USNWC Losers at the Park
| River: | Other |
| Skill: | All |
| Trip Date: | 11/10/2012 |
USNWC Losers at the Park. November 10th 2012 edition.
Lorraine Burnham (K1), Jeff Hatcher (K1), Daniel Richardson (K1), Elliot Mintzer (K1), Dennis Ashford K1)
Shane Brown (OC1) Joe Berry (C1)
Weather is fine. Wish you were beautiful was our theme. The USNWC was happy to oblidge. The alternating channels program makes for an interesting day at the park.1.5 hours on the Comp Channel followed by 1.0 hour on the Wilderness channel. Since they started on the Comp Channel, Shane and I were up first. The Comp Channel is beefy and about a half a grade harder during this alternating channels program. Shane and I bounced down, around and upside down. We made it thru mostly in one piece. Mostly. Shane paddled my borrowed Ion for the next lap. Daniel joined us for his very first lap. Pretty big step up today for sure. Daniel hit a nice roll below the bridge drop and then cleaned the big drop. Way to go Daniel! Seems like we had a brief delay finishing up the next Comp Channel lap. But, I am not one to rat out my fellow boaters.
WIlderness Channel is running! This was Elliot and Dennis's first trip to the park and they both did great. Due to the Comp channel slow up, Elliot was off and on his way. Caught up more or less with the others and made it thru the channels. We had a few rolls this first lap, but all was good. Thanks to Jeff and Lorraine for their assistance. Many more laps were had and that equaled a couple of swims. No big deal. Back in the boats and ripping some more solid class 3 whitewater. Awesome job folks!
Thanks folks for making the trip. It is always a great feeling to see folks complete their first lap on either channel. Having fun at the park is high on my list. I hope everyone had as good a time as I did. See you in the Spring!
Joe Berry