waterfall
Our time on the Fond du Lac River is nearing an end. We have seen it change in character, from tumbling over granite boulders into Lake Athabasca to winding through magnificent sandstone ledges. It has definitely shrunk in size as we have traveled upstream over the past week.
We spent… Read the rest
That evening on the mountain top we celebrated finding the flower with fire-roasted lentils, corn, cheese and passionfruit under a blanket of stars until a downpour put out the fire. We ran for shelter, already soaked, while the sporadic rains slowly penetrated my 25-dollar tent. The night was wet and… Read the rest
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
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
Headcam of Frustration Falls, Salmon River Gorge, by Dave Hoffman from Dave Hoffman on Vimeo.
I’m finding it difficult to digest everything that happened yesterday in the Salmon River Gorge. So much physical and mental energy was expended that I cannot think in anything more than bits and pieces.
The… Read the rest
