Off Broadway, Hole In The Wall, Conversation, Last Sunshine.. just a few of the goods. Robe runs most of the winter. I couldn’t think of a better place to spend a day in drizzle. Here’s a little of the good sauce..

music: AWOLNATION -Sail

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Robe Canyon: Fall 2011

Chelan PUD has offered releases the last three years on the Chelan River via a flow study made possible in part by American Whitewater . I recently read the original write up on the first feasibility study in Chelan Gorge . At the time I had only been boating a few years and had a different perspective. If Chelan was [...]

– The best journeys bring up questions we never thought to ask. ~ Yvon Chouinard Tshletshy Creek, just saying it is hard enough. I’d read the description in Korb’s Olympic Peninsula guidebook for years. Early in my kayaking I thought how insane a trip like this would be. Korb’s first trip here must have been [...]

Here is a short film by Ryan Scott on a little mission we did over an extended Fourth of July weekend. Enjoy!!

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Tshletshy Creek moving picture show

Tshletshy Creek, just saying it is hard enough. I’d read the description in Korb’s Olympic Peninsula guidebook for years. Early in my kayaking I thought how insane a trip like this would be. Korb’s first trip here must [...]

I’ve been thinking about this drop all summer. The plan started a few days beforehand when Gordon said he was going up to run Lower Lewis Falls and Brian Burger was, too. Yeah!! We showed up in the afternoon sometime, the view was amazing and powerful. I had seen  big falls before, but never driven 3 1/2 [...]

As an athlete being injured is always a concern. I like finding tips like these from Kim Russell!! After a big playboating season last year my shoulders and back were pretty sore and inflamed and it took several months for them to return to normal. I’ve modified my training program with some different kinds of stretching [...]

The Top Tye, near Stevens Pass on Hwy 2 is an excellent class V creek, boasting nearly continuous rapids and drops. Many are boat-scoutable. Many are of the highest quality and should be thoroughly explored. On a fine day this spring the Top Tye was running high. Rob, Darren and I were terrified once we got [...]

The Skykomish drainage holds some of the biggest stouts around. And don’t kid yourself, just because Tao grew up around here doesn’t mean he found everything. He did find this one and so did I. The EF Miller has some of the steepest whitewater I’ve probably ever paddled. Massive drops and totally continuous gradient make this section V+/VI. [...]

The Little White Salmon is some of the steepest, high-quality whitewater I’ve ever paddled. Since the early 90′s when this river was first pioneered to high water runs like the  Wells Bros. descent at 5 feet, this river is chosen by paddlers the world over to test skill and to appreciate some of the finest steep creek [...]

“Dewatering Ernie’s Canyon  would be a TRAGEDY!!” were the first words I read on a message board regarding the prospects of a dam on the North Fork Snoqualmie, just outside Seattle. This project could feasibly take enough water from this run to make Ernie’s runnable only a few days a year. Read this [...]

How many miles of this would YOU drag a kayak through to get to “the best whitewater” in WA?

The Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival was another hit! After 28 years these guys just keep doing it right (except for the ramp dudes), the location, events and of course the shwag!!

when you come to the Clack you CAN challenge the best

Looking into the mountains where we shall find… the Beasts’ lair (not to mention bears and cougars) Small, infant Gorge Beasts are grown in these mountains. I had always wondered where the elusive Gorge Beast came from. I’ve heard the stories. I’ve witnessed the attacks. Some call them beatdowns or thrashings. A good ragdolling, perhaps. Be warned, this is [...]