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lower mad
Friday March 27th, 2009Organizer: paul,ryan
Predominantly: intermediate WW
Water Level: medium
Author: paul s
Painted Gauge (ft): 4
Estimated cfs: 650
River Gauge (loc): bridge
Internet Gauge (ft): 4
Internet Gauge (cfs): 650
USGS Gauge Name: mad river
Kayakers (K1): Jamie, Chris, Ryan, Paul
Gauge Link/URL: 4
It was a nice evening, for Jamie and Ryan this was their second run of the year and for Chris and I ( Paul ) the season openner. We all practiced catching eddies as we went down.We got to horseshoe scouted,Jamie showed us the way with a clean run taking the center line right just skimming the whirlpool and boofing over horseshoe for a clean landing in his playboat. That being said I followed up with a clean run of my own in my creeker. Ryan also cleaned it as well. Chris was alittle more conserative and decided to walk around. However the story gets better! I ( Paul ) was feeling cocky and decided to hit washing machine center right hitting that big wave dead on!!! That turned out to be the wrong move, flipping my boat but also missing my roll. Consequently swimming to the next corner watching the guys rescueing my boat. The lesson to be learned is to do what is safe and do the sure thing!! Getting cocky isn't the right choice!!! Anyway we all had fun. Paul