Westwater 3/28/10

[Sombeech]

The skies opened up and the River Permit Gods shown down upon us... and I was able to accept Alex's invite after declining about 6 trips in a row....

The flows were @ 2,400 cfs. Some holes weren't there, but most were deep.

We had 2 captains come out of their boat on Skull Rapid, and then one again on Sock It To Me. No flips though. We thought we caught them on film but it's quite distant, I'll see what I can do with some zooming in.

We launched at 11:10, got off at @ 6:00. 15 of us, 6 boats and 1 kayak. Most of us have met on other rivers prior, good folks.We were lucky enough to come upon a group with a motor on the final still water, so we all barged up and relaxed on our way to the ramp. Yes, those are 10' high banks of snow on the side.


Westwater, UT to Cisco, ut, the blue is the road route, the river is to the right:

Here are the goodies:

Video




It was another great run on Westwater. It's fun no matter what the flow.

[Sombeech]

s'more stills from the video

[accadacca]

Wow! You got some awesome photos. Very nice!

I see that the ole captain has his trusty Keystone Light hat.

[IntrepidXJ]

Looks like fun. You should've stopped in Junction and said 'hi' ;)

[Sombeech]

Looks like fun. You should've stopped in Junction and said 'hi' ;)

I wish we had the time man, we were slammin' this out all in one day. (a 21 hour day for me)

[CarpeyBiggs]

looks badass. feels like just last week i was on the river with all those dudes....

[Sombeech]

I see that the ole captain has his trusty Keystone Light hat.

WARNING: Bottle opener for display only

[Sombeech]

looks badass. feels like just last week i was on the river with all those dudes....

Yeah, sounds like you and Scott got along pretty good. He's a good dude.

[CarpeyBiggs]

Yeah, sounds like you and Scott got along pretty good. He's a good dude.

indeed. that whole crew is great peeps. even alex...

[Alex]

My trusty hat will only come off me head when a helmet cam goes on it :)

[live2ride]

looks like you all had a blast, very cool action stills there!

[Sombeech]

Dang, I've gotta edit Alex's HD footage and get that video done before this thread loses popularity.

[Alex]

Honestly....

[Randi]

You got some great Photos Justin!
Looks like an exciting trip :)

[Sombeech]

You got some great Photos Justin!
Looks like an exciting trip :)

Thanks Randi.

Whew, finally got the video done.

[Pelon1]

Awesome video looks like you had a great time. I have only done the Gorge in high water (el nino) and flood but that has got to be a good time.

[accadacca]

Good stuff man.