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07-18-2006, 06:16 AM #1
Westwater canyon - Colorado River
Sunday night I got a call about a spot available on a Westwater canyon for Monday morning. It took me about 5 seconds to decide and at 3:00 AM I was on my way down to Price to meet up with the rest.
The flow was about 4,700 cfs, in our group we had 5 boats, one of those was a paddle boat (I am in it).
This is the equipment I have used. It sure looks like a special ed helmet, but I think it served it's purpose
http://utahbp.com/album01/IMG_1375
The videos are here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...10857478246212
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...93025705479244
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...72024601627856
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...76095480347800
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...07800304006564
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07-18-2006 06:16 AM # ADS
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07-18-2006, 09:06 AM #2
Very cool! Those videos were great. It's about time somebody gives us some helmet cam footage on the river.
So, tell me about your camera and helmet mount. I suppose you just kept the camera in video mode, and just reached up to push the button when you were coming to some rapids?
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07-18-2006, 09:27 AM #3
That's exactly what I did. I bought a tripod head from Inkleys and mounted it into the existing holes on my helmet with some screws from Home Depot. It stayed very stable and was very easy to adjust the view where the camera was looking.
And yes, I just reached up and turned it on, on my camera it was easy to switch to Pictures or Movies, so I was able to switch to Pictures mode and just look at the direction i wanted to take a pic and it turned out pretty good.
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07-18-2006, 09:41 AM #4
So, what kind of camera do you have? Did you have @ 2GB card?
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07-18-2006, 09:54 AM #5
That was AWESOME dude! Thanks for filming and letting us see...just rad ass stuff.
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07-18-2006, 10:14 AM #6
Glad you liked it, you know I was thinking of uutah all the way down the river. The reason I made the cam mount
Just think of possibilities.... biking, canyoneering, etc.
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07-18-2006, 10:26 AM #7Originally Posted by Kazak
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07-18-2006, 10:51 AM #8Originally Posted by Sombeech
anyways, back to the topic... since you did your own helmcam, what do you think of this design?
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07-18-2006, 11:02 AM #9Originally Posted by Kazak
In fact, you could do the same thing with a camcorder (except the waterproof part), you could just reach up and hit the "record" button when something was coming up. I would be doing that on bike rides, but I still crash too much, so I had to go with a "crush proof" helmet cam.
But your design seems like it's perfect.
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07-18-2006, 11:28 AM #10
Ya on the bike it would be tougher, especially when you crash. This was made with whitewater in mind, so even if I crash (fell out), all I have is water to fight, not the ground.
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07-31-2006, 09:34 PM #11
Hey, did you feel that wingnut at all on the inside of your helmet? I may try this on a few things. I'm even looking at a waterproof case for my camera.
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08-24-2006, 12:17 PM #12
You happen to know the brand of tripod you bought? I'm interested in working out something like that for mountain bikling.
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08-24-2006, 12:55 PM #13Originally Posted by Sombeech
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08-24-2006, 12:56 PM #14Originally Posted by fouristhenewone
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12-13-2006, 10:09 PM #15
I found this cool video from the shore of Westwater.
Although, the video's short, but still cool.
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01-01-2007, 02:57 PM #16
Here's another short video of running Skull Hole . . .
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...06752363077845soitgos . . .
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01-01-2007, 03:17 PM #17
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Whoa!!!! I am sea sick! I am doing that in March.... looks scarey... lots of screams!!!!
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01-01-2007, 03:29 PM #18
I love paddle boats in Westwater Canyon. The water can be pretty cold in March. Brrrrr . . .
soitgos . . .
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01-01-2007, 03:31 PM #19
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Originally Posted by soitgos
That's what I am afraid of.... but who is going to turn down an invite to spend 2 weeks in the Grand Canyon on the river.
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01-01-2007, 03:37 PM #20
Ahhh . . . I thought you were talking about Westwater Canyon. The water in the GC is much colder. Comes off the bottom of the reservoir. But, the weather should be a little warmer. Have you done the GC before?
soitgos . . .
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