me borrow his breakdown paddle and therefore, I had no excuse for NOT running Johnnies with Drew, Sammie, and Boyd. It was a BLAST!!!
Can you say STEEP??!?!
The Drewventures keep gettin' better (or should I say...more intense!
). Looking forward to creek week, but may need to borrow a paddle while my two paddles get sent for repair.
-J
