Tomata Falls is a 70 foot waterfall on the Alseseca River. It is one of my most favorite waterfalls . . . EVER! I first ran it back in 2005, so I was eager to return and share this experience with Nate.
On this particular day, Todd Wells, Nate and… Read the rest
One of the most memorable days of our Mexico Huckfest was the day we ran the Truchas section of the Alseseca. Truchas in Spanish means ‘Trout’. Located at the take-out to this stretch is a trout farm, a perfect finish to a long days paddle . . . Trout!
This… Read the rest
Scout, visualize, get in my kayak, proceed towards the lip, drop over the horizon line, close my eyes once I spot my landing and prepare for impact in my ‘crash position’ – this is the process I go through each time I run a significant sized waterfall.
We return to… Read the rest
This is my 3rd year visiting the beautiful Alseseca River in Veracruz Mexico, near the city of Tlapacoyan. One of my favorite stretches of this river is the classic ‘roadside’ section. This stretch of river is best described as a class IV amusement park of whitewater, full of boofs, slides… Read the rest
Nate and I arrived in Tlapacoyan late on a Tuesday night (or should I say early on a Wednesday morning). Rolling into the bus station and seeing the friendly smile of our driver, Israel, was such a great feeling. We had been traveling for over 20 hours and ready to… Read the rest
There’s nothing like heading to a new river and exploring the “unknown” . . . With the river levels coming up from the rainfall, we decided to head out of the Columbia River Gorge and paddle a river that had been on our list for quite some time – The… Read the rest
Here is a short video of our Halloween Paddle on Saturday . . . don’t get too scared!
http://vimeo.com/7424740 – video courtesy of Sheer Madness Productions
(www.sheermadnessproductions.com)
Heather Herbeck… Read the rest
The Halloween Paddle is a traditional event, originally put on by a local paddler from Husum, WA – Steve Morgan. Over the last 4-6 years, the tradition was put on hold so we thought we’d get it back up and running again. Class V river, high water, capes hanging off
Last Halloween, we had a special event on the White Salmon River, the Halloween Howl. This event consisted of chasing ‘floating’ pumpkins down a class IV rapid. Whoever ended up with the most pumpkins, won raffle prizes at the end of the day. We had over 50 participants in about… Read the rest
