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07-06-2006, 08:11 PM #1
TR - Middle Fork of the American River - Auburn, CA
For all that is curious. A buddy and I went rafting down the Middle Fork of the American River (which is in Auburn, CA, about 40 minutes from Sacramento, CA). This river is rated a class 4+. It has rapids from class 2 to 4+. It was my first rafting experience, and a wonderful one at that. We went 17 miles total, and spent about 7 hours on the river (including lunch). I took the right front spot, and subsequently, the worst of the punishment to be dealt, as we would usually come in cockeyed to the left (since the guide was on the right back), and my right front was constantly getting punished. The most exciting was probably both a rapid called "Last Chance" which is right before "Tunnel Chute" which was a nasty man made rapid created by miners followed by a tunnel, and another one which had a 8 foot waterfall drop. Most fun I have had in quite sometime. Sorry, but I couldn't manage to take really any pictures of the nasty rapids as I was a little preoccupied with paddling. The scenery was second to none. Just gorgeous...to bad my camera wasn't up to par. Get this, we drank beer at the end, as well as everybody else in the van including the driver as we cruised up a very bumpy road on a cliff...just like the good ole days!
Oh, we also hit Lake Tahoe (I went swimming in it) and cruised by the Sierras and Mono Lake on the way back to San Diego. The pictures from the way back are attached first.~Jason
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07-06-2006 08:11 PM # ADS
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07-06-2006, 08:17 PM #2
Cool! Was that a waterproof camera?
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07-06-2006, 08:26 PM #3Originally Posted by Sombeech~Jason
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07-07-2006, 05:17 AM #4
Looks fun man! Did anyone flip or fallen in?
I am working on a helmet camera, I will post the pics once it's done. I am heading to West Water canyon (Colorado river) in August for some rafting action.
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07-07-2006, 06:18 AM #5Originally Posted by Kazak
Sounds like you have a fun trip planned. Make sure you give us some pics of that. Are you the one who has the waterproof digital? How are you going to carry it? I actually had a fanny pack strapped on, and it worked great. I actually zip-tied the buckle so I could not bump something and come off.~Jason
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07-07-2006, 06:40 AM #6
nice!! looks like you all had a rockin' time
gotta love that drive on 395. what did that end up taking you from SD. did you take 5 up and 395 back? when's the next river trip...hooked yet?
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07-07-2006, 07:09 AM #7Originally Posted by stefan
Yes, the 395 is such a beautiful drive, I just love it. Probably one of the prettiest major roads (as in highways) I have been on. Lake Tahoe is just so gorgeous as well. We took the 5 to the 99 to the 80 (east from Sac) on the way up, and as you guessed, we took the 395 back till it hit the 15 freeway about half-hour outside of San Bern-A-Shithole. In Auburn, we crossed over the highest bridge in CA, and it happened to be the one that the scene from XXX (Vin Deisel) where the covette was jumped off the bridge. You ever stopped and checked out Mono lake off the 395? I mean, close up down the dirt roads around it? Pretty eerie place, but beautiful.
Man, I must be going crazy! I thought that I put this thread in the Rafting section, not kayaking. Shouldn't kayaking and rafting be together anyways? Well, the mods can move it if they want.~Jason
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07-07-2006, 07:46 AM #8Originally Posted by derstuka
Originally Posted by derstuka
Originally Posted by derstuka
http://uutah.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2872
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07-07-2006, 08:16 AM #9
derstuka, yes I do have Pentax W10. I bought a ballhead tripod mount and going to mount it on my whitewater helment, then attached the camera to it. So then I set my camera to interval shooting (every 10 secods) and hit the rapids. Or just do a movie mode.
I will post the pictures of my project, it will be similiar to somebeoch's helmet.
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07-07-2006, 08:46 AM #10
Nice TR Der Stuka,
Hey wait a minute isn
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07-07-2006, 08:53 AM #11
ask, derstuka, and you shall receive...those thread titles have changed, and your post magically in the right place.
very nice
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07-07-2006, 09:09 AM #12
[quote=James_B_Wads2000]Nice TR Der Stuka,
Hey wait a minute isn~Jason
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07-07-2006, 09:12 AM #13Originally Posted by stefan~Jason
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