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Green Release
Saturday April 11th, 2015Organizer: Ryan
Predominantly: advanced WW
Water Level: low boatable
Author: Ryan
Painted Gauge (ft): 2.3
Kayakers (K1): Ryan M, Jason M, Dan M
PA to VT Ed VIII........
Jason and Dan rolled in late the night before the spring Green Release. We got off to a late start so missed the crowds form early day on the Green. Sounds like they did a good bit of ice-breaking on the river. We waited for the sun to come out.
The first drop - Moonshine - went with out incident for Jason (Dan and I skipped it), as did the rest of the upper drops. Young Buck was socked in with ice so was closed out for the weekend. Old buck, Humble Pie, Do-si-do, and everything down to Lumber Yard was low in flow, but high in fun. Down to Lumber Yard - there was ice the regular line, so gave the right line a go - holy boat abuse. Jason ran the left, regular line and got hammered and went for a swim. Easy boat recovery and off we went through a couple of s-bends and then the manky little falls. This leads into Runway. The line of choice is down the left and off the lip for a super fun boof . The only problem is there is a massive ice bridge with all of the water going under it on that line. Jason was out in front and was barreling down that line. Like a cat he was out of his boat and clinging to a rock... PURE LUCK or athletic ability! Boat and boy was a-0K. Paddle not so much, so if you see an H2O paddle on the green with a silver bent shaft, give me a shout. We ripped on down to Piton with clean lines and Jason using his break down paddle.
That was just the beginning of the weekend.......