Well...To Start! We did get the chance to wear our suits again (this time to a more formal end of the season local staff party type affair) and damn, we looked good again!
Did a bit of non-technical canyoneering up one of the local side creeks - Jacqui here giving her game face trying not to swim on one of the mandatory swim sections.
Perty shear walled little canyon
Shaun and I tackling the "big one" with some on-site 5.13c climbing (cough)
Darwin took us out on the river in the Zodiac one night for a bit of a shred gnar-gnar session. Water sports in a large river are awesome cause there's all sorts of natural features to play with.
Shaun wowing us with his slalom skiing skills...until he took a massive digger and cartwheeled across the water.
Me...charging up the knee board
And the surf board
We did a massive 1 day river trip which required a 5 hour shuttle to the put-in then 50 miles of floating. Had some stories out of this one.
First of all - we got to the town/put-in around midnight in a good solid rain and decided to crash at the local town park. I couldn't be bothered putting up my moderately unreliable tent in the rain so i slept in the back up the truck. Shaun put his mac-ninny alstar tent up and was sound asleep in seconds. Darwin decided to lay a tarp down and sleep under the zodiac (trailer). We failed to notice in all the darkness that the grass we were sleeping on was unseasonably green...no bells ringing here. Wasnt until 4:50am when the industrial sized sprinkler system popped out of the ground did things start to make sense. Darwin took a direct hit with one nozzle coming up 3 feet from him and directly under the zodiac...it was like a war scene, he was hit and cam scrambling out from his sleeping bag dripping wet only to get hit by another sprinkler, then another and finally a 4th before he made it into the back of the other truck. Shauns Tent was in the line of fire of one sprinkler and took a 30 minute pounding - Shaun was steadfast though and weathered the storm - his tenting taking the beating like champ.
This is the scene of the "war zone" sprinkler inccident.
This river was nice and saw some cool wildlife and big land slides
GOlden Eagle
The "Chris" Eagle
Then the sad bit of the day happened. We found a lost dog limping on the side of the river, upon closer inspection we realized not only was his leg broken but it was nearly ripped off and was only hanging on my some flesh. We brought the dog onto our boat, fed him, gave him water, tried to find the owner, contacted the vet and ultimately had to shoot him and bury him on the side of the river. I spent 3 hours with him and it was tough having to put him down - he knew it was coming, you could see it in his eyes.
Life goes on though and these are the two cute puppies at the house. They shit everywhere and i've stepped in it 3 times, barefoot once.
Shaun and I doing some hiking around the town we used to live/raft out of.
Me doing somme awesome sandcliff jumping....you should enlarge this one and check out my moves closer up. Proud.
Did a bit of non-technical canyoneering up one of the local side creeks - Jacqui here giving her game face trying not to swim on one of the mandatory swim sections.
Perty shear walled little canyon
Shaun and I tackling the "big one" with some on-site 5.13c climbing (cough)
Darwin took us out on the river in the Zodiac one night for a bit of a shred gnar-gnar session. Water sports in a large river are awesome cause there's all sorts of natural features to play with.
Shaun wowing us with his slalom skiing skills...until he took a massive digger and cartwheeled across the water.
Me...charging up the knee board
And the surf board
We did a massive 1 day river trip which required a 5 hour shuttle to the put-in then 50 miles of floating. Had some stories out of this one.
First of all - we got to the town/put-in around midnight in a good solid rain and decided to crash at the local town park. I couldn't be bothered putting up my moderately unreliable tent in the rain so i slept in the back up the truck. Shaun put his mac-ninny alstar tent up and was sound asleep in seconds. Darwin decided to lay a tarp down and sleep under the zodiac (trailer). We failed to notice in all the darkness that the grass we were sleeping on was unseasonably green...no bells ringing here. Wasnt until 4:50am when the industrial sized sprinkler system popped out of the ground did things start to make sense. Darwin took a direct hit with one nozzle coming up 3 feet from him and directly under the zodiac...it was like a war scene, he was hit and cam scrambling out from his sleeping bag dripping wet only to get hit by another sprinkler, then another and finally a 4th before he made it into the back of the other truck. Shauns Tent was in the line of fire of one sprinkler and took a 30 minute pounding - Shaun was steadfast though and weathered the storm - his tenting taking the beating like champ.
This is the scene of the "war zone" sprinkler inccident.
This river was nice and saw some cool wildlife and big land slides
GOlden Eagle
The "Chris" Eagle
Then the sad bit of the day happened. We found a lost dog limping on the side of the river, upon closer inspection we realized not only was his leg broken but it was nearly ripped off and was only hanging on my some flesh. We brought the dog onto our boat, fed him, gave him water, tried to find the owner, contacted the vet and ultimately had to shoot him and bury him on the side of the river. I spent 3 hours with him and it was tough having to put him down - he knew it was coming, you could see it in his eyes.
Life goes on though and these are the two cute puppies at the house. They shit everywhere and i've stepped in it 3 times, barefoot once.
Shaun and I doing some hiking around the town we used to live/raft out of.
Me doing somme awesome sandcliff jumping....you should enlarge this one and check out my moves closer up. Proud.
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