Joe doing the same.
Matt fired up Splat later on in the weekend.
Splat got a bunch of people that weekend. This was one of the friendlier carnage runs.
Hehehe, gotcha.
Saturday of Cheatfest, I took a decent sized group down for their 1st and 2nd descents of the run, and my 20th, and I put together a little video.
After Cheat Fest, paddling resumed as normal. Things started to dry out for a bit and we went back to the trusty Youghs for boating. The week after Cheat Fest, the Yough Lake was so full they had to do highwater discharges to get the lake down to a safe level. Took advantage of this and went out in the Molan to get used to it. The first run on the Lower Yough went pretty well, second one was terrible, and I finished my week off with my first Upper Yough run of the year. Finished that weekend off with a birthday paddle down the Stonycreek for a friend and party at Mountain State the day after. Paddling the Upper and Stony were good confidence boosters after having a terrible day on the Lower as I just couldn't figure out the boat and swam once and came close another time.
Liz, Chris, and Kenai shredding with us that fateful day on the Lower. Kenai wasn't the biggest fan of the whole shredding idea.
With more rain that was forecasted, more boating was done. Mostly on the Lower Big Sandy, Meadow Run, Fike Run, and Top Yough. The usual runs as they are becoming for us.
Martin and Ryan R-2ing Wonder Falls.
In this picture, we can see Katie refusing to make out with Walter, Ryan and Martin sucking, and therefore brining Walter down due to their mess in 1st Island. It should be noted that Walter is not to blame for any of this, or at least that's how he tells the story.
He made them get their shit together by 2nd Island.
Jen dropping Wonder Falls the day after the rafting trip.
Curly Steve running Wonder.
After the LBS run with Curly Steve and Jen, we hit Meadow Run at 1.5'. No pictures as the trip went by pretty quickly.
So that catches me up until this past weekend when Sam came to visit from New York to understand what creeking was about. So, like any good friend, I kicked his ass that weekend. Friday we did 1 lap on Fikes and 3 on Meadow Run. Saturday he banged out a double LBS run, and then Sunday we topped it off with 2 laps on the Top Yough. Dude got a lot of boating and 3 PFDs out of one trip, and did very well!
First up on the menu was Fikes, and Sam ran the Room of Doom.
After Fikes, we drove to Ohiopyle, and in normal fashion, didn't let him scout the first drop of Meadow Run. On his second lap, he chucked up a Brown.
Nori was thinking about getting a Greenboat, so I let him try mine. Afterall, it's the shit.
Brian H. running Cascade as well. Much better than being a rookie guide in a ducky I bet!
Sam being a little camera shy on 7 Foot Falls.
Wouldn't let him get away with having a perfect weekend. He did get stuck on this rock for a few minutes.
We ran into Uncle Jesse, and he showed us how it's down on The Slides.
After getting work done all day Saturday while Sam run the Big Sandy, we fed him desert in Oakland on the Top Yough,
Sam' first run down Swallow Falls.
Walt standing up and coming in for an R-1 landing.
Matt on Swallow Falls.
Laura camouflaged in her in her white Jefe and Rocker.
Sam getting it done on Swallow Tail Falls.
The safety crew at Suck Hole.
He's got a little captain in him. He'll also kick your ass and make fun of you before he throws you off the ship, but in this case he'll just throw you a rope if you would need it. He'll stick make fun of you though, either way.
Sam making the moves in Suck Hole.
Laura coming in for a landing in the middle of Suck Hole.
Well, that about sums it up. It's been a good spring so far, but it looks like stuff is starting to dry up. Luckily the Upper Yough is just 45 minutes away from here and we've got releases 3 days a week. Anyways, if you just looked at the pictures, here are all of the recent videos.
and.....
(I put together a little short of me paddling the Greenboat down Meadow, Top Yough, and Big Sandy since I love that boat so much)
SYOTR,
Radley
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