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Frederik's River Trips

Washington, US	Runs	Miles
White Salmon	1	5

United Kingdom	Runs	Miles
Dart	4	21
Barle	2	13
East Lyn	2	5
Mellte	1	4
Wye	1	300
Rondda Fawr	1	3
Exe	1	5
Chlydoch	1	3
Usk	1	11

Oregon, US	Runs	Miles
Pacific Ocean	2
Clackamas	1	5
Descutes	1	5
Owyhee Main	1	37
Owyhee East Fork	1	42

Nepal	Runs	Miles
Sun Kosi	1	100

Argentina	Runs	Miles
Rio Mendoza	2	12

Mexico	Runs	Miles
Rio Pescados	3	18
Pacific Coast	2
Carribbean	2
Rio Antigua	1	3
Xico creek	1	3

Idaho, US	Runs	Miles
Payette Main	54	345
Payette SF	42	322.5
Payette Canyon	16	172
Payette North Fork	13	65
Payette Grandjean	5	52
Payette Cabarton	5	45
Bear Valley Creek	4	56
Snake Murtaugh	3	39
Indian Creek	3	18
Lochsa	3	25
Payette SF/Main	2	28
Salmon Middle Fork	2	215
Snake	2	47
Bruneau	2	140
Salmon Sunbeam	2	25
Boise South Fork	2	28
Payette Warren Wagon	1	5
Main Salmon	1	4
Salmon Lower	1	7
Salmon Main	1	82
Big Creek/MF Salmon	1	60
Little Salmon	1	15
Yankee Fork	1	3
Salmon South Fork	1	32
Boise North Fork	1	8
Clearwater South Fork	1	12

Yankee Fork (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
7 Jun 98			III	medium	3 miles	Rich

Xico creek (MX)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
10 Nov 98		Veracruz	IV	low	3 miles	Dave
		First descent down a little creek. Great fun except the water had a sewer quality to it.

Wye (UK)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
		Symmon's Yat	II -	?	300 yards	David
		My first time in a kayak. We managed to convince the rental chap that we had lots of experience so he let us take the kayaks down the (class II) rapids on the river.

White Salmon (WA)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
13 Oct 96		BZ Corner - Husum Falls	IV+	750	5 miles	Rich, Will, Allan, Luke, Terry
		A trip of epic quality. I broke the blade of my paddle at mile 2 but finished the run, including the thrilling 15ft drop at Husum Falls.

Usk (UK)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
18 Dec 99		Llangynidr to Gilwern	III	high	11 km	Harvey
		We tried to get on the upper Usk but the landowner told us to bugger off! Fishermen are very lame. The lower section was alright with a few waves, but also lots of flat water.

Sun Kosi (NE)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
			III+	30000?	100 miles?	Anne-Louise
		8 days in kataraft.

Snake Murtaugh (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
13 Sep 98			IV+	1500	13 miles	Rich, Will
		Great fun at this flow, with a gnarly bunch of drops. Rich took a nasty swim in Duck Blind, his first in almost two years!
18 Oct 97			IV	6800	13 miles	Will
21 Sep 97			IV	6700	13 miles	Brent, Rich, Will

Snake (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
23 Jul 98		Hell's Canyon	IV	25000	32 miles	Theresa, +16
		Theresa wrote an excellent trip report.
19 May 96		Birds of Prey	II	low	15 miles	Robert

Salmon Sunbeam (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
27 Jul 96			III+	low	13 miles	Adrian
		This time we did "Shotgun" (see Jun 15)
15 Jun 96		Stanley - Sunbeam	III+	high	12 miles	Adrian
		We portaged Shotgun Rapids.

Salmon South Fork (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
11 Jul 98		Putin - Mackey Bar	IV+	4'	32 miles	Rich, Will
		Shuttle got complicated when one of the roads was blocked by a huge tree. Absolutely brilliant white-water - gotta go back with playboat. Saw a huge brown bear with two cubs. Flew out of Mackey Bar with all the gear in little plane.

Salmon Middle Fork (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
20 Aug 98		Boundary Creek - Cache Bar	III+	2'	100 miles	Theresa, Adrian, Henriette, Gary, +5
		Great, relaxing trip - very different from last year's high-water trip. I'll post some pictures when they get developed.
21 May 97		Marsh Creek - Cache Bar	IV+	8 ft	115 miles	Adrian, Gary, Mike,+12
		This was a wild trip! We had Michael stranded on an island for 8 hours, a dead body floating into an eddy next to Dale, and lots of big white water. ( trip report)

Salmon Main (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
30 Aug 96		Corn Creek - Vinegar Creek	III+	2500 @C.C.	82 miles	Rich, Rocky and brother
		Lots of good rapids, lots of boring flat streches. Much wildlife and history along the banks. Great trip. ( trip report)

Salmon Lower (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
6 Jul 97		Riggins - Lucile	III	22500	7 miles	Rich, Will

Rondda Fawr (UK)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
19 Apr 00		Porth - Hopkinstown	III	medium	3 miles	Harvey, Nathan

Rio Pescados (MX)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
8 Nov 98		Veracruz	IV-	normal	6 miles	Israel,Georgina
7 Nov 98		Veracruz	IV-	normal	6 miles	Israel,Georgina
6 Nov 98		Veracruz	IV-	normal	6 miles	Carlos,Israel,Pablo

Rio Mendoza (AR)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
3 Jan 98		Upper and Middle	IV -	15000?	7 miles	?
31 Dec 97		Middle	III	11000?	5 miles	Mathias, Sean
		Mathias' and Sean's first time in a kayak! They did great considering the pushy class III water, although a lot of it was done hand-paddling next to the kayak! [Trip report]

Rio Antigua (MX)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
7 Nov 98		Veracruz	III	normal	3 miles	Israel,Georgina

Payette Warren Wagon (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
11 Jun 00			IV-	600	5 miles	Rich
		Fun creek run, although cold in the rain. 2 portages.

Payette SF/Main (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
22 Jul 99		Deer creek - Beehive	IV-	3500	14 miles	Mathias, Uffe, Farmand, Ron, Ben, Jacob
		We rented a raft, and outfitted it with a cooler full of beer.
2 Aug 98		Confluence - Beehive	IV-		14 miles	Theresa, Jeff, +10

Payette SF (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
19 Jun 00		Deer creek - Banks	IV	2200	5 miles	Rich
		Final run before going back to the UK. Great play.
18 Jun 00		Deer creek - Banks	IV	2200	5 miles
17 Jun 00		Deer creek - Staircase	IV	2500	3 miles	Dave
		I managed to sneak in a quick run, just before Adrian's wedding!
14 Jun 00		Deer creek - Banks	IV	3000	5 miles	Dave, Matt
23 Jan 00		Deer creek - Banks	III	400	5 miles	BrianM,Will,Bill,+2
		Much colder than the previous run due to lack of sun.
19 Jan 00		Deer creek - Banks	III	400	5 miles	BrianM
		Very pleasant (suprisingly warm). Good bits of play here and there.
7 Jul 98		Deer Creek - Banks	IV	2000	5 miles	Rich
1 Jul 98		Deer Creek - Banks	IV	2500	5 miles	Rich
9 Jun 98		Deer creek - Banks	IV	3000	5 miles	Rich, Mark
31 May 98		Swirly Canyon	III-	3000	7 miles	Adrian, Gregg
27 May 98		Deer creek - Banks	IV	2500	5 miles	Will
22 May 98		Deer creek - Banks	IV	1600	5 miles	Brad
		Brad did a beautiful double-rear-ender-cartwheel thing in Staircase. On purpose? - of course not!
2 May 98		Deer creek - Banks	IV	2500	5 miles	Will
		The runoff has started - the river was a big flush
16 Apr 98		Deer creek - Banks	III+	500	5 miles	Brad, Brent
7 Apr 98		Deer creek - Banks	III+	900	5 miles	Brad, Brent, Rich
4 Apr 98		Deer Creek - Banks	III+	900	5 miles	Will, Brad
22 Jul 97		Deer Creek - Banks	IV-	1500	5 miles	Brent, Brad, Rich
17 Jul 97		Deer Creek - Banks	IV-	1500	5 miles	Brent
15 Jul 97		Swirly Canyon	III-	1800	8 miles	Rich, Mike, Bill
10 Jul 97		Deer Creek - Banks	IV-	2500	5 miles	Rich, Will
8 Jul 97		Staircase - Chief Parrish	III+	2600	7 miles	Mike, Brent,+1
25 Jun 97		Deer Creek - Banks	IV	5800	5 miles	Rich, Will
		Willz started swimming in Staircase but found the water too cold, climbed back in his boat and finished the rapid with a boat full of water!
7 Jun 97		Deer Creek - Beehive	IV+	5500	12 miles	Andy, Rich, Will,+8
		Huge water on the South Fork.
5 Apr 97		Deer Creek - Chief Parrish	IV	1200	10 miles	Rich, Will, Dennis
		I demo'd a Descente (big volume sausage boat) for the day. Not as fun as the R.P.M. but more stable!
1 Feb 97		Deer Creek - Banks	IV	910	5 miles	Rich, Will, Brad
		A very intense run despite the low flow. Bronco Billy has become quite serious thanks to a huge mud-slide from the right bank.
10 Sep 96		Deer Creek - Banks	IV-	470	5 miles	Brad
27 Aug 96		Deer Creek - Banks	IV	1300	5 miles	Adrian, Brad
		The maiden voyage for my new R.P.M.
22 Aug 96		Dog Leg - Banks	IV	1400	4 miles	Rich, Brad, Andy, Will
18 Aug 96		Deer Creek - Banks	IV	1400	5 miles	Rich
15 Aug 96		Deer Creek - Banks	IV	1400	5 miles	Robert, Jeff, Kris, Rich, Brad
13 Aug 96		Staircase - Chief Parrish	III	1420	7 miles	Robert, Dwight, Paul, Andy,+2
		We ended up paddling in the dark with a thunderstorm breaking out around us.
10 Aug 96		Deer Creek - Chief Parrish	IV-	1450	10 miles	Rich, Will,+2
8 Aug 96		Deer Creek - Banks	IV	1500	5 miles	Rich, Andrew, Brad, Andy
3 Aug 96		The Wave		1600	0.5 miles	Barrett, Jared
		IRS demo day. I took the Perception Whiplash for a spin.
1 Aug 96		Deer Creek - Staircase	IV (X)	1700	3 miles	Rich, Brad, Manny
		This was not a pleasant trip. I got caught in a log going down in the left side of Staircase and Brad had to get me out.
29 Jul 96		Deer Creek - Banks	IV	1900	5 miles	Rich, Brad
24 Jul 96		Deer Creek - Banks	IV	2500	5 miles	Steve,+4
22 Jul 96		Deer Creek - Banks	IV	2500	5 miles	Willy, Sam
20 Jul 96		Staircase - Chief Parrish	III+	3000	7 miles	Adrian
17 Jul 96		Dog leg - Banks	IV	3000	4 miles	Russ,+4
16 Jul 96		Deer Creek - Banks	IV	3000	5 miles	Brian
4 May 96		Staircase run	IV	2500	100 yards
		This was a suicide mission but I didn't know it. Luckily, I tipped over and swam the first small rapid. Considering the rapids ahead I pulled out and hitched a ride back.

Payette North Fork (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
19 Sep 98		Upper 5	V	1000	5 miles	Rich
16 Sep 98		Lower 7	V	1200	7 miles	Rich
		We walked Jaws I&II. I got somewhat munched in Jaws III - the tip of my boat got bent straight up.
15 Aug 98		Lower 5	V-	1380	5 miles	Rich
12 Aug 98		Lower 5	V-	1380	5 miles	Rich, Will, Jim
5 Aug 98		Lower 5	V-	1400	5 miles	Rich
3 Aug 98		Lower 5	V-	1400	5 miles	Will, Jim
1 Aug 98		Lower 5	V-	1400	5 miles	Art
29 Jul 98		Lower 5	V-	1390	5 miles	Brad, Rich, Stan, Betsy
28 Jul 98		Lower 5	V-	1390	5 miles	Art, Rich
		I screwed up in "Crunch" but recovered.
16 Jul 98		Lower Five	V-	1400	5 miles	Rich, Will
		Will's first go at the North Fork went smoothly.
14 Jul 98		Hound's tooth - Otter incl.	V-	1400	3 miles	Brad, Rich
		Brad's first go at the North Fork. He did a couple of rolls but otherwise there were no problems.
14 Aug 97		Lower Five	V-	1450	5 miles	Brent, Art, Rich, David
		This time I went in my RPM. Most of us tipped over in Hound's Tooth, but otherwise we had a clean run.
24 Jul 97		Lower Five	V-	1460	5 miles	Brent, Bob
		My first time down the infamous North Fork. Serious stuff, but we stayed on the lines...

Payette Main (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
30 Jul 99		Banks - Beehive	III	3200	7 miles	Mathias, Uffe
		Mathias back in action after the serious Mendoza trip. We had a great time although Mathias opted for a few wet exits.
15 Feb 99		Banks - Chief Parrish	III-	1500	5 miles	BrianM
		Cooooooooooooold! In Boise, the weather was so vicious-looking that we almost didn't go. Fortunately we trusted the river and were rewarded.
15 Aug 98		Banks - Beehive	III	3000	7 miles	Brian, Becky, Rich
21 Jul 98		Banks - Beehive	III	3600	7 miles	Pete
11 Jun 98		Banks - Beehive	III	9000	7 miles	Theresa, Adrian, Jacob, Trisha, Tito, Anthony
		We rented a raft and I had my first guiding experience with no major incidents.
9 May 98		Banks - Beehive	III	10000	7 miles	Theresa, Brent, Ken
8 May 98		Banks - Chief Parrish	III	9000	5 miles	Will
7 May 98		Banks - Chief Parrish	III	9000	5 miles	Brent, Ken, Will
		The main was at a perfect play flow. Awesome waves at Bennett's Rock and great ender hole above Chief Parrish.
2 May 98		Cascade	II	8500	4 miles	Rescue class
		I attended Tom Long's rescue class which is extremely recommendable.
15 Mar 98		Banks - Chief Parrish	III-	2500	5 miles	Will, Rich, Andrew, Matt
14 Mar 98		Banks - Chief Parrish	III-	2500	5 miles	Will
8 Mar 98		Banks - Chief Parrish	III-	1550	5 miles	Will, Dennis
31 Jan 98		Banks - Chief Parrish	III-	1500	5 miles	Will, Brent
		The play wave above Mike's Hole is great, but it it was bloody cold.
7 Dec 97		Banks - Chief Parrish	III-	1500	5 miles	Will
		We spent ages at a superb playwave above Mike's Hole.
16 Aug 97		Beehive - Horseshoe	II+	3600	5 miles	Brad, Rich, Theresa,+Boy Scouts
15 Aug 97		Banks - Chief Parrish	III (X)	3600	5 miles	Brad, Rich
		The annual midnight run.
21 Jul 97		Banks - Beehive	III	4200	7 miles	Theresa
20 Jul 97		Banks - Beehive	III	4300	7 miles	Adrian
1 Jul 97		Banks - Chief Parrish	III	5500	5 miles	Mike, Brad
26 Jun 97		Slalom - Chief Parrish	IV-	6000	6 miles	Uffe, Rich, Will
		Slalom was Uffe's first class IV rapid which he decided to do in style - backwards!
17 Jun 97		Banks - Beehive	III	14000	7 miles	Uffe, Brad, John
		The water was like chocolate mousse because of mudslides on the South Fork. We spend 3 hours (!) on the river - lots of play. Uffe took a swim in a nasty whirlpool below Chief Parrish, but recovered honour and confidence with an impressive combat roll in Mixmaster.
12 Jun 97		Banks - Beehive	III	14000	7 miles	Uffe, Rich, Will
9 Jun 97		Banks - Beehive	III	13000	7 miles	Uffe
		Uffe got knocked over by a giant wave around mile 1 and took a swim.
8 Jun 97		Beehive - Horseshoe	III	13000	8 miles	Uffe
29 May 97		Banks - Beehive	III	11000	7 miles	Rich, Will
17 May 97		Banks - Beehive	III	14000	7 miles	Jay
		I got stuck side-surfing in a pourover and had to swim out. In trying to avoid being sucked back in, I dropped both boat and paddle. Jay recovered the boat, but we never found the paddle!
27 Apr 97		Slalom - Beehive	III	10000	6 miles	Will, Dennis
13 Apr 97		Banks - Beehive	III	5050	7 miles	Paul
12 Apr 97		Banks - Chief Parrish	III	5050	5 miles
23 Mar 97		Banks - Chief Parrish	III	8500	5 miles	Rich
25 Jan 97		Banks - Chief Parrish	III-	6000	5 miles	Rich, Will, Brad
		It was snowing all day - we had icicles hanging from the helmets. The Main had changed significantly from last year because of mud-slides. There were several new rapids such as Wensel's Wave, a great surf wave just below Mike's Hole.
5 Oct 96		Banks - Beehive	III-	1400	7 miles	Rich, Will
14 Sep 96		Banks - Beehive	III-	1800	7 miles	Robert
8 Sep 96		Banks - Beehive	III-	2300	7 miles	Sam, Scott
27 Aug 96		Banks - Chief Parrish	III- (X)	3000	5 miles	Rich, Brad, Andy, Sam
		A midnight float. It was a full moon - unfortunately behind lots of clouds!
10 Aug 96		Banks - Beehive	III	3100	7 miles	Rich, Will,+4
		I rented a Dagger R.P.M. playboat for the day.
25 Jul 96		Banks - Beehive	III	3500	7 miles	Rich, Will, Dennis
18 Jul 96		Banks - Chief Parrish	III	3850	5 miles	Andrew, Andy
14 Jul 96		Banks - Chief Parrish	III	4500	5 miles
12 Jul 96		Banks - Beehive	III	4600	7 miles	Manny
11 Jul 96		Banks - Beehive	III	4800	7 miles	Rich, Andy, Andrew, Will
9 Jul 96		Banks - Beehive	III	5200	7 miles	Ed, Jeff
8 Jul 96		Banks - Beehive	III	5800	7 miles
5 Jul 96		Banks - Beehive	III	6800	7 miles	Robert
4 Jul 96		Banks - Beehive	III	6900	7 miles
3 Jul 96		Banks - Beehive	III	6600	7 miles	Robert
1 Jul 96		Banks - Beehive	III	6700	7 miles	Damian, Bob, Misean
29 Jun 96		Banks - Beehive	III	6700	7 miles
		I locked my keys in my car and got a local crook to open it. As a result I almost got benighted on the river.
27 Jun 96		Banks - Beehive	III	6700	7 miles	Rich, Andy,+2
8 Jun 96		Banks - Beehive	III	13000	7 miles	Gregg,+7
8 Jun 96		Banks - Chief Parrish	III	13000	4 miles	Brian
6 Jun 96		Banks - Beehive	III	13000	7 miles	Robert
5 Jun 96		Banks - Horseshoe	III	13000	14 miles	Robert
2 Jun 96		Behive - Horseshoe	II	13000	8 miles	Paul, Andy

Payette Grandjean (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
18 Jul 99		Grandjean - Bonneville	III-	1200	7 miles	Will, Rich, BrianM
26 Jul 97		Grandjean - Bonneville	III-	1200	9 miles	Adrian, Mike
18 May 97		Helende - Lowman	IV-	6300	5 miles	Will, Rich
		The water was very high and pushy. We portaged "Wake Up" rapid. Willz gets the attitude award for back- and side-surfing a monster hole before swimming out. It took about 1/2 mile to get the carnage to shore.
11 Aug 96		Grandjean - Lowman	III+	600	22 miles	Rich
28 Jul 96		Helende - Lowman	III+	1000	9 miles	Adrian
		The "Wake-up" rapid took us by surprise. Adrian went through in impressive kamikaze-style. I eddied out just above the initial drop but messed up ferrying across and went down the drop sideways. Soon afterwards I had a very scary swim through the rest of the rapid.

Payette Canyon (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
15 Jun 00			IV	3000	10 miles	Rich, Brad, Jeff
		Still my favourite run! A couple of miles in, Rich decided to slam his nose into my paddle as I went stern squirting into the eddy he was sitting in. Lots of blood, but Brad created a good ducked tape bandage and we went on. Back in town, he got four stitches... That should teach him not to hog the eddies! (sorry dude)
1 Aug 99			IV	1200	10 miles	Brent, Rich, Will
17 Jul 99			IV	1500	10 miles	Rich, Will
		How good it was to be back on this brilliant stretch of white-water! The sun was shining and flow was playful.
29 Aug 98			IV	1500	10 miles	Brad, Rich
16 Aug 98			IV	1500	10 miles	Rich
26 Jul 98			IV	1500	12 miles	Theresa, Adrian, Gary, Steve, +20
		Great play flow.
18 Apr 98			IV	490	10 miles	Will
5 Apr 98			IV	900	10 miles	Will
16 Aug 97			IV	800	10 miles	Rich, Art, John,?
		Play-city!
19 Jul 97			IV	1500	12 miles	Josh, Rich, Tico
12 Jul 97			IV	2200	12 miles	Art, Brent, Dennis, Rich, Theresa, Will
25 Aug 96			IV	1450	10 miles	Rich, Doug
24 Aug 96			IV	1450	10 miles	Rich
17 Aug 96			IV	1450	12 miles	Rich, Brad
12 Jul 96			IV+	3200	12 miles	Theresa, Rex, Patrick, +HP
		Rafting trip. My half of the raft got tipped in the top of the Surprise rapid so I swam it including the hole at the bottom.
			IV	1500	12 miles	HP
		Rafting.

Payette Cabarton (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
30 May 98			III+	3600	9 miles	Rich, Will
24 May 98			III+	3600	9 miles	Adrian, Theresa, Brandon
		A very exciting run at this flow. Theresa and Brandon swam a few time in the big waves in Trestle rapid. I got my helment sucked off going through Howard's Plunge (really!), and Adrian was launched into mid-space. A crowd of 10-20 people with video cameras were entertained as we scrambled to get his paddle and my helmet, and continue down the drop.
14 Jun 97			III+	3800	9 miles	Uffe, Rich
		The perfect flow for this run - lots of surfing and playspots.
21 Apr 97			III	1700?	9 miles	Rich, Will
4 Jul 96			III	1150	9 miles	Robert

Pacific Ocean (OR)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
8 Aug 98		Sandy beach				Will
		Surfing in medium-sized waves.
12 Oct 96			III+	lots		Rich, Will
		Great surfing.

Pacific Coast (MX)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
21 Jan 99		Baja	III			Mathias
22 Oct 98		Mazatlan	III

Owyhee Main (OR)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
1 Jun 97		Three Forks - Rome	IV	1300	37 miles	Rich, Will

Owyhee East Fork (OR)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
25 May 96		Garet - Crutchers	III-	2000 (Rome)	42 miles	Robert, David,+3
		This was an epic trip over three days. We managed to pin one of the canoes to a rock and had to leave it behind. ( trip report)

Mellte (UK)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
12 Feb 00			IV	solid	4 miles?	Harvey, GaryF, SteveV
		Really exciting river with lots of scary drops and waterfalls. Things were going well until I broke my paddle in half going over a 10ft weir in the lower section. I paddle the remaining mile in tentative C1 style.

Main Salmon (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
15 May 98		Pine Creek	III		4 miles	Brad
		I took my first swim of the year in a little swirly rapid and afterwards both of us were paddling like two old men in wheel chairs.

Lochsa (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
12 Jun 00		Fish creek - Pipeline	IV	3.5'	8 miles	Rich
		Great to back in BIG water. Had the honor of getting and shuttle with Rob Lesser (see "Kayak legends") who also gave tips at the surf wave.
13 Jun 00		Whitepine - mile130	IV	4.5'	8 miles	Rich
		HUGE waves and holes everywhere but plenty of time to get around them. We carefully planned our way through Castle rapid, but didn't recognize it and went down the wrong side (left).
4 Jul 97		Fish Creek - Split Creek	IV-	6200	9 miles	Rich, Will

Little Salmon (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
11 Apr 98		Hazard creek - Riggins	IV-	980	15 miles	Rich
		A very exciting run - some desperate moves required to avoid the fishing lines from all the anglers.

Indian Creek (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
26 Apr 97			III-	high	6 miles	Adrian
11 Jun 96		Kuna	III -	normal	6 miles	Robert, Paul, Andy, Dwight
9 Jun 96		Kuna	III -	normal	6 miles	Dan, Brian,+3

Exe (UK)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
9 Jan 00			II+	normal	5 miles	BCC
		Lots of flat water but quite a few drops with play spots. Excellent sidesurfing/spinning at the takeout.

East Lyn (UK)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
28 Feb 00			IV	solid	3 miles	Harvey
		Great run. This time I ran the canyon stretch with no problems.
28 Nov 99			IV	low	2 miles	BCC
		Now we are getting somewhere! This was a really fun run despite the fairly low flow, steep creek paddling. I nailed the lines but still decided to portage the canyon stretch.

Descutes (OR)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
9 Aug 98		Meadow - Bachelor Village	IV+	2000	5 miles	Will
		Scary little run. We were particularly concerned in the rapid "Amazing" where we had no choice but to punch a sequence of enormous river-wide holes.

Dart (UK)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
13 Feb 00		Upper	IV	solid	5 miles?	BCC
		Slightly less water than last time, but the lines were the same.
30 Jan 00		Upper	IV	high	5 miles?	BCC
		Very eventful descent of this brilliant stretch of white-water. Conor was very unfortunate to dislocate his shoulder in a nasty drop midway and had to walk out. I bruised my ear (!) and shoulders in an bad up-side-down experience in the lower section, but apart it was a really enjoyable trip.
12 Dec 99		The Loop and lower	III	high	7 miles	BCC
		Excellent flow this time with lots of fun playspots everywhere.
21 Nov 99		The Loop	III	low	4 miles	BCC
		It hasn't rained for ages so the style was similar to the Barle trip: lots of very shallow rock gardens. Festive ender spot a the top of tripple drop.

Clearwater South Fork (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
5 Jul 97		Lower	III+	1250	12 miles	Rich, Will
		Rich had to literally run the shuttle - all 12 miles of it.

Clackamas (OR)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
8 Aug 98		Lower Three Lynx	III-	1000	5 miles	Will
		The road was blocked to the more exiting upper stretch, this lower stretch was pretty boring.

Chlydoch (UK)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
3 Mar 00			IV	low	3 miles	Harvey, SteveV
		Steep. Another paddle incident: Harvey lost his paddle probing for depth below a 20ft fall- he had to walk out! :-(

Carribbean (MX)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
24 Dec 98		Cancun	IV			Mathias
		Quite scary surfing in the carribean.
20 Dec 98		Akumal	II+			Mathias

Bruneau (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
24 Apr 98		Jarbidge - Bruneau	III+	1200	71 miles	Brad, Rich, Will
		It rained hard all Friday night and some of Saturday which was lucky because it gave the flow a good boost. Everyone except Rich portaged Sevy Falls and Willy's Wallow (logjam). Great trip.
3 May 97		Jarbidge - Bruneau	IV	1500	69 miles	Brad, Brent, Rich
		A festive trip - a full report will follow shortly. My first self-support trip and the maiden voyage for my new Wave Sport Extreme.

Boise South Fork (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
19 Apr 98		The Canyon	III	1760	14 miles	Will
21 Jul 96		The Canyon	III+	1600	14 miles	Rich, Andy,+5

Boise North Fork (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
6 Jun 98			IV-	1800	8 miles	Rich
		Rich ran the 18 miles shuttle on his mountain bike. Very hard work.

Big Creek/MF Salmon (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
16 May 98		Big creek - MF/Main Salmon	IV+	4.5'	60 miles	Brad, Brent, Rich, Will
		Trip Report. We packed five kayaks in two Cessna planes which dropped us off at the put-in. Day 1: Tight, technical, logs, snow, great fun. Day 2: Bigger, brilliant 5-mile section, Yoist! Day 3: Middle Fork, *huge* waves, got worked in hole and swam, surfed our brains out.

Bear Valley Creek (ID)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
17 Jul 99			III	3ft	12 miles	Adrian, Rich, Will, Jacob, BrianM, Sharpes
		This trip was batchelor weekend arranged by Adrian. We drank, hacked, juggled hot coals, farted around the camp fire and paddled. A bit of swimming by Jacob and the Adrian-Sharpes duo (immediately above a log!) kept the river trip interesting.
26 Jun 98		Elk G.S. - Dagger Falls	III-	4'	18 miles	Theresa, Adrian, Henriette
		Henriette's first river trip. We went in inflatable kayaks - one tandem and two singles. It pissed down with rain the first day, but the next days were excellent. Camped at the hot springs where we had too many G&Ts. Theresa got munched by a nasty hole, but recovered quickly. Saw huge, jumping salmon trying to negotiate Dagger Falls. Theresa wrote a trip report.
27 Jul 97			III	2'	12 miles	Adrian, Mike, Greg, Rich, Will
		Almost too low to be enjoyable. Great hot springs. Mike got his paddle stuck under water in the middle of a rapid, but we got it back. We found some of the beer we lost on our Middle Fork trip two months prior!
6 Jul 96		Fir Tree - Dagger Falls	III	normal	14 miles	Robert
		This was an excellent run. Fairly constant class II until it joins Marsh Creek and then a great class III ride for 8 miles or so.

Barle (UK)

Date		Section	Grade	Flow	Miles	People	Notes
16 Apr 00			II+	low	6 miles	Mathias
17 Oct 99		from old brigde	II+	low	7 miles	BCC
		My first sampling of British white-water. Very mellow, but everyone assures me that the rivers will be pumping with some more rain...