Kayak trips
 

Here is a pic from upstream of Hell's Gate on the mighty Fraser River... it was August last year and there wasn't much water in the rivers in Yukon so we went where water was... beautiful scenery and NOBODY else on the river.
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Do you have any idea how hard it is to hold a boat on it's side like that?? :)
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And here is a pic of a cremation we witnessed on a paddling trip in Nepal... This Hindu temple is on the banks of a small river, and all the remains once burned are thrown into the river. No, we did not paddle this one! :eek: Note the wife to the right of the deceased, wailing away... it is also customary to hire wailers as it's believed that the wailing scares away the evil spirits. It's a shocking event to see, but one that is engrained in their culture.

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Thats awesome, were you camping on the Fraser?

Very very cool. Not sure what else to say, but you're definitely shaping up to be a good contributor :)

Any other good pics from the trips? Maybe something in the 1024x768+ range? That you wouldn't mind me using as a wallpaper on my iBook? :)

sechelt inlet, bc, canada
 

i too have just gotten back from a kayak trip this past long weekend (in canada it was Victoria Day). i travelled up sechelt inlet with a few friends in a carbon copy trip of one i did last summer.

this shot here is from last summer, just before sunrise. we were forced to get going a little earlier than we had hoped as a result of camping a little lower than high tide, and waking up in the pacific.

in any case, it was a blessing in disguise as the water was *so* calm in the pre-dawn light. if you want to read a quick little story i wrote up about it, visit http://www.snagglefish.org/kayak.pdf

enjoy.


andrew.

Snag', email that pic to Undertoad
 

That image is as IotD-worthy as anything I've seen... absolutely beautiful!

Griff - yes we camped along the Fraser, on beaches without footprints, without sign of any human presence. It was v cool. We made our fire close to the river so we could eradicate most sign of our being there. Actually at the campsite in my first picture up there, we were hunted by two adult cougars... made for an interesting night. I have a full travelog and pics on Kayak Yukon (url below). Also, one of my cohorts on the trip has an article (with pics and video) on the Globe and Mail website... for the time being it is at this location: http://www.globeandmail.com/travel/s...kby/index.html

dhamsaic- Thanks! I have a ton of pics from my various paddling trips around the world.... check my website at www.kayak.yk.ca

there are some really great ones of us running waterfalls in Chile, waterfalls pouring onto us in Ecuador, and many cultural shots of Nepal.

There is also some video footage of a riot we managed to get caught up in (okok, we went to take a look... :)) in Ecuador... nothing like getting tear gassed while on holidays.

Oh, there are also some pics from my home in Yukon... Have a look, see if there are any more worthy of the Cellar's attention.

lawman,

Did you and the other kayakers enjoy the recent three part travel log by Bruce Kirkby in the Globe?

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

I suppose nothing compares to first hand experience, but for those of us who don't kayak, it's nice that the adventurers who do, take the time to share those experiences.

Nic - Yeah Shaun and I had a blast on the whitewater part of Bruce's trip. Oh, I guess I didn't make myself clear in my previous posts, I was one of two kayakers that joined Bruce for the last third of his "Grand Cirque". I'm Derrick. :). I wasn't involved in the sea kayaking nor mountaineering parts (whitewater is my drug!). It was just the three of us on this section.

If you haven't already read my journal on this trip, it's longer than Bruce's as I have no editors to worry about!. URL is www.kayak.yk.ca look for the Chilko/Fraser link on the left navigation frame.

Another river shot
 

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This is an interesting picture of a boulder on the Seti River in western Nepal which is carved in a fashion that predates Nepalese culture... none of the locals knew how old it is or where it came from (although from upstream would be a good guess:) )

There were many of these etched boulders along the river, this one just happened to be close to a play hole, which makes it a little more interesting a picture.

As always, more pics from river trips are on Kayak Yukon. (link above)

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A kyaker paddles past homes flooded by the Guadalupe River near Seguin, Texas Friday, July 5, 2002. For days, deadly floodwaters have ravaged the Texas Hill Country and now communities downstream, such as Seguin, are feeling the pain.

The Guadalupe River, which overflowed the spillway of an upstream dam, was coursing through nearby New Braunfels at about 70,000 cubic feet per second Friday; the normal rate is 300 cubic feet per second. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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With a record heat wave on the East Coast, a local kayaker cools off
making his way through a roaring set of rapids Monday, Aug. 19, 2002,
at Great Falls in northern Virginia. Many kayakers rate Great Falls Park
rapids as some of the best in the state . Its rapids are long, violent and
complex. Swimming is dangerous and rescue is difficult even for experts.
(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

Great Falls....
 

Yeah that is certainly a hardcore section of river - a virtual friend (I had been following his posts in rec.boats.paddle for years) lost his life there in a tragic accident in '98.

There are some great pictures of the river, and a vivid description of how Scott Bristow died what he loved doing - how many of us die driving to work, walking across a crosswalk, or from a heart attack at the desk? Something to think about....

Here's the link:

http://potomac.pair.com/scott.htm

Thanks for sharing that link Lawman. There are many ways out of this life... it could be that its more tragic when folks die playing it safe.