tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24009604317936390262024-03-14T05:56:58.392-07:00riversensesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-69203322486530158632009-10-12T09:04:00.000-07:002009-10-12T09:20:37.305-07:00Romaine-1 Construction at the Grand Chute<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirh1Upr44splWjKJ-kPjz9JrnOuP9S1dOKEtO9g0KezqU0T0Vu0xWczT-wzO0bI3d7jxCrp3Ny6BCmahyphenhyphenbT7Rt4XRHLDDrPEVQApmHk3zPxTZHGqGlwa5zOp4pyHJ_4Nyrs2ibuUYgas/s320/grandchute5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391748473925690418" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvA1s_U4WWggGw2_8rONtHvnsfqUEILwKQM_V0vbgbbBGXp4KO0tVxHvKWypzUk_qH-UeMgnaINlxWv5rfcFhy2sK6eMQrEM3zPMNkxyMAF3vUOB2okLal7j6qprvrqe9324umTPAhrfI/s1600-h/grandchute6.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvA1s_U4WWggGw2_8rONtHvnsfqUEILwKQM_V0vbgbbBGXp4KO0tVxHvKWypzUk_qH-UeMgnaINlxWv5rfcFhy2sK6eMQrEM3zPMNkxyMAF3vUOB2okLal7j6qprvrqe9324umTPAhrfI/s320/grandchute6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391748479721277250" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczhGYJ6aFCo3s2XPuCVtUVLZMBkvm3MwNEYt7f1dFMvtFFZba06-ypzWGqeVuFxedgfXVeB2fcDths5RMqVHzYUwJtg1bJplDvgQFDMghQ87IPHtjuTJ4ApP6xBApBhgJL1sGCD3ql7I/s1600-h/grandchute3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczhGYJ6aFCo3s2XPuCVtUVLZMBkvm3MwNEYt7f1dFMvtFFZba06-ypzWGqeVuFxedgfXVeB2fcDths5RMqVHzYUwJtg1bJplDvgQFDMghQ87IPHtjuTJ4ApP6xBApBhgJL1sGCD3ql7I/s320/grandchute3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391748466588498466" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeK86HZaiXQsHbDyByCyoKkq-5AJD3D1JSEVsIOhPe3Ua7iD3zLlb6QH32afp1QX1tHhNeeTNWcHnyEQSzm33oIqrAP_4SWOXsMOjfQ9xED-fgqlb-QoG661ZYusYNv1Fd-c99xg0Q8So/s320/grandchute2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391748457763272450" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2_LIdBYd7TquQXWvUHe1oJovSvtfg6Xef5Jk1g6Kna5uKPwLtN6G0sgmQxFAEt91cS19HdnrmHNOpM022_42KNgSaN3Qd6FAbwSY-bjeZiJKF95bFFiE2PwmgA_8Bqzb9s4vS-dlVac/s1600-h/grandchute1.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2_LIdBYd7TquQXWvUHe1oJovSvtfg6Xef5Jk1g6Kna5uKPwLtN6G0sgmQxFAEt91cS19HdnrmHNOpM022_42KNgSaN3Qd6FAbwSY-bjeZiJKF95bFFiE2PwmgA_8Bqzb9s4vS-dlVac/s1600-h/grandchute1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2_LIdBYd7TquQXWvUHe1oJovSvtfg6Xef5Jk1g6Kna5uKPwLtN6G0sgmQxFAEt91cS19HdnrmHNOpM022_42KNgSaN3Qd6FAbwSY-bjeZiJKF95bFFiE2PwmgA_8Bqzb9s4vS-dlVac/s320/grandchute1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391748449131286866" /></a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-56129903672997355982009-10-12T08:25:00.000-07:002009-10-12T08:50:17.376-07:00Hydro Quebec Strategic Plan 2009-2013<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia">Here are some excerpts from <a href="http://www.hydroquebec.com/publications/en/strategic_plan/pdf/plan-strategique-2009-2013.pdf"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color:#000fed;">Hydro Quebec's Strategic Plan 2009-2013</span></a> concerning rivers along the North Coast.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia; min-height: 19.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times New Roman">-The Romaine Complex will enable Hydro Québec Production to increase its exports to markets outside Québec.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 18.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times New Roman">-One of these projects is located on the <b>Petit Mécatina</b>, some 250 km east of the Romaine. The company has already carried out the preliminary studies and some field surveys. Draft-design studies are set to begin in 2009. These will allow us to determine the final configuration, features and cost of the facilities, and carefully assess their environmental impacts. The working hypothesis calls for two generating stations (Petit-Mécatina-3 and Petit-Mécatina-4) with a total capacity of 1,200 MW. </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times New Roman"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times New Roman">-Other projects totaling more than 1,750MW round out this first group. They include Tabaret generating station, which is planned near Kipawa dam in the Témiscamingue region, and another project to be built on the <b>Magpie</b>; both of these have yet to undergo a detailed environmental assessment. The addition of a third generating unit at Sainte-Marguerite-3 is also being considered, along with refits that would yield capacity gains at Manic-2 (commissioning: 2013 to 2016) and Manic-3 (commissioning: after 2015).</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times New Roman"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times New Roman">-NORTHERN PLAN</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times New Roman">3,500 MW BY 2035 </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times New Roman">3,000 MW of hydropower </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times New Roman">300 MW of wind power </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times New Roman">200 MW of emerging renewables</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Helvetica; min-height: 12.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times New Roman">-Hydro-Québec Production has been present on wholesale markets in the Northeast since 1999, and now wants to extend its sales activities to the U.S. Midwest. </p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-45030879659058515812009-07-26T18:01:00.001-07:002009-07-26T18:07:47.933-07:00This Is The Place, Now Is The Time<div align="left">Paddlers wanting to experience this amazing place don't have very much time left.</div><div align="left">This photo taken just upstream of La Grande Chute. You can see more photos on the Hydro-Quebec website. <a href="http://www.hydroquebec.com/romaine/travaux/routes.html">www.hydroquebec.com/romaine/travaux/routes.html</a> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362939140185338546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-bd9R7Jrs1eHl8VcVkEx04TMSW6mVnFRL82uB92eDshT81lF-j4-HU8E_iOD-awxsLdN6zhlSAOvAAaBl8gSEyxX-z2Rg5RQKVjP2O56Mjv8xks_SRA_WIkbb_kwlgF989P1qDsDHuQw/s400/grandchute_diversion.jpg" /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-57281394766111457792009-06-01T18:42:00.000-07:002009-10-08T07:37:11.689-07:00Info For Running The Romaine River<em><strong>Special Note:</strong></em> <strong>Boreal River is offering raft trips on the Romaine in August 2009. Visit their website for information on this once in a lifetime opportunity to see the Romaine before it is dammed. </strong><a href="http://www.borealriver.com/"><strong>www.borealriver.com</strong></a><br /><br /><strong>*To see the trip report with lots of pictures please continue scrolling down the page.*</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />Romaine River:<br />Length: 130 miles<br /><br />Difficulty: Whitewater is mostly class IV+- V with some spicey class V+ (if you're feeling up to it) @ 200cms. Lots of class III-IV boogie water and even more sections of moving current and flatwater. Portaging is done with moderate effort on all rapids.<br /><br />Flow: according to http://www.myosis.ca/ 70cms-low, 110cms-med, 250-high, 400-too high<br />link to gauge: <a href="http://www.cehq.gouv.qc.ca/Suivihydro/graphique.asp?NoStation=073801">http://www.cehq.gouv.qc.ca/Suivihydro/graphique.asp?NoStation=073801</a><br /><br />Remember the river is mostly done as a canoe trip with portages. It can be as easy or as difficult as you want to make it. One thing is for sure, regardless of the whitewater the Romaine is one of those classic "Trippin' Rivers". Floating through the Romaine Valley is an experience you will never forget. Around 200cms seemed to be a nice medium flow for the river. Difficulty would increase with more water obviously. Perhaps 300cms would be an interesting flow for adventerous groups to try. The first and second canyons had 4-5 scouts. Options exist on all the rapids from portaging to running the meat. Recommend kayakers put-in just above first canyon near 51.23' N 63.35' W. Then its a nice six day trip to the bridge at highway 138. Trying to camp at Fowlersville on Acid is highly recommended. If you go all the way to the ocean there is a hostel for a room and showers. Havre Saint Pierre has grocery stores and good eats like La Promenade on the street next to the water, and of course some excellent Casse Croute's to satisfy that poutine appetite.<br /><br />Flight Info: Labrador Air Safari in Havre Saint Pierre ph: 418-538-3866 Fax: 418-538-3805<br />Located a couple kilometer's east of HSP exits on 138.<br /><br />If you want the .kmz file for Google Earth with rapid names and waypoints for the hike out option, etc, etc. e-mail me at <a href="mailto:fredcoriell@gmail.com">fredcoriell@gmail.com</a> Thanks to Boyce for putting it together.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-86176044310603284992009-05-30T18:51:00.000-07:002009-10-08T07:36:26.455-07:00Useful Beta For Running The Petit MecatinaFor these rivers the best time of year to go is late August/early September. No bugs, good water levels, and lots of blueberries.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Petit Mecatina River:</span></strong><br />Length: ~100 miles, plus 20 miles on the ocean<br />Difficulty: V(V+) and lots of flatwater. I remember only a few other portages besides the stuff in the canyon.<br />Flow: 200-350 cms @ "The Split" gauge<br />link to gauge- <a href="http://www.cehq.gouv.qc.ca/suivihydro/default.asp">http://www.cehq.gouv.qc.ca/suivihydro/default.asp</a> you will have to navigate a bit to find it. Click 07-Saint-Laurent nord-est and then the second red dot from the right.<br /><br />The canyon is the crux. It is possible to portage on river left, but skilled rope work and time are the issue. This was done on the late 80's descent. The (V+) describes the ferry for life move in the canyon. Waterlevel could make or break this section, it is very committing and highly consequential.<br /><br /><br />Alternatively, it is possible to land downstream of the canyon in the first big flat water section near Iles de William (51.14' N, 59.42' W). This misses some of the more difficult whitewater on the upper river, but still makes the run great IV-V with no unportageable rapids, and one could spend a whole afternoon surfing at Rapid de Pahtapistnakan which would also be a great camping spot.<br /><br />The skinny about "The Split". If you go left try and hook up a boat ride to Harrington Harbour. This way puts you more in the middle of nowhere, but closer to Harrington Harbour. If you go right you end up at Chevery, a small fishing town and can pay someone to give you a ride out to Harrington Harbour. You are farther from Harrington Harbour, but I don't know of any kayakers that have gone this way so perhaps some good whitewater and definitely a fifty footer into the ocean. The canoe trip in 2003 went this way.<br /><br />-stole this off Google Earth, Netagamiou Falls near Chevery<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238109091123599890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zCwombk_nPDcEAygn9WYXg6HJAjKeMzmRNG8otEiK0CkpZ42tSVFMcD5rQ-fUGY8YB4Vj6wdx7W_5P-CfJETVcqqQEf7BjhwzjgGuZBzC9wcJKS7h721f9XSFsJHFi_MFolLfR2ABnA/s400/netagamiou+falls.jpg" border="0" /><br />Ferry Information: Relais-Nordik operates the ferry from Natashquan-Blanc Sablon. On Saturday it docks in Harrington Harbour on the way back to Natashquan. Reservations are required and they will give you the number for Harrington Harbour. Larry Ransom is the wharf manager and a good contact for boat rides out of the Mecatina. Relais-Nordik phone numbers are 418-723-8787 or 418-692-5000 or Toll-free 1-800-463-0680. In 2007 the ferry cost about $70 CAN per person with kayaks<br /><br />Flight Information: Labrador Air Safari operates the only float plane in Natashquan. 418-538-3866<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Magpie River:</span></strong> See Alden Bird's new guidebook for a great write-up on this river. There are a bunch of pictures at the bottom of this blog too.- <a href="http://neguidebook.com/">http://neguidebook.com/</a><br /><br />flight info: Labrador Air Safari in Sept-Iles: 1-888-463-9511 or (418)-548-9511Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-51164853895166059302009-05-29T08:48:00.000-07:002009-10-08T07:47:00.011-07:00Romaine River<div align="left">We made it back after a great couple weeks in Quebec. The Romaine was remarkable. We had great water levels, blue skies, and good times. Five days, 100 miles of river, and 2 miles of bogging. We were surpirsed by how runnable the river was. Some of the group only made three portages. Others a few more, but not once did we have to leave the riverbed and charge throught the forest. I am going to say this once, and I'm sure Boyce and Greg would agree, because it could become a point of contention. The Romaine has the best, most runnable, whitewater of the rivers on the North Coast. Better than the Petit Mecatina, and better than the Magpie. The scenery is spectacular as well. Can you say one place is more beautiful than another right next to it. Perhaps. Rolling granite hills, cliffs, waterfalls, gorges, huge ledge drops into enourmous pools with shagri-la sand bars. It is sad that this river will be changed from its natural state. According to the Romaine Complex pdf most photos taken of the river below will be flooded with the exception of a flatwater section between Basin Des Murailles and the upstream side of the Romaine 1 Generating Facility. The price of progress I guess. Enjoy the photos and stay tuned for more information of the Romaine Project and other updates on whitewater kayaking on the North Coast. It is a special place. At least we can preserve it in our memories.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">We flew in late in the day and were treated to some twighlight TV</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246282352438825154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_PTacIBMj6o-6P3EIivDbH_E_BdxYj6t-UCmIRpwIyW6m4lUSqMBGTY7smCWuFQ9t7W_vhmTah2xJt4K8hYbot9rqw_qgFBGq-9ecpDwRBajMdGBXBY7EU34KdUqHH5-SRu-piz0U8I/s400/clouds_reflect.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p align="center">Not too shabby of a sunset<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246289859445747954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ZA1ix6qetI2OxuhsqPMhOVl91jdi7uI6j-0NZWksHIG_kd3k8V8AUl3YZPZL3lbVrrfE3mQMbf0LeTpVQ2d-dOPjyNElQyb-3tJZM0ivD7Y2dSK8sQHNX9Imz7EBAp038x4BkOARr4A/s400/sunset1.jpg" border="0" /></p><div align="center"><div align="center">The first morning we awoke to a dew-full sunrise.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246281352460120610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYH3Ap1joLzIZOf6d9n7uY_8Ry1l8jwOs2hzx_3WcQZBELIjjUdGyQ9oKVJXGZnvgzgM9AT0AO2HniCzkg9wjyve41lS9MN0eJwdSEc0xYqohAC8DL48drEeYW36WV3Bnr7Z0e0DZc2A/s400/boat_sunrise.jpg" border="0" /> </div><div align="center">As the sun warmed the air we were treated to a misty show.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246289459341701410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQzKQRPlwA-EUwztbC7w3sfjRU9RLJoKcubR9KPCY-rNwEpitcSJLRM1UoUVdsBh0fVdlcBBJ38SIeuT57Yc9CMKVYScdSORvFxIi6H_Qmo9hpOKcPmEq0BkxYCktfJjiuCSDYF3-Ihc/s400/sunrise_mist.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">We pushed off down the Romaine. The first 10 miles contained many easy rapids. A nice warm-up. This section will be flooded after construction of Romaine 4. </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246288502113779218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF11jhBqa05Fbme-UmnMUSBhEucqareqPfJGjNndBEzLqYtmVupMjx2vLxNexgxKjZQ0Klkf7ADrz92A4VBCodPZCKP0uRnta-r86Uok1sYej72-a_yqPHi9LtzJHKOBBj2m5r7EhOaSE/s400/paddle_1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">It sure would be nice to have access to this gage. There are four Hydro-Quebec gages along the river. All at ideal dam sites. We assume they indicate general placement of each dam. This is confirmed by looking at the Romaine Project pdf.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246285176293947890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSURc8X0gOxYBkUqfTa1fblGzawBULaXz-acVlNhXooYyKmBw1bNohmFEofC90VzM2f4YD81WuYJuFo1nQ3yxJJfFa5Ja5cqWFbXlxLdAnxDqNPXxPIekeZd3VkivHZxSWEJI7fvkZsmY/s400/gauge1.jpg" border="0" /> After lunch we entered the first canyon. It contained some great whitewater. This section of whitewater will be flooded by Romaine 3 Generating Facility.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246293931900893906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZIUXtcDgJb2zFbJchzW8B2Ks9kns4WtUfcIa6s8ilew5O6NMbXhGhjozwoNWsZoyBls2pB2Yto5GY4MegqZiEKVHp7vQX8tozlgGSycyemQuxHkRHGYdRSppkARRdOYuaAoQ3eZ98VY/s400/willy_day1a.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">The first rapid had a nice lead-in slide<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246795739080441874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSzhAfMNa1GUJ5qjURWKlqPwgA1rnhpArfXzWj7_MQff3_aC-TiaCznCjZ9f0jhdANngHwi2FnA4NUGfk1GPRmcFmVgteYAMKd2qjufRMIAxsiybLpKiQOMJWgLFirhpmW3SLyso26Io/s400/willy_boycerapid1.jpg" border="0" /><br />Then some big waves in the runout<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246795745508814962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqycyyY-_fQtN7QPhWixsbPJKNfPZ412IVKO_8zOFxyO6fwWLt_quGYtaHLq_fbFFOCBzjn_ole1sNIalhFaRkdhXOtwy0UEFZTmTM2qTh3wlfFGQ3U4ZO5C5d5WuPkCck9gkNSdtFQc/s400/willy_day1_rapid1.jpg" border="0" /><br />Looking back upstream at the first rapid</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246288504609736914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfbsW2him3jU6exVLzSJBMnfUo-LsG6BTrpSVaFgg6MVySANGwuQEuo0zTT_JPA_Nnn8HQhStqAjH290_rMXLDWQTuu9Zvwrh5xveZTHw_oYpT0PTfSytOqA18YvHmhdMSRTo-PSsPbFM/s400/paddle_3.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">The next rapid was one of the longer more complex ones. Most of us scouted on the left and ran a side channel most of the way. Toby scouted right and found a line down the main flow.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246293930162139186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9C53qD_xa8-vvSrca6etkHPb-MrRhm8z7KP3FJNjleuqIF0cm9BH9_TOSBLL2RK9Cat4woCQM7-1CcHWOXChx66kinC9Utg7iTEJvoVxLQizu5vWYoEuT0_DuaISg9IQ9_IqjtE4juw/s400/willy_day1.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">The bottom of the rapid had a tricky ferry move back into the main current.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246291434255606114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBI5EXs75-DnffqSH6gQQ7WhmM2TIyIDZnqBN0Vmy4vAkVv4cHGx1VLO7jB3_2-C-m9MNV1RldBeTm1aH1jUTuVqrqGRyGKzOBbgw5j8YPmEWTMo6cbc0wO5zNPYRhwhyphenhyphenTXPp_gKtTNI/s400/willy_1.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">Boyce navigating the ferry.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246281838383425154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0I2XY-S2z7ro6n4B4mJvuVNGifLJe9lvwKIOCSCNc1BieYAg5CWEmZ7pcabsztNVVOoxBPIlzwtIfDB97rt9bOefsDpa1uKIcmUElNeem4OcxZI1rmlKedPhHBJ9tcDJQ4wzthgRpZL0/s400/boyce_1.jpg" border="0" /></div>Grace paddling out the bottom of one of the first day's rapids<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246790351921502802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxsz2BjRrLA5XsEIR0zL3rl238in910jc4iPU8IJiTo-caRJ1S0OaAUo_M08dnCrReR_DGVzn1N6N_gTzcd35Kee5rfbUS5Fz-8nylbihWA8MwIMqx0UxrHUpmj-00LZEqSp8DUGT-BY/s400/boyce_grace_day1.jpg" border="0" /> Greg doing the same<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246795750948587970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55jO6Agx9gW6HhDD35cfTSuwtuz4bSe_VQKwXSxYyDoVm08UVTmuUN_sJD8H6EToIMxcY38crqvxnxODuXyq0-v3GcyqrHbJk_ryF2uAkLm2I7-ZTYGZS3U_k1F_vSmrmj9tSk2odpdQ/s400/willy_greg_day1.jpg" border="0" /><br />Amidst the Romaine's whitewater<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246792049965185362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVi3k7_yYxu3TQuPrFFi1_itIbwHX9BT9beM1soBD15zXLjpRgTNUpdtQQQTltIeMLZvVK64IVFtf0kbA56AMv5EDDYWpVhSaPeJlvSUawReNYkgetpQiHvQ4Z7ZFV_Z13cDyXufaqN3s/s400/greg_fred_wait.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Toby scouting the Micrometer of Doom. He ran center.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246289861149781650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIK9s3Zh0Lj_ck-zI-5lB9HMlqyIja1J5RjfmkYLf3vCI1C6qSPkD35FmjvCwq_pwo_kysYzGZKay3CIurVY6AfwV03MVRgpgfwmxfFPom2W6Sah3H7BhVPYzcRP7vQbcv9VIzfgFoPzQ/s400/tdub_1.jpg" border="0" /></div></div><br /><br /><div align="center">The rest of us boofed off the nice spout on river right.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246310530622466658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZz77MoJ2XuRY-6xCwnQsTb7oVCgqgQMN6LoRYkg1jwuEmiKOdhB-abWJQaT_O3BcyrLRndRCZfKNFJNbVZf3nxb2LKgf0XPHmaYX0dCTGO8pCeArwzrpdahx9nBCvxuLjYwHG-Es4d3w/s400/willy_2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">There was a lot of rapids in this style. To tempt the main current or relent to the side channels? It was a common theme.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246288943192662130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpOjlWYyX83PnHdCj9gSUt1mgdIBLc-vKsbanDETt3uAX0SI5NaERpylnlYz1Buwu3vU182rkPFPOIxwqjzATY8xjpSeOwX0JlpzW3M6uujt73UTgWGdyJAQh8dK2fxvoATvVb46r85vk/s400/slide_day1.jpg" border="0" /><br />At camp that night Boyce shows off the Jet Boil. Notice in background John and Boomer getting ready to use a more primitive method of cooking. It is called Burning Stick.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246790358697601234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGRqn1WeSNcDLCeFcNtb-S1Tk32i4m8xbshRphSt79zDQU8iMu0BOamZ08LroN-rOkkuzXVc7Uj7kZQXkw1aHvEEAQXDmV_gniFKob7dngdjMYe6JfWYwy-lH0CgrNX89XJw8WI1njik/s400/greg_boyce_jetboil.jpg" border="0" /> </div><div align="center">A great sunset at for the second night on the river.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246289856351590962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmu01H_5rFvtFpP4r9Rd7XVqgDWj1sgXNxkmX9z7JEGidbgRQVv93B7T5nIg_e6uJLaR9Kulf0TlQLRqkdPUwxDoso4a0V8lg8kdSiT82CMF9T1X6_V0tSkL92hG2XF5vhDWyicgL6plg/s400/sunset_day2.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">We awoke and paddled around the corner to find an impressive falls. </div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246285170380840850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gQbq8NHL8O4GDkqxpsPuh2yAmZzKmos6McH9DZbNT5FD-3l7rgixGeItqKBwvCHPIEedM5OAhIc6khLu3Ejp_ZWm4X_4cZ_LFOEaRpoCd-0hBKNv74XmqdmWfRsoROwJbtUBy2WYjQE/s400/fville_scout.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">The hole at the bottome was huge. It looked like Fowlersville Falls on the Moose River, but on steroids.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246285168321838946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24fy7FTRSxAM42XxgxSWlAR0hvxj-zlnTf31Lf0adeSt_tECZvwgSRSSmXON524ByVDqC93Ri2o-U5xKJgdRYEqt94htO-hLRvARxb_rmjc-7DMWkZysC0BRZG2n_pMW54dBhkYVWDwg/s400/fville_hole.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">The far right channel had a fast and dynamic line.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246290902305816642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAEGn7eGQP8WYTM5GwZKLJdlcydqzo3fDn7znSmhjQaCio0CuChv88oJo-28V1jOjrsT1fDQfUkYonDcnntBeO-yaxnu5bcrsu8pXNnBchVbgXP3gKJr526aLlcFyjvi59yr69Irzrbs/s400/toby_sweet.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Jake in middle of it all. There was also an easy slide in the middle of the river.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246287919429763906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojmbgL8IWVGd-Dt5jhGSO1IviqUdiEeMg6-p_ics-DZ5HetwPH33QFOhVkwfx7gbyDCZiyGD0mf1cPaLvFTJBRfztLE7fXDuSrglWJhcRb3jU1dAZ_MsU3S-iQL6sJ2uCFhSAazIXg64/s400/jake_sweet.jpg" border="0" /></div><p align="center">Greg found some cool minerals in the bedrock<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246800777257373634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYabjGScNJr1gmVWSFRs9RqTW0qi1OucU_POLpzfaHXcEsb3KNK0gnCBDu-BJoB8jMLebfNEOe7vK8ju3cICiLZPNCTYETQ6QlYYbtLrcVj0lVbFxPJCYmdNlxsiwWtLsfkfGDFTMiZcA/s400/greg_mineral.jpg" border="0" /></p><div align="center">There was a long strectch of flatwater after Fowlersville on Acid.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246286715356908562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTeUF3UVbpL_SctZvOxstukUYlSOX9LC2kmyh3YwGdOq7o2ZhorjQxf1qWSSc7VQkOaHsI0wiqpGhN12qJu10eZgq65p52Fnmz71bQlvZpW7W0Vt4K8QRnHkbo0FgwzVlLALSFUQjUt0/s400/jake_boyce_scene.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">The scenery was incredible.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246291429161953746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGl5QYysxsDeVVtGPIJXx_lLBBg4knehy43v1s7wf5bfLEgFVbRMJtpVX1OvRXwwPAAKJG1qRZrP1Ltf26W2euNVWFHH5-4-gXgwAV0bqDLQXptw5pRU7Ture-R8imyFHklTA1tX1RpM/s400/waterfall.jpg" border="0" />We lunched above the next big rapid. The reservoir behind Romaine 2 Generating Facility will flood this section of whitewater. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246793622587550434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sBWB_nRGJO5yXRWYZktwhb3mxg11YfErRJwcuP1nhKk4uOM-0MWjp1qttkdH0dspRbF2n7kl5QBM3EPShJ6okEqwsXzT4Cx-1qJAgGgFXknUSTFsTwTceHOg9xObLN6yWMt8j5h7sU/s400/greg_toby_day2.jpg" border="0" />Toby is running the Levitator Line. The first part of the long rapid.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246287920685062418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECwaNe5W7ypX9r9WIbnzgWpIeYdjtGHYmBxRYtESrql1wBtTpIECWVzo_BftXV75s9RWv7_8OJwmoZH5sDcpIAfZPLGB7OzaeeeR3MLQaP81p4Zr0OKx6GU-GAd6ae-WlWyCOq7w1SMI/s400/levitator.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">Willy boofing the second part of the rapid. Then a nice set of crashers to the bottom.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246803277994690994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zBg4paHIUDV45QbqCbczFw2_C9rF6LN9zbsfbvh6fV9YdoT-3pCJcxRj7qQBwNkuxMPFIvDFem6onAdHX0BfNjVaAd4ak0_BH20gkLbUZxpokV8kYofijfofAZ9riAqmua0ob8thWEI/s400/willy_boof.jpg" border="0" /><br />Looking upstream at the boof</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246790353626360530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcziAPbpKMu5w8q2_068N4RZjPeKzWLFJ_ouLRUO2TLTpuhlq4UTahgUYdGC0BL4KYyd78ucNI6WDaJo7ALKf3PmGyfip0Jlikco2HOg-UaSmjWst_jGan4Eixaqwv6VxEfpu93FW6h4/s400/boyce_toby_day2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">The view from below the rapid.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246282349721256706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmReM7Y0-yskVUp1i4aS-6Ayk8JDQoL55wLSqnHH_7ArofvVABt1rFqyWHqYOvwCPV4gWdUmxUgp31P-bGCgYp-u53wPD28dlZCacErOd6UOKICOtVwYvhPcnt3qSovRPIhh2ZRfdKqOA/s400/dam2.jpg" border="0" /></div><p align="center">The first drop of Double Mister. Two misting horizon lines. We couldn't believe both were runnable. Below is the first drop. The line was at the top of the photo on river left.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246790349654519122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg47l_fbJjmy6gZ1QnRAz-Z8H4NYVYVIpfEH0mkZ58fyKBJfsy_yUuMPyLDAAYuklS3aHRNLrcSPkpgZyz-8Oc-0a-gVj-uGnjZ1JxyF9gfUZBS3wnTAoFFl2GGkNJk2dEZU74VwaPDg6A/s400/boyce_dmister_day2.jpg" border="0" /><br />Boomer and Toby getting in above the second drop of Double Mister.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246281835818398194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwu78AXGuICwdX-pJEn_dCRNpC67QBIWLi4NUYD1QS_Tn8IAPJ_5X3HW3SEqdr4mDmOgckX_LXPsvMXYv36z8zk2CDJxnIf0fJxF7pLqUOY72lup04T6LaUZO7_3P7P-EfNP1c83VPW04/s400/boomer_toby.jpg" border="0" /></p><div align="center"><div align="center">A nice lead in boof.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246281838548650882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTXD5PCgm-_PyYUgw36WANZKeVeIPwJvUs5GLj1y69e-VZW3rczvi7kKw9J0AKmeJinj9HgEqE3FwXQUKHszFIHbQaxYABhNgNbKMLxB8O7qTRhSlmNTjw83HxN7qj4DqVCe5139J2Oo/s400/boomer_toby2.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Then down the slide.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246290888038424674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuw2YAS44F-7ystuwQXfG9pIIwmx-X0enIQNjrkKdxC9pMk46dWtG1-qQj1Zi53RS2zF6wUzFKRzJtpbTkboqFsIDbbdoMGadWzreEPkPPukGqFpZpgk1KbDDTfl5mCEJVXQ5zlLgzUT8/s400/toby_slide.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><div align="center">At the bottom of a watery ramp you wanted to stay left.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246282344518441250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeUQvyF7GmkRtAwA_C9OCMdiN4bhiOLxuZ5_jdHrf3rpNRD541Erx2MwQx36O25t-owv6Qe4HJEre-wfSQGKp1_bCiuqKd1PaTNaN45IggvhV3-FInfYpp9us6uaWJZdGc4qbUbqgwBY/s400/boyce_slide.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">The sun was setting behind the canyon walls as we paddled the last few rapids of the day.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246289862602778834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnRaY4kxj7Q4Jc-uPjStGbehC8Ct8319KmDdcudugSYFtBCwNxfvdJZbTDoAlx_kaHRMyAs95U2GdqnUnbbeWcYZC9otX1P6wOLHZF5TRKY_l-ajuSviXT2oaGg4esYYrg429Ijv_NIc/s400/sunspot_willy.jpg" border="0" /></div>It was classic Romaine whitewater<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246789128958464738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pwpcimCwQG0ymNXN-wg2MJyX2KLUtbWQxtyGBqiTA1S2cagO78fuiWKX8_2p-bDHWL8XOaI655wlGgUhZ7qi4MLSEVLznX2Qy4gtsSF_gxRya-7HF2oq9UZxA8XnnCBxxI8qOdMkAHg/s400/boyce_boomer_day2.jpg" border="0" /> The last rapid came to at the end of the day was also the first portage. We camped on the rocks and scouted it for hours. That night was an incredible display of northern lights.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246285168539889442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cK0f6CCbJpyltWI_Y4eF4LDko8F0qXYcFqGA8Cb03BbePnjxzHneAtGwwfqzNKuneADNCgr3q6i1KnBOuBPo3yyV1Y7lNmWrF8Ikwm1PN2wgbUDAML6vMd5cz3_on2DPJtzzsyTQn3w/s400/first_portage.jpg" border="0" /></div><p align="center">Mr. Toad was checking us out.</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246792065361612914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWhh3bC9ETV2Z5nyxZDCE5auQTShXvdyCquRp5FH1t12Yy4zfKavc0ESpF6hAKWqc6ab6LOdO7gZmd_zjf3_ZL2_2q3jDM-5yu7XROEe7NpyojSDxi6iTQtmjm0_Z47CLMCe_8XlOMXbc/s400/greg_mrtoad.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Nice camping on the rocks. Notice the burning stick technique at work.</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLul1waKfBQntoI2WjNxlgJo3Wuz_75vjAXKt_PGqHidUNXMbbJE3VC0hbTg9AD4J9y2jrgyeLkbWzB2LLYuNyPO_6d4oKdqefEmqsF1221SCrYy8F3m55ImR3TWd3jFCmy30RuElEjU/s1600-h/boyce_day2_camp.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246789130772704114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLul1waKfBQntoI2WjNxlgJo3Wuz_75vjAXKt_PGqHidUNXMbbJE3VC0hbTg9AD4J9y2jrgyeLkbWzB2LLYuNyPO_6d4oKdqefEmqsF1221SCrYy8F3m55ImR3TWd3jFCmy30RuElEjU/s400/boyce_day2_camp.jpg" border="0" /></a> A few tough guys about to portage<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246789133565010882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZIrrpjVzH7q-6yrJd6hsXcFCkfcr6oMmOKm6_RgljmfDHIJdCSK9RvJohrH3MrkjoaM6HDhJdZONNZd01c_DZVd-Q1jk3cLO282VbWvdiorhH-do9QLQ1bBDFHD7cy_J9iJMn5me1v0/s400/boyce_day2_camper.jpg" border="0" /><br />There was a line, but it was difficult. The consequences outweighting the risk of a run. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246288934959066194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsVX7YX050BRFJAD8Z40EYkTPvoy6B7NbIeb800QJPYjeKVqNVLKmaYkyY-M6X9YzxB6UUW7a0fdQvx81Z_oBhRII7rQxSQX4rEnMLvA_kw9tzoaXVeT0QvD4V_wJ1jha0LPHhvzB0Ng/s400/portage1.jpg" border="0" /></p><div align="center">Most of the third day was moving current. We paddled 38 miles on the Romaine this day. A long straight away above the third canyon held a few easy rapids. </div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246282356541833506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTF4zEDUxnSkmzXjWfepoZdW8IkzaSvK_PG_HGV9kFzvfGH4MJxDvgnouzNMDQAWfWcMZpqWw7DD8atHpm9aiC32WcnBhbz7MXuoMZb3PxAz5z_A_bgViBmO3RFYi9GvSH3h1MiA6yHl8/s400/day3_canyon.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Boomer a few miles above camp psyched on the granite walls we passed all day long<br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246281357586456290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQ6wCKhyphenhyphenBzFwF3bbw5OiIz-3c9A1C27JidBm9zxnghL6Zrem7Qtnpo22gWf4KZyBBrGsuiMPGPqs6aIfoRspRNrah6B2aNkO35PeWs9ORAxbE2E6yIDt0rGjJtPw_eBk7AVThizbz9bA/s400/boomer_cliff.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">And again a colorful sunset.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246289860734339970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWKMPd6C7t7ycjlljZDzqJxW70Bqi11IlsaJMVG_kdefvmNiR-ViFMQnaeTADwUBO85sj4BEVTE-0JNXjziLFvgd5GmvzxO_QoeNUD46LNPTxVrxLMXcxDsPhxq1oGh6rzDGtkikHSwc/s400/sunset_redd.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Day 4. The third canyon. Anticipation was high since this was going to be the biggest whitewater we had seen thus far. Of course there was a gauge at the top of the rapids.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246285173112455698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsnAqnjWjZBrRpRkzm2mv9al3fW4BibfNCRKU54FwKFfvBH4hZSntjMO4yZTgxvvgTNhpJtsVjGe6nK_JS2CQ6atSyTCDitJE_USP0UjEKjxN_YvYs_J_RUAN3aDVJWtsnejsgVXt740Y/s400/gage3.jpg" border="0" /><br />The Spike Rapid was run in its entirety by Boomer and Toby. Not without a couple of good beat downs though.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246288947608039570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOcLqcNMZdZI6xgs8_Ed2DbP2A8vSZg4Aykhh7LAKyWU9BtwNk49t43j2tYM_ghnukyfPYmg3OGkQkovMlDl13IWo5OrYsLfc1gB5Of3NMm1qaIrAXgbrHH_ajWT7WmI3DtpjuR3TLl4/s400/spike_rapid.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Boomer ready to get swallowed by the curler.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246288942214217042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBBt-C44MfILpt3ZtEyi1Jp1U1CqXN-wsuaEJUpj5c49eKZVszBCjoilMYAlFVE7UB95XQUejGbOdeufzkNd_Of7vgSNi4yKbV0zt2hCtHhWAzSzo05jJhFaFVsqiFjC1syXEy-nsvZw/s400/spike_boomer.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Toby about the throw some high speed cartwheels.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246290898155592754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGr_MUREb3GBJiYg20xZoRvhJrCNI4KluHvZ4kPnpz0J1I0A1jGXGYxlJWlxoULexyVn3eYiJ9zn5jzTwdGKQK0YVpumTPDqnH8sjzK3daJJjry4kR6F6cCEoZoRGFn3AgkqUKxOYEXY8/s400/toby_spike.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">The next series was impressive. John firing up Freebird down the middle.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246286695585763346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg801htHcqChnnUpFpU-If9q73hQ1Y1009NqqjBOeZO4q_90LVliMw1UKX88uouif82_R3cvIWZYQ_Tv0k9fmrDMYG15kb28HvoF-b1CE5Ts15PTc_Fq5f6f9iYsJKDUYiPsuTibKNWjn0/s400/grace_freebird.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Toby flying off the falls.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246290869365457474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJED7S7Ust_VT1Y8oYUgWnlXcBUnVKqq10IH1OZI740UIQ2e8MBs09jGRf7J65lLezZeWK7R8EOXWWLMcSoMwTRUDPXUmb2pnJHtn1U0ZgSSMtkHgVqsECQ-B_zwq0aiZYrTVAH_C-NQ/s400/toby_freebird.jpg" border="0" />Willy running the right side of Hawaii 5-0. Toby and Boomer ran the middle riding the curling wave through a big crasher.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246292401665242738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWL68rusrUqkRrbTc7gd6yldHTsWW-GEdF25vEfsfDXnCjy_RV7f20DS6LevsV74RLfgnKF9AVMJ8deI1XWt0M9FTMdKvOA-H-cM9o1FpTxjJbMWLcijIyoaEah9-mIs6xVb0PnbZoXs/s400/willy_hawaii50.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Around the next corner we saw the first signs of constrcution activity on the river. We had seen a helicopter the past couple hours and wondered what it was doing. These guys are doing seismic work in the river. They had just set off the charges as we came around the corner.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246288938421102930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEVPY-WMCSigtb3eZcKwSbBdOe99TT5A4YAsvSMtPYRWJCqYSQSaijtlgvPtAhyCOKqlsBicXyI3kJX0gpaxF_9qEG12eXWAjh85o82QW5k10cONcdBUotf7clCTD4Y2YVNiynB3VKJJc/s400/seismic_work.jpg" border="0" /></div><p align="center">A-Star in the woods<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246793617556822626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEYunqLn4DvE_UCJA9rJDXEPt-EPKSulOoUvNzPMjGbJrESVzXO0WiyG4ke2MUaCLj9xmB7Q-QIvnDbnOn2B34IszcTYqQvf0orDqbey8w1Ew6fvLuIz_FgfoJKVaIHD7ywmr54Q8zp8/s400/greg_heli.jpg" border="0" /></p><div align="center">The last rapid in the third canyon is called Les Murailles. It is an incredible piece of whitewater. We snuck into it and portaged down the right. There was a line the whole way and it ended in a lake. The Romaine 2 Generating station will divert water from this section of river.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIlyYPd51JfYmRe8groXbHKz_aDxEzIM9MsTYmlGkMXIMY3mR_jdzewoGNJlUu8LS-Tn-Ae-bxd02BjnWmT1Fb3n-Qj7RVoN1PagD2NHzbbp0Ps_N9j9z8STpZCrJaXZWEzAh6OAhM318/s1600-h/jake_log_leadin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246287915699384978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIlyYPd51JfYmRe8groXbHKz_aDxEzIM9MsTYmlGkMXIMY3mR_jdzewoGNJlUu8LS-Tn-Ae-bxd02BjnWmT1Fb3n-Qj7RVoN1PagD2NHzbbp0Ps_N9j9z8STpZCrJaXZWEzAh6OAhM318/s400/jake_log_leadin.jpg" border="0" /></a> Someone tossed out Land of Giants to describe the whitewater. Many perfectly shaped large holes one after the other.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246288497859912002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6dN_vMfbs8TAa9KY4xeNat14JJRVql8gGywKHpTMbu66RhL3p9kzji7e3FxMK2q6wGCxKk-Lh6iJAkL7SUMQ-uaf8wsYim-mw3oUzWpe6N_7EM3VwYys82jqm6w_rX7NjbxjJ6Cmcwg/s400/logiants.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Boomer decided to try the bottom part of the rapid. </div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246281361001329602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwgo4yAxMFmAsHPbq95AZSO-V6-E3HRx6pFAAsgIQRqkvVjS-rE-Dj0G8tvBA7nz0ZwAQqh2FAJJCZO_MSvv7QmKY-NMdiBrPldbvGiiFtBYrrmnt4ieawNXw2LRMDGSdEfvZAGF22zI/s400/boomer_log.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">The only way through the hole at the bottom was...... Fortunately it landed in a lake and it was easy to pick up the pieces.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246281361662628530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheentdqFOKeMgGa2cH-i9lwhL6eOipEgDra19un1F6KzvgAl-cwGSNdixtY6qm2vDJE9SV3jZR2ud-jQF2oxbEnEw5WRJgG9_CIllZyqcXknLWYRpCcyjQcAUTp-QNpZbTGUiFzjCHTRE/s400/boomer_rtknowhere.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">We ate lunch at the bottom of Les Murailles.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246281842777776882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWKFGMIp4PbJuG4ymHc0-sVI-y5OstNpjuL5YOEUYXbdkCjHA3Z_qwR4H8bOHYzAosp1OX4htxjK-UsbaaWAlERGNoAyhmKaFY5AGzv9Teja4_Vu0UhvDxF76D5Q_wUcNrBM13Q8tVEI/s400/boyce_jake_log.jpg" border="0" />As we ate helicopters were long-lining loads over our heads.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246286701911704514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBfJ6lH2gtSgzMDsn1DLOGX9_vmg5kDmt0ZXXLrM2obGd5lYouqbXpgfcIXQ-c4bISoOaX1HtRgPKFDHZZTpqrWX5zExMXnMTHmNxUxNZz-OuWfGhSkeCiWcRz_bGEP2Y1ZIZrv4i9ws/s400/grace_heli.jpg" border="0" /> That afternoon we paddled another section of calm water.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246288501220046386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7PD1J7JcnpCJ0UDxOpLn1aieQcRPwCOwsP92Mj1FVyTQuIJ6u4bK5B7xoGZZiy78JkXQ1q-wbmHAzfgIz4n-SH2A55XQG5_h_cQ-IMIkw45-D-bZYSXIap0JyS5JNHrLLtzBA0nVjdE/s400/paddle_2.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center">This awesome boof was 100 meters above our last night camp spot on the river. Clouds were encroaching. It was going to rain soon.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246789140673555314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2sBR64cYHhgM-JyLcaDyAAlW3xiPY_b-Tcq4Rnrnd31q4jk2thi6SRLTcLuLoE0uMOjAu7G9v3L0G3dyNbU2E2EiFFhFBBZlC13CLGRmhD7JicKcjO-PWHJKiRLv2cMdpVaQT2Y3YtpQ/s400/boyce_day4_grace.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">There was an little alcove to camp in. Rock benches and crazy potholes abounded.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246790364167495314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_LuYW-hqkOyP2ZZA5s2eCyv0flLS_jehGys_AKwpV5rgqJEvpqV3RfvV7Ge7PiJB_CRStpdzDOAxjXQ4AAlTRqzY-kDIoACo1KCrnnI11B6VL4hB-KmVnUzYT0scgtu-wZBHSCWoZxY/s400/greg_camp5.jpg" border="0" /> Tarp City kept some of us dry that night<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246792047828402962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9SHPONTVLXfAkGvzwZWiBr2hu2tWyShnpzMsYZaYc-fpeUrmtFmCcKhSayaood2uUpiXx9WHQfdWxTbPMqrCCyTKoqglTXiv9o1oFRvZqoShuN52Ji2_S140Awyq5vwdXMM64u-YYEc/s400/greg_camp5rain.jpg" border="0" /><br />Jake bouldering in the alcove<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKUMmVHwxJjhqweXykOJGZDBgOcHNBXk4335wyEypp15-Ar9RQCe8_-c1fisUrwgvXXNHFIVtMet7vW2bD-b18uUuHCwoq34NVDM7EWf3zi8b07BBZmApnch4Ne_-smap0JT1pNPf4Y4/s1600-h/greg_jake_bouldering.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246793625174100914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKUMmVHwxJjhqweXykOJGZDBgOcHNBXk4335wyEypp15-Ar9RQCe8_-c1fisUrwgvXXNHFIVtMet7vW2bD-b18uUuHCwoq34NVDM7EWf3zi8b07BBZmApnch4Ne_-smap0JT1pNPf4Y4/s400/greg_jake_bouldering.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><p align="center">The next morning we ran the lead-in rapids to La Grande Chute. According to the Romaine Complex map this whole series will be flooded by the Romaine 1 Generating Station<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246287921305975074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ycv7HCVZ3oh8W41e8R5HISqSBmQKC3qCx_7a9nONJdnmqn8XLjoWYO8mjBJ8m2pr0HuZsoU9fQWV8veYYV5y1yhEZ4t4vy25Z1OOYz2LlQURr-4783bLyGaIBDLK4iDSKJgHypkAxDc/s400/jake_lunch.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">This rapid had a tight left to right move to avoid a serious beat down<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTEsIGvLZQWzDdausF1t-ZWphTCAjkYop5qMI2pvUzx4oZaDGbDcdgmWBPEGmSarZbImRp_gihLDdT3U0Ub2l78oWK5kyb2cD25BynCj_902sMivbTqHbBAH4X20o7W72Uwhlgz3YH90/s1600-h/greg_grace_midlunch.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246793616691968338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTEsIGvLZQWzDdausF1t-ZWphTCAjkYop5qMI2pvUzx4oZaDGbDcdgmWBPEGmSarZbImRp_gihLDdT3U0Ub2l78oWK5kyb2cD25BynCj_902sMivbTqHbBAH4X20o7W72Uwhlgz3YH90/s400/greg_grace_midlunch.jpg" border="0" /></a>It was fun wide open ledges. Pick your down and hope there wasn't any big holes.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246281844084479074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFPoJVhdD3SME0BCi_x3jCF682us9mfSQ3JXEItP-rmvGucJvfqXxJG5zWklcdmo2QwQDCgV2h7QwcnMuHhCSso0jdwKU69ZwezI43ximtJYf00UdL1_Rea1xHOVgDu2RICHbJAV2Zmw/s400/boyce_lunch.jpg" border="0" />Then came La Grande Chute. Not really runnable, but very impressive. Romaine 1 Generating Station will built near this falls.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246286708672345490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-s1QTjWyGCieCLJEKJvTXxwTLPqZBOCh0ydT22I-ZcH7oYdB_pxNZmh58JcheWjEOUG-IN8VnXaLICi6ZyILrg-vL5_lG_L8-sgKIusLKnuavdbkzUPNoSP1mNGR11iuZD9LMACpIqRc/s400/grand_chute1.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">The portage was really slow. There were so many blueberries we barely made it back to the river.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246789125910399954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUcTlVw10wLlMbZLH_ELkPr77M7LPoXmEvU_Qx3VmcBOXAhKjMsBHfs7E2v5DmyggjsLi37Q_Gh3yUsT8bJhz_gzvRVcbmgc8zXEhI3z_esLD0SU56p_PaQyNM9y6UhNEeUukTBVWzmM/s400/boyce_blueberry.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Toby walking down the stone stairway back to the river. The portage was easy.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246290882745004434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSP_k41Ebx_N5d6bH7LQsT6C0IRZ6qT2g73R1eXToagmAt1_h0HIPWz7GJ1RXm7B6HI7NXuVHW6hr0Fh86nEkWdoO_-7ezKQ8cGHfwGPYHqEgcZ6zlyo7ykcEmZXQSbD_eSR0LIJoHbQ/s400/toby_portage.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Greg and Boyce posing in La Grande Chute<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246795744253232818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SJcdRzOx3auOreBGDSzwxyS1-s0qIWmdOLmPR9WQboZ3v_hiG0R38rZouKa4Oz9qNwp_r_NuEja1qc8M4fF-wH-wk2l5RA_1H3-IgUr66rBY9lOV_1-5eLjFG61WP1OnV5BSs6iRYVo/s400/willy_grandechute.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">John paddling away from the falls<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246286697734352226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhd9xNdMbJxg4IQYyaTNW95iCNMukS45uB9zY4Uj8fKOnVTL104Ucv_r-gI4H4KjhigFcd4a7ak5p-2NfcByP3_aDJtsh9X9iVdolbwIarMtu6o7lzGIRHhIpG2cpsF8zBxl4F107B8Ic/s400/grace_grand_chute.jpg" border="0" />That afternoon we paddled another 10 miles of flatwater. Notice the Werner glamour shot. Great paddles for a great river.</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246291428214721826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Vqi64W85CIWo74fifFO1jcoHne-bO7wmhjSpBELMmU57NY2vSoSXi24_JYTkUYmAMg24UK0pzWq_aJGP85l2XxL7ozD_1yi398YEx-op2olq2n1U__r6gv6HjNIaW2vk-FMd6-MuaiE/s400/werner.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Then we got the crazy idea to try and bushwhack to the road. 2 miles of solid bogging using the tractor pull method.</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246281353701392098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxLc4QbfoalSkS7u8seRN3JvUo3WHfkAXAXmrJ7ESpcq3hBwEv4IIQbCtcxuKPx72_n9j6lIH7BhzsPiJ0RmzbymfSowDldxotGO8VgXzZ2_ue5qhm7J5P3E3xis_weDhZNYlFbVXxwA/s400/bogging.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Finally Highway 138<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246282352921040546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlYw8gnBgGVi5afaEYRdmRObLrVLV02iyAN-q9pxQ2zYWGRaXt_BaLVdW3SoWBycmKNC3fiaAoSWdDyDa-1AurvN7Cs8hpwQ2RMdAprslp6MDPn6mgBZ3-KgOlaz7XiqZBWz_tiSy3h0/s400/end.jpg" border="0" />Willy's expression sums it up. Beautiful River, beautiful trip, would go back in a heartbeat.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9bbJ2uPvzLQzef0r_EEoyhVloMWPGcZ75K0kTnt85v50EG7uBQ-aYMWDrkErGGlGb3Fc2ltOmR9BKIotLpgXKIWeuZJJc4lOKpaVuHR1BOu_jZ2-VZwsT8QOnCffH38zwP9-CYVMkI8/s1600-h/greg_willyroad.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246793625749202802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9bbJ2uPvzLQzef0r_EEoyhVloMWPGcZ75K0kTnt85v50EG7uBQ-aYMWDrkErGGlGb3Fc2ltOmR9BKIotLpgXKIWeuZJJc4lOKpaVuHR1BOu_jZ2-VZwsT8QOnCffH38zwP9-CYVMkI8/s400/greg_willyroad.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-45766206351229064442009-05-28T05:21:00.000-07:002009-06-11T10:08:15.484-07:00Romaine-2<div align="center">According to HQ's timeline of constuction Romaine-2 will be built first. This dam will markedly reduce the flow in the third canyon diverting water through a 6km long tunnel for power generation that will rejoin the river at Bassin de Murailles.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262922968810973794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 313px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1m5g4-nWMDpZYy827WjlMUYsYZVxO0Ks8w2KH1vmCkT-VyKOYw_fBDlaAveMvrgFMPXKNY4uHaWlr5G5KDQ_4GIc-a-OEsAHsD8AGeUHECfABkxkR_YjOQy_0Pcb_lY_kK0RtDK58qU/s400/timeline_romaine.gif" border="0" /> The map below can be seen full sized here-<br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.bape.gouv.qc.ca/sections/mandats/La%20Romaine/documents/PR3.1/PR3.1_Planche%2011-1.pdf">http://www.bape.gouv.qc.ca/sections/mandats/La%20Romaine/documents/PR3.1/PR3.1_Planche%2011-1.pdf</a><br /></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262924773826496962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 274px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 404px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBIooPwzKaahz0MfDOPD7PEsAqRWCl_Ef6_7_jYqvwf5VtVfuT-RgGEl2aDEc_3AtA_1A-AzVMHe0obNaYAD7EwW1RlUiSuiVZosV-FsQxEDsQH_-_2TVq6zL6n-nrMmxzoUR9WIoShc/s400/romaine_2_dam.JPG" border="0" /> Island at PK 92 just upstream of Romaine-2.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263043182878904850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRyG-nZVxVh1O7ofNgA7GX8f0ZSPXnHSOzTs-shkoVwjI3nLN6mbAbUH_lgUmJdP0RWw9Zqsu19kkAXNGdACRRUIyxRThUeN3d76zBn_GCHdj0cF2GsAWvo6OQrGGqfruQeq6ZnCtF_s/s400/camp_above_romaine_2.jpg" border="0" /> Looking downstream towards the future site of Romaine-2. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263081501135882146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 164px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUh_wA9JS42hgQUIYj80acejmojulSmcYC6xZFx4uQrFHn71qpaMqYim0BgU38OkyoKSqfXam3ZNn-6P6wA3YcdI5mEsGnrD9GvzALLXoP5wUSsj5GybLrVDSFQACKKodscJUsB8m3Ec/s400/romaine_2_site.jpg" border="0" /> The Spike (Certain Doom) located at PK 89 just downstream of the dam.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263081502990928946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8i9Yz8muQqk-pB-ev72OWb0nIgKgNVP6bQS04civrsGQ1BInT_wQC2wjdUoVgSTrDYVEV2RkzX9H7It5eYoAiV53OEmQ8aLWCEFh40HhyphenhyphenkAENgJ11VYoJFh40GWVXZPg7jD80um33dSU/s400/willy_spike.jpg" border="0" />Looking downstream from above the Hawaii 5-0 rapid. It is located just above PK 87. The flow here is around 200cms on the CEHQ gage.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263043202171630322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VZNx47TlBv1QDDuucAVfG_qWM0Rg05FFDq4axDdRIPjleQ7xKU-ofNHg0G2OvgWVLtVmF9vNBhs-CpX0pB-deHDrAmckTF4rXNMHZKjD9k_BUda8GEvUOD5YC2PqspG9cUx_2FrQnXs/s400/hawaii_50_shot.jpg" border="0" /> Looking upstream from PK 87. One of the many incredible places on the river.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263043189339112802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 184px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxDKKDRpW_rIP6Rn_fum5oRzK_4RJVxtpjxjeSEIn5lbAMd8arlqidsH93vUBuyhEka95BgMZmm9oYqhe9yigJ_Z6AFc7dJOGjNLd6FX7ivaS5bebY_UNTlruv5bB5vd5h9iLS4Y5A5g/s400/driedup_forever.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><p align="center">At the top of Les Murailles. The large pool downstream is where the generating station will be and where the 6km diversion will rejoin the river. This is at PK 84.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263081508384512674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 224px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamdcdHrcpG6FT-2nzvZGyqVKGHdlji0igWeL-_bLwspzE-dGcRTsKYKX9u1L15ABJiUOYVWPnJp71HENnpgAJVWRD-CG1UFWNiLL2x8QAAdoUuG5-hiKyrkuVRWb9RABc5Znj3DX0Hqs/s400/log_jake_scouting.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Standing at PK 84 looking upstream at Les Murailles. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263081512863614882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfgVi8JHGuvyIdv-fUKk1sI_831mVXTZ4lvb_TT81dN_yo8QBUf84e_j1PgrpvlS2f3kGpsMgHZzL0ZUAy6ghGQ3tNurmdqHR84Ha5nblp55OZnsC9mToE1q0mAoUPQRIc3wSRyEJFT8/s400/log_portage_3.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Maybe with less water this rapid will have a more convincing line?<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263043209030316482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 248px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHbeHuQt3j8FraK30DF-XmHiwuDoNq3kKZ8qGVBR7WMz6B7eiEORpJiQouybY0hgnup92pkqdAhuqrsH8w0h7K1q5eaAE4RByMa895b_0adTBUOCjxG_N2LCUIJyb7Sk08beRM4L4gvE/s400/log_portage_2.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center">The bottom of Les Murailles. A couple of large holes, a road to nowhere. The diversion tunnel and associated powerhouse will be constructed where the beach is on river right. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263081506943308818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 243px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipn5jPKR_3xVC8x-NOuFQqQNSC-HIr9AiheTrccRxBvvFbEuZtulZXjmd5kWmNlswKGncgYLPpnrnGncwmISEcOs9s0a_8gtzGaKCuQ7BvgwMzfYtWQ88aBsIAAEv_Y4jHfUmJ_iF52d4/s400/log_bottom.jpg" border="0" /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-24429727976815467562009-05-27T20:46:00.000-07:002009-06-11T10:11:25.212-07:00Riviere du Petit MecatinaSpecial Note- This story appeared in Canoe and Kayak Whitewater 2008 pages 40-43 Below is the original unedited version (somewhat different than in the magazine). I feel it is necessary to get this information out there and that is why it is reprinted here. Sorry if I inconvenience anyone, but this is an important issue. Anyone interested in paddling the Mecatina should and take lots of photos and video. It too may not be around for much longer. Thanks to Pat Camblin for allowing me to use some of his awesome photographs.<br /><br />..........................the infamous ferry move<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235518901079411906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQ1MUDDs4wd4haWiDDKPi-i1j-9LfIdYmtLbORhKiLPXpf49qGEBVLUtAi4c-nQDs0UEwlyDeCdm-RX2XFlFrbPTPl1Ipm7wh0VeDqThwqsQaSXklUqazW1WTWgqNqGs86lDzl-i9K54/s400/IMG_2639.JPG" border="0" /> -photo courtesy Pat Camblin<br /><br />Last September (2007) a group of us kayakers went to explore an unrun canyon and rapids of the Petit Mecatina River. It was an epic trip as we found ourselves amidst a true whitewater classic. Long days, remote river, difficult whitewater, creative routefinding, and spectacular scenery. Here is the story and photos of that trip. The Mecatina is also under study for a 1500 MW hydro project that would consist of three dams. We saw first hand the surveying that had already been done along the river. It would be a true shame to lose such an incredible free-flowing river.<br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229757782926520290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGA2ZfVWI0omgDRXV7eaCvYv6KTHYqDwvISSOtzDkXtHyNQ90NxQ-pprfXc8yjw5E8adYpzizXU8PtCEGBdjXyCIR2KKvQKYdJdnxjKRt6DMZQvUWxmwIjd7wwafnRhQqbRPA7xV-OJ0/s400/quebecearth.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229757773292726338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQJOiY404i9bDVfqCWISmlTIGPNsdpHZG64VNrr3MWAhJYMyhQgmxncEV26aOkvvvzqpUJbImYCfByQ_AgfSxGFD12y9Af8qvpPfTS8Wt18ovL-NFX3GmvTUmTzOaRaxwedJor5ykTpI/s400/labferry_arrows.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />Riviere Du Petit Mecatina<br />By Fred Coriell<br /><br />The Beaver’s engine rattled and sputtered as Leonard DuReps did his preflight warm-up lap around the lake. It was nearly noon and six hours past our anticipated departure time. I could see Willy Kern nodding off in the co-pilot seat and Eric Boomer had his face firmly pressed against the kayaks inside the plane. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235517978532322242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcbkOKzim0JKFKAreXpuLNXcn7eraf0W0gVk1NaJwIjGCy9I82n1tUvuiPimhCCgBmyuIgBXqJSLBAL4Or9A7hO_Mc_ijdZS4wT8fzAjSZDLzNLPD8rC9nB4USwP4-CempF1MQVqHvn4/s400/IMG_2459.JPG" border="0" /></div>-photo courtesy Pat Camblin<br /><br /><br /><br /><div>The long drive out the mighty Saint Lawrence River to the eastern endpoint of highway 138 in the town of Natashquan, Québec was beautiful, but frenzied. Several minor detours including screeching the car to a halt at every river crossing and an empty gas tank around midnight had slowed us down enough to realize the window of time was rapidly closing.<br />Originally we intended to fly into the Petit Mecatina River on Sunday giving us six and a half days to paddle 120 miles and negotiate a canyon that had spawned several near legendary stories of portaging. The crux of the plan, besides the canyon, was catching a weekly ferry out of Harrington Harbour, a small fishing village near the mouth of the river, at 7pm the following Saturday. There are no roads in this part of Québec. The 12 hour ferry ride is the only public transportation linking Harrington Harbor and highway 138 in Natashquan. Miss the ferry and we have to wait another week.<br />Now it was Monday and only time for one plane load before dark. It would be almost noon on Tuesday before the other two plane flights arrived and we could begin the paddle. The only good news, it seemed, was that Leonard thought he could land directly above the gorge we intended to paddle. Thus, shortening the trip 30 miles and gaining back one of the days we had already lost. </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235527292659849090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaCmJmZR-Fj08IxjKgEIt2SFeYMjCOFYr52ouWlNXsN5g_zmsXT_zmmFbRVXKfBbEKrPs9ykHHSmJbEF_hdeu7DRk1j3kJZBs7wBEq712ypMH08D8hDg6SVy8jLYd4OzuAX237DKbbto/s400/IMG_2475.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>-photo courtesy Pat Camblin</div><br /><div>With half closed eyes I watched the taiga, its huge forests of black spruce and balsam fir and the endless lakes and rivers connecting them. In all, the three of us on the first flight had it good. We could get some much needed rest and contemplate a river that was currently flowing within our reach. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229759606585087314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKmWAKCQDFl9dd1YVI1Y78Kns0XMJxpXzXyGHaODIyiAdyQ6xi6YvgjLCkM9wa74xD4eeJAgINNb5juMgf9dpwQvJ85jCmQ6hp5AuGhc9A543bwKroVBucYMvBYc9xlQSdghtXeS5FNQ/s400/put-in.jpg" border="0" /><br />The Petit Mecatina is the longest river in Québec’s North Coast region. Its headwaters overflow with lakes draining across the Canadian Shield and off the Lower North Shore Plateau. Broad river valleys flanked by smooth granite bubbles shaped by endless glaciations and the slow steady progress of the giant river system are remnants of the archaic mountain ranges that once stood proud. Since 1977 there have been a handful of descents down the river. A 1985 Canoe Magazine article describes a trip that year by Sergey Theoret who also ran the river first in 1977. He returned with tales of an impassable canyon, but described a portage route on the western side of the river. In 1986 Eric Lindbergh led a trip with three kayaks. They began at Lac Breton, our original planned starting point, paddled into the canyon and portaged for a day and a half on the eastern side of the river around the rapids that make up the heart of the gorge. Most recently in 2003 a group of canoes paddled from the Mecatina’s headwaters 500 km to the ocean. The “trip from hell” as described by their report lasted over three weeks with the canyon portage taking six days.<br />It is hard to grasp the scale of the Mecatina. The river is so big it looks still and the horizon lines seem to appear suddenly, only the sullen roar hinting at what lies ahead. Standing on billion year old bedrock Willy, Boomer, and I scouted the first set of rapids. We debated the river’s volume. Maybe 4,000cfs or 12,000cfs, it was difficult to decipher. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230519751915444546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sW4cL8k5cEJahUbe5tuNXcCTkX0icVEwN3qEbdaKEc4S8mFPFmi1fwZphQ0dnRoN5bAn9qp3GRzQBjvqZ0m1D4AJeNovT2R24F1lWu7IzMTeY4pP8UB2E1NzcsTpsGRAI9jhLwEWBSs/s400/potholes.jpg" border="0" />Swimming pool sized potholes that disappeared into the abyss dotted the river bank. Large natural forces had been at work here for a long time. The place felt ancient. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229760005765923154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6Y8tUbvnHEw7jLDvNQfabjDADD7U1L2n71CLzwhfsNPw79_g_JbVbIa5JGdo11QcqQzQ78DFec47DjdbeKWjH0RG7XkcPzd_dBbxlKhZ6oZS_sjCOlpWg1NcJ17ySrqsaE9gKE3fDcQ/s400/hydro1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229760013848469506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMd3IUSWV2LkpsybS3O40IJyUsplbbHljOpjrkMcWGnioNdtT3qlcq2pXwEuBole41O40fVTj64iRGiaZWHsDBF_X6Kb7D5KSIEZ_15TPHq1ZifPsfT9JEX9Khtd_5WawbcBpTFPGUy3k/s400/willy1.jpg" border="0" /><br />On the right side of the river were several orange painted markers cloaked with sticks covered in orange flagging; a sight that would become all too familiar downstream. The Mecatina’s attributes, as well other large rivers on the North Coast, have attracted the will of modern civilization’s ever-increasing demand for energy. In the Hydro Québec Production Strategic Plan 2004-2008 it states “The Romaine development could be followed by a second major 1500-MW project on the Petit Mecatina River in the same region.” If approved the Romaine project could begin construction in 2009. The Mecatina may not be far behind. Attaining back to camp my thoughts immersed in a debate between a need for renewable energy sources and what the true costs are of those technologies. I concluded, at least for now, that we were fortunate, perhaps selfishly so, about to experience a journey through a still untouched and wild landscape. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229760003651213970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1O4_ZRg2FRUcQM2XeoaBNF4UJqHHb8MMg3OVDXV9KIyFu5bjWHjYRQIT-uoRt3qDEBRNsYJ05tOkb_ED2htIVq86id8RG6ySEscYlR5dMD0d47hJXVJyK5UtqHppoAjfidhLG8xjYME/s400/attain.jpg" border="0" /><br />The drone of the plane’s engine broke the morning silence as it crested the ridge. John Grace, Pat Camblin, and Anthony Yap arrived in the first load. Three hours later Tommy Hilleke, Billy Murphy, and Joe Barkley unloaded the last of the gear and in true bush pilot form Leonard departed ducking his right wing just over our heads. Nine of us headed downstream curious to feel the push of the river beneath our kayaks hopeful of negotiating the gorge by nightfall.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235524866914811074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1TxAj_tY7fr4TaXBgtwH8eXjbFSO_oSJZVwvJfK6hPiFnlFgMaGCUKL47rTDK8_D5rHf_85doVKJKHW_YqDWa93SJOcz2xpY40UP0LcEuPNMbJGgz1hLsIA-dS9CcTlo0mw1wAXjiTY/s400/royalflush.jpg" border="0" /><br />A smooth thick tongue of tannin colored water dropped 4 meters threading two large holes. The river abruptly changed from calm to frantic. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235520020141883826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQ0VGXEeibZiqDZi8GCDkwCBnpSgJVXMpiMY5RA8Fpv-lQ1XJLnsEQfKOcxEzmeFlEc2IzVJJsOti5_XJMXlmsGYCdLMzCMCweoQ9Jl74nkEjvC_O6bYFK8edqtOLkkrA7AIPLn5c2LM/s400/IMG_2553.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>-photo courtesy Pat Camblin</div><br /><div>A variety of underwater, over the water, and backender moves ensued. Then straight into another river wide feature. Instantly, the Mecatina was alive. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230518672595814018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF27Jmbc0m7az39vqMoev2f4rJQZUzgYxvg70ojiFmq7ED9Gb-UhZ7sOd2YgiVQ1zO-8FW3RfsWnyYHZwMhO-yin3qVwoEHgFnhdUJ2lDNPSxKVB3YLhjSrYUlI8WKtathVVruWt8Lejw/s400/rapidboom.jpg" border="0" />Over the next couple hours we settled into a steady pace of leap frog scouting and follow the leader, running several big wave trains and a few standout rapids.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235517979825820690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvMiUiVnIWT1A-j-SsM1OTZcKYNaLxNrPNp0_keVyhPKZBkuPqtGTVe_ieJs0FlqtJDB14Qxk7anAmjz0D8c-LQToiKmDmiCDf8alK1oX6klKlEFEfn_R7rwi2Q3Flh9JpkSOIornvH0/s400/IMG_2581.JPG" border="0" /> </div><br /><div>-photo courtesy Pat Camblin</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230518678872056818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9f5dvxmANKmvIQS-t93pYWFYomI66hzPs-N-gkcZEWva59YFZa9Lc7qKCaKLrJD79US3wk5jBQQCsa77UjSa3qz3p5besagzZ-scIbT6NG7fJdZRgJ_8zW1BKLuuI5-IFPxgR8D764bY/s400/rapidsjoe.jpg" border="0" />One in particular, just above a place called Granite Island Rapid, Boomer ran out in the main flow executing a timely subsurface paddle at the bottom of a watery ramp. It was exciting big water paddling. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235882744349357442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMZuza9jkBRrMRRrK4wxjYWJgM3Rp56RtMZRYso4eQe8-w04SJcDNfb00JSib9TrwiToO82PQ0IJf2c2Pa4zqr5VlkJXb8U7bbVa-QbjpSrGYHCPTWagT6nTWFK3xKjjqglLKpW_BNyU/s400/IMG_2588.JPG" border="0" /> -photo courtesy Pat Camblin</div><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229757794422591634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnp2d7UHLAXw5IMS8TD1lrHomOsaDGHYtjq8bN4rAXieJVpYZCF6_KyjigHY8UJBvg-86HH9BAfq5_JdNCwc-yuhtV1VnIbRSvU88x98THk_K02Gfg6TGHP2AGNGOd1VxqGwJfBgE5nn0/s400/graniteislandportage.jpg" border="0" />The surrounding shore lines began to tighten their grip on the river’s course. In the distance cliffs sprang out of the valley floor stacking in bands of rock and boreal vegetation. Two grey domes topped with a rich hue of moss and black spruce rose taller than the rest. The river was deeply entrenched between them. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229757789774341426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLppzkc69OvB9e-VNoUvYvmtw_D97b6HV6_ICLecfzOW-POchI7rYEhrfMjfxqyCh3Q5v2i6DAeKzD4m04AmGTfF1gL9YHdZObgEs2rqdwdR3cqHlRbYFwPbFoKeYne4-kDW7v1_f7po/s400/mecatinacanyon.jpg" border="0" />It was nearly three o’clock and we were about to commit ourselves into the canyon. A couple of pushy lead-in rapids and we were out of our boats looking at one of two named rapids on the map, La Grande Truite (The Big Trout). <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235518898240097058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxyypO75PrZCqo6h7iSGKa24gqxLkoAOwCCoyQgW_mKQbFWMSInHeQUyy3oSOkGuNhN3MkdyOiKXdFGALEHb9TQF0kNO7d3kbUHgE1W02FSuBsO3oJgOC6EZzz4JeiyZ60LbfU1cZ09E/s400/IMG_2632.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>-photo courtesy Pat Camblin</div><br /><div>A smooth steeply sloping granite slab formed the left side of the river. It rose several hundred feet up, too exposed to traverse. The right side was more of the same. We could portage the top of the rapid, but were committed to a ferry move above a ledge that mischievously hid itself from clear view. Willy and Tommy went long and scouted from high up the left side wall. If we could make the ferry across the river it looked possible to keep moving at river level and avoid a grim portage. It was a big “if”. The river was pushing hard. We powwowed trying to decipher aerial photographs and the left side scout. Willy thought if someone blew the ferry there was a thin line in the center of the river that would work if you paddled hard.<br />Of the first three to go only Boomer made the ferry. The rest of us watched in amazement as Pat, taking a heroic surf, held on long enough to be spit out downstream. Anthony, seeing the situation in front of him, turned his boat downstream towards Pat and paddled straight at the hole. He emerged in the outflow and upright. Convinced of a line we slid into our kayaks focused on making the move. Only four of nine made the ferry, but most importantly no more hole riding.<br />Around the next corner was a steep rapid with plenty of room to portage over house sized rocks on the right. People had been here before. Orange markers were spaced every hundred yards or so down both river banks. We scouted further to see what was making the tremendous rumbling that echoed loudly off the canyon walls. </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229759626525442690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrC7uMA7BQIo1WSRQAfwrqtnPCEoFdN07eHdspzBTlHIoyJVNazxXZA9-9UG3QhfXt_obWRIyeVP7ElATwMBfB7ksoF9mJ_QfLsUwjD2kfnJBQZWnyU5KGQ-Dw_M8Pu9eOUO1LIGRmcfE/s400/waterfall.jpg" border="0" />The Mecatina dropped over a 10 meter falls, squeezed between solid bedrock flanks, creating a frothy white storm that boiled wildly into chaos. There was a steep rocky ramp leading to a cave below the falls and an obvious way downstream.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235518905599939810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrh0ZZTqzN1phND5pkTqQc0brxMauVXZPhVxPlYsWWYzHgdosoyVIKhB7wIPIWZufBXL2DqeMtVdZuwQ-uPr3KtoNx9-4izkTYVsFprBwfVolaCejXGDtqRTZCGrVjjnso70S3kwDlnU/s400/IMG_2662.JPG" border="0" /> </div><br /><div>-photo courtesy Pat Camblin</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235520013123934690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmMgNLbhHCNoUqJ_8Y9G1JxTuGeNR1Den1jtNOfqNLHa7Pry6t7OymRbgaW5B1ZUZYOUXkwuzvUuaBPM92P6D-NdDCpBwx0vdSKCvCk73VimzgpQv158wZJlBJQgzZAaBIsYfOpgHhzY/s400/IMG_2669.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>-photo courtesy Pat Camblin</div><br /><div>The other option was a ferry above the falls and a portage down rock slabs back to the river. Daylight was fading. John led a crew that opted for the ferry and everyone else portaged entirely on the right. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235520017637576866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohLoSU5HtRmDatbCQjMVLKuSMdKvIJX2EGgmDr4BJii4F3ulWECxUIjTiWNSZCOQ-hJsowlWIKPgpIM7QSg9Lmg9odILrb4hw4ZghapOmAgdGtVl6werFQRbQCrBfbI4T84bZ5ZTI3pk/s400/IMG_2664.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>-photo courtesy Pat Camblin</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229759611772019442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM16l77EkGjV-bFHNqcsBuqrpUJCE_-3fz_1vsD7hRcEfnAilooHr9p1dnrOJwE4XkmrrBhdr453jowtYjg1KmOlERmW5gJ4lVoQO9RbU8KeScvFNGn285exzNzg5SNX-Vm9fVhzxybaY/s400/ferry_between_cascade_and_waterfall.jpg" border="0" />Looking back upstream at the watery chaos the scale of the Mecatina showed itself again. The raucous boil at the base of the falls surged with such fury it blocked the lower half of the drop from view. We floated around another corner and the canyon walls receded. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235520942744823890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCZlb8aSSrhLfHjQrnT5JHBzau9qlCfN4cIyXEbhcMBe2hmDrC92aSq-5IdQ5tqy5UoxYCWsrlUFKeNs8OItR88MkPxx4H_m_c8D_hH45HRgyuQlLOaL9UOoTYjvkI4aoU0DNn1zvquw/s400/IMG_2681.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>-photo courtesy Pat Camblin</div><br /><div>The first stars flickered to light as we settled into camp.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230515003545713138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidy01ZPdN_aoHHLUF7l0qqlMSNq-9u4OmGqnyBRZwOlZv8Zp-mwYL1V_lf9zNexoAV4IX8nNXYf5cASji3hHbaetr8YI6Wtas4bvtwfj9Qc6EKkFk9N2Xi0wVS2wFjzfVS_VJtcztgL4/s400/meatfor+break.jpg" border="0" /><br />The next day was a mix of rapids and long stretches of moving current. With the broadening river valley we delighted in a display of northern boreal waterfowl. Mergansers, bitterns, and watchful osprey crisscrossed the sky. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235520942667413954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QrOVYVrQ3GR2OFh7EKHJdkRTDXf3Dwpv1crUMhhwGonS-vGVTxZ-61RmnykEs2APVo5KH5933yNwu1FbcGzAnAW4RYRiHglFMgpFJmkdjf7SDeWnENy7wzk6hDqfmDk0sdxo-1zLpxk/s400/IMG_2747.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>-photo courtesy Pat Camblin</div><br /><div>Even a lone wolf eyed us wearily from the river bank. We had traveled only 10 miles yesterday. Four days and 80 miles remained between us and the ferry. It seemed reasonable we would make it, but in short river kayaks the vast calm sections of the Mecatina became arduous work. Sometimes we would paddle in a line, drafting wakes and keeping a steady cadence of forward strokes. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230518669642275426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBLSZl0gUKt3OQ441xvTHv790x_dJDra9BQK-LvXv6iaRtNXltxWwnFW-1I6xPg88zup55yLUh4er4b_JSpQE12EXD9pgSF9ibCAnAPKLOQuwmCioOcIlIOXREFIVArsICe3MBNIJAyQ/s400/rafting.jpg" border="0" />For breaks we rafted the boats together floating lazily in the current sharing snacks and checking our progress on the maps.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230514992659488818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCuCVAVWoyfQNOw4HS-3BhiJ4tsv_jiiYq9s488yc-YtMXdAxUtY9XklRUd-Ft2TNXC5ssSPs07T9vUTP3szqQGChesizAiVqN4J7qIO-n4rGIyZW866i2f4EPA4KHtIIwYZ6DAOHFDvk/s400/flat2.jpg" border="0" />Late in the afternoon the Mecatina flowed into a smaller less imposing canyon with long wave trains and a few big holes. Mostly we enjoyed trying to surf our gear laden kayaks. Joe took a ride while unsuccessfully trying to thread a couple of large crashers. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235520936434294562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXBOWTxfAdcHdxswFlG1BF-z79uG25XMfMIcGe3EFgsS3OkLiiW7H6njEHDgXNej93R40ojnQRUdyHd-qCOsxwf96I2HmxnzVFrqtrp6c2ikaU9z4N7ny4fAk9SAX-QX84AyuaA-K9U0/s400/IMG_2708.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>-photo courtesy Pat Camblin</div><br /><div>After several rounds in the hole he managed to jump his heavy kayak completely out of the water before continuing downstream. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230519756654419250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dMbDOxHH2dcOb_IUYe4123RzrZyIGriogHy3pnAjgTvpuOQ00DG5CAKU51pxRkg7iP5K-e31dQQ6IVSHfN5VA8ISA4yAzl-CRg0GRKEBrfKyzKKA5AzpX5doYsgzG6ze2aM5Z5P1DGc/s400/sticking_to_the_sides.jpg" border="0" />At the end of the canyon was an impressive rapid. Standing at the top the whitewater continued as far as we could see. More orange markers lined the river bank perhaps explaining why the map had exact elevations for the top and bottom of the rapid. We stayed close to the right shore, not tempting the middle of the river. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235521978007921202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu2VRxknxdXOsquax7zRmHLcJDVmn12Bfv_yZHYOQceumFjtnVJvScEDXbjGdmRFGtwCVpDIGKoueATdZLp9wfBnesNFVG62WYEcA1V_FOehyc0c_D0N7hUyuBopfjKSGElEtb6I8ZGZU/s400/IMG_2762.JPG" border="0" /> -photo courtesy Pat Camblin<br />On the third morning we awoke with a strengthening southerly breeze. Unwelcome weather with more than 30 miles of flat water ahead. The windy conditions deteriorated throughout the day. Where there was current the wind pushed so hard it created standing waves. Again we formed a drafting line, heads down against the constant spray whipping our faces.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229757796321156690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipmJOvMNCETtoY6qJoOVkxkdyuDPTgcLaRvnglefZW0XJLUGmwqRhZJwdIiSr7m1TQpAuiLu6sXLeLhbobuXwKjJFB9o38I1pTVkfKgrURqVQ1V6RhxUI0GI0FinIioJiSLK3Sn7CEi0c/s400/flatwater.jpg" border="0" /> An incredible set of glassy waves called Rapid de Pahtapistnakan came somewhere in the middle of the day. Everyone scrambled to put their spray skirts on in time for a surf. Had there been more time we would have stayed here for the night.<br />As the day wound down we passed a group of moose hunters from Tete-a-la-Beleine, a coastal village east of the Mecatina. They shared a few precious beers and informed us that we were close to the day’s goal. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235521984609016370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNK0IJmA71QHNYvdJCOAhIhn1Ua9TE16xPwfU00IvrtynXPy-IzgXbvZGBSeIN4L1Letwn1A4PIDYas0ADSvNFopsBTYVZOAY2UvKUIIebSRNGvbFf1gV2KoDceuFFuFQCN8vjDANEdCw/s400/IMG_2796.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>-photo courtesy Pat Camblin</div><br /><div>Thanking them for the libations and a tour of their cabin we paddled the last few miles spending a windy night just above the place where the Mecatina divides into two channels. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229759630954571746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWQBbq09FFIZxHl1OBdoKnY44HacMYP0tHAShZqrvs-R-y33OmesM0ESJ2nj6IhdQvxoMOouVnPzkWoK48ggPqllujC0j16eGOMcQ8US5BsSaY5kGqCGFmauIoea0jTYPV3nICVuWjok/s400/the_split.jpg" border="0" /><br />Locals call it “The Split.” The western channel takes the name Netagamiou while the eastern keeps the name Petit Mecatina. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235521990439770274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF9m7971N9JHbEMRSHX_TH-LotkdrH6WPA6XFiFKiSftmfVPh6A-SeDuzHM9BOF7jdMusUHfpuFUYvvAAIDxclW-ofDIP5K5oTSW-LC-50ih1trSI9-FFV7tOecTx_GGjmC3zSh1VmWQk/s400/IMG_2815.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>-photo courtesy Pat Camblin</div><br /><div>They flow about 10 miles apart, two very distinct rivers now. I could only venture a guess that over time nature’s forces had eroded the falls above the split far enough upstream that the river began pouring into another depression in the landscape eventually finding its way to the ocean. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230514996937678994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4feENTMgoxYn9X44RObHWUJerkfr6ZRM2jm8ZIcbRmJphtyollQKr3pxNSGGGAFOcsbVQlRcQBjA-SS35uXMckoRNLd3JE2vXUygJNXny-JIktRhIWjm9Fjc9X4RL8Az3ivAZI3Y3M3k/s400/split_below.jpg" border="0" />It also presented a decision that was answered the previous day by a satellite phone call to Larry Ransom. The Harrington Harbor wharf manager had secured us a boat ride from the bottom of the Mecatina at 6:30 the next morning. He explained we needed to be punctual since high tide was at 7am, or we would be on our own. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230514991522069314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4_LX9bCQOnU9F2XBxdmYzRgfQ44ZWbQEKX36cRxkOF-NSjRbCp_XDWLbzOOVzLDe9yHLh0OqXWYi_pNvLTapVelaSgpQLJOvmCYkwCTYA4jjuKhLzwwgqK6e6wVRt1djoGxq39Ptz7c/s400/gracesweet.jpg" border="0" />The route was set which, to our surprise, held some of the best whitewater of the trip.<br />Below the split, with half the flow, the river crashed through a short bedrock gorge. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235523390187548546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ogyr1acK-V8SwM2y5vmacgZoulb38UZHvrWEPVYzNpeGeIbI2bzSwtZMgvbbGrzJDPdhDPgL_CijRmdhIYFRV_dL96iT65MrWrstbh70l3arok2Zi8haTZjynHMit_bATWCclupL_VU/s400/IMG_2838.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>-photo courtesy Pat Camblin</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230518681918541538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8C6swzwFK96UrcOzBa9E9UirIUOo4M-VISElRxO1tkv7tkC-GEqylYLWeaUW8htkcrO2xU2u-FlSGpgyDaLK05nC6CXzTNoCihBf0ITmbiA-hLcBNr1F1-fwwr0DBOxKw4_0C4qSk_0/s400/rpiadsplitlow.jpg" border="0" />Then several long pools and rapids that split around islands making different channels of whitewater. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235523397159241234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvePbNTY0b4lY8bqtWu68Du1U9wUtIma-fT-r4jfVuPKjEVw2zTV6IU9HLjUPj7NXEJnCz4NnJHbzOZyEWasK60wmMOiWrDR9PCn5TGDyORWHDqFHJai8vGghMk2R_pUCPWONysRjSW_w/s400/IMG_2968.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>-photo courtesy Anthony Yap</div><br /><div>We explored each one thoroughly paddling the channels that looked most inviting. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235524852984742642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xpk0B2bI2dSrr9jF6h6FbSNSt4zm_Q0Ut-40AEUwR34D8yeNHjUZNKsmeRqnOuGcHALjkvhV5Xu2T3s6ynx5SjWCcd8Mn4H28-gmpO2RvgD8S-QESzqwuIB46XVv_XoLXYWYsLnSsYg/s400/IMG_2894.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235523391595953554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLEFZqg55W1QZS5VtMsrSNDcrmHeM4cPxUPCARTjFteu_VI7TRBA51M0ap3hLsI7-MLB34O582UPNLLV3SMzzkzoOs5KZ7O3KdQtm-MfOnwXb93qcNYnlx9RveffFPtcOa181vjLi-Iwo/s400/IMG_2898.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>-photos courtesy Pat Camblin</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>One last island, splitting a vertical waterfall and a sloping rapid into an abrupt slide, evoked lines of varying success. Tired, but thrilled about the last day’s whitewater, we slept at the base of the falls; its steady roar a last breath of a mighty river subsiding into the ocean.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ah1-ateQaWwZZe6nTuKTyw5dtxtew1aLO1xs8MGTQRFt8X3WB4y_caHpQOXQ7nKPl5ZonwQ9g7MADEmf_Zw1OYbkHjQPzS9XsjSiXI2YCwI3LLojwyyGvjz9E85H7tR1rt1LAyxppNM/s1600-h/IMG_2998.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235527300389900610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ah1-ateQaWwZZe6nTuKTyw5dtxtew1aLO1xs8MGTQRFt8X3WB4y_caHpQOXQ7nKPl5ZonwQ9g7MADEmf_Zw1OYbkHjQPzS9XsjSiXI2YCwI3LLojwyyGvjz9E85H7tR1rt1LAyxppNM/s400/IMG_2998.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrJYbpcA8HVRu6oonwoS_AdNuNUNfpeT5_HnLJdF0ftOLc9PItvMsJD96LG85zK3HLhS2y3rb2yMkH2PA5IC4DGLJHVZrj2EZVfKjKw7WYDBqG-dDKRwa9q8qL1wGP-rwxaw6TuNesfg/s1600-h/IMG_3059.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235527304958674370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrJYbpcA8HVRu6oonwoS_AdNuNUNfpeT5_HnLJdF0ftOLc9PItvMsJD96LG85zK3HLhS2y3rb2yMkH2PA5IC4DGLJHVZrj2EZVfKjKw7WYDBqG-dDKRwa9q8qL1wGP-rwxaw6TuNesfg/s400/IMG_3059.JPG" border="0" /></a> -photos courtesy Pat Camblin<br /><br /><div><br />The sun was just rising from the ocean as we floated out the mouth of the river. It turned the sky a brilliant orange that reflected brightly on the calm water. </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235524857598641426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75eCh3F_XbT-8GISz9DEyy89_dNo-aJurXlz36s9zKqZxohut7ahmvBuesPqGXv3OBB88FJIOxMA833Yu5Q2D1ald3zXv3pyGSokeamKNkF-onfEfpGiPwUi5uMKArXzt00FELggvlk0/s400/IMG_3076.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>-photo courtesy Pat Camblin</div><br /><div>In the distance the sound of a motor was gaining volume. Before long we could make out a zodiac raft heading towards us. It was Larry and Paul Rowsell the mayor of Harrington Harbor. They towed us back to Paul’s fishing boat and we loaded everything on board. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235524860791997298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixghs9LACSvgN5F40OFUMiDe9T-b8TvvZrkHaPdKvAKigW3IwMc8sLDCwoDQcYpElMYvfFGOc9xPVuCOW_fuvthR26Vg6oWZ2qxY4C0V0080JNADo-WNrWTkGpTUpjZR-3WczfTM0nKxs/s400/IMG_3093.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>-photo courtesy Pat Camblin</div><br /><div>We were grateful for the ride. It saved us several hours of paddling and probably a few more of getting lost trying to navigate through the coastal topography. We docked in Harrington Harbor around eight in the morning. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229759619318926082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9QMTTuwh1IPDGDwFc8ED7JKzj7gy6OpCRC_TZZ2utsiJKmZG77re1VT5wXn2MAvQQZNjRg6JFrMOdEZYB3Vm5kvkEXSb2KGTruNZ-QzlfdE5-Zr22eGndj55IVfPR-wYPC5SW7MDwQo/s400/H_harbour.jpg" border="0" />Word traveled fast in the small town ever since the call to Larry on Thursday. People were curious to hear about the trip through the canyon. Some of them said they had flown over it before and others were interested to know if we had seen any moose along the way. We spent the day wandering the island and talking to the locals. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235527310147977218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKFNbYhZifs58g_B9n1vFxaK_nOWN4n33FR8mkVeZ0Rkhp59NWzotrMTw8XePuk98-Kcn1P5BUuvS8bkCouqPFjO9xIuF565Xg225ffspABQT47-BeMoHbhxwCMxTYUH8sWd2iKudH9_8/s400/IMG_3152.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>-photo courtesy Pat Camblin</div><br /><div>I inquired to Paul about the surveying we had seen along the river. He said that Hydro Québec was interested in the Mecatina for multiple generating stations and thought the project would be a good thing for the local economy. As isolated as Harrington Harbor is I could understand how a large scale construction project would improve access to the largely untouched mainland and create opportunities besides the commercial fishing industry that the town was built around.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230518665381427394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARvVALXzEVazMCPnMv3oOIDSN3OImV32SRxlxxHm0I7PKuuEuTDE1lxUpPV022uEmTP3T_zrZUEiNlqP5VWbALrRIM5k1JS56MoLtvagJsmzW-SJnwKLuhhHhG2HUTsXwZfYXiHwBsfo/s400/ourchariot.jpg" border="0" /><br />The ferry left Harrington Harbor at eight the next morning. A fast moving, but strong storm had delayed its departure. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230515004665146322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrloTA1zSXVfcl81twL2t8SaAkvj8YSdRlls3FESYjDu25sH5nXFNd_PNIuCVzkRmFUzDbh5_uekMu8UZnTfznB9xoH_Wm1TI5Ob6IkLMIymsmQn5jRSxJMBo5x1BoL2uNMetXFfUkAc/s400/splash_2a.jpg" border="0" />Finally, after a long seasick ride through 4 meter seas we were back on solid ground in Natashquan. It was 11pm on Sunday night, exactly five and a half days since we began paddling down the Mecatina. The river had surprised everyone with its incredible and abundant whitewater and spectacular scenery. We would all return if the opportunity arose again and perhaps entice other groups to explore the river. I hope that opportunity will be soon. The increasing pressure to expand the generating capacity of the North Coast’s immense water resources is evident with several ongoing refurbishing projects of older dams and the study of new large scale projects including the Mecatina. Awareness of the largely untapped whitewater resources could potentially factor into future decisions concerning hydro development in the region. . The river has the potential to be regarded as one of the classic expeditionary whitewater trips. And it is still a pristine landscape that sees little human impact. The future of the Petit Mecatina is still uncertain. It would be a real tragedy to lose it forever. </div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-8646778738458728672009-05-26T05:09:00.000-07:002009-06-11T10:12:08.502-07:00Magpie River<p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236572768177053010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOdYtmjFs4w2B69zmv_ikxV8c-knfZy-2L6RL4leu3XNQwjCoIalBn2MwWNNkta3JWkfK4Q5HiXg5fjv808zrxsABSJxLUO2VNxuhQeJvWO2LhJCUjrAafYBdA2gAvY3uL4oq4Xa6C8Rc/s400/magpie1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />The Magpie River attracted attention a few years back when Hydromega wanted to refurbish an existing dam structure just above highway 138. Vocal opposition from the paddling community in Canada as well as environmental groups was unable to stop this development, but fortunately for river travellers it has not affected the vast majority of the whitewater. There have been proposals by Hydro-Quebec in the past to develop the Magpie farther upstream, but nothing in the near future. In fact, there is proposals to create four biodiversity reserves in the Basse Cote Nord region. One of which includes the Magpie River from its headwaters. This is exciting since it could ensure the Magpie free of future hydro development. Here is a link to the english translation of the proposals.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bape.gouv.qc.ca/sections/rapports/publications/bape236_eng.pdf">http://www.bape.gouv.qc.ca/sections/rapports/publications/bape236_eng.pdf</a><br /><br /><br /><br />A few years back some of us New England boaters did a trip on the Magpie. In fact, there were several groups from New England that year. The Magpie saw more Vermonters than it ever had in the past. It is one of those true classics. Our group flew into a lake that flows into the Magpie Nord-Ouest. (Can't remeber the name right now) Five days on the river, no bugs since it was september, and some great paddling. Here are some photos of the trip.<br /><br />Sunrise after a chilly night<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237792563814637778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnkBBLW8pt_rrTBoN67eOFSvPLoLnouMcJ5TbA703beW0UTPr0lddGvsexTJfTYZeJDqTn2afkaYttVy4QbqVfKjoYWwjrB-FhKtoM_B2gA3xIW1lt4Z-crce_xccg9QpUBgRM3jL26W4/s400/magpie_sunrise.jpg" border="0" /><br />Misty Morning on the nord-ouest<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoijYk-rQe-QC-7mcXEiWoL134tHpZnhtfS8sDu8ksIkGogLst-wYR4VeBiCqX2pR7VOHluOcL0Bh2ozbrEu8iTLtb_LxvuLeOO9wE6VzTGXalWtR33BJyO3VyzahbnW2xQfHaL7usWI/s1600-h/magpie_camp1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236585474967152306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoijYk-rQe-QC-7mcXEiWoL134tHpZnhtfS8sDu8ksIkGogLst-wYR4VeBiCqX2pR7VOHluOcL0Bh2ozbrEu8iTLtb_LxvuLeOO9wE6VzTGXalWtR33BJyO3VyzahbnW2xQfHaL7usWI/s400/magpie_camp1.jpg" border="0" /></a>Well, it got a little cold on the first night<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237791916902933858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimE6AQW3Yr5CXoVP84bSxVls0ZTgjTFgIxNpQnAErLEgSqdNFmSPRArPV1uUB_zgGUkJBs7fIQGsheh2uLh3iMi0TMJj86Er8Zxlsl1oVtebGWM_p9rm4NPoLbuaYnoJTwZd4OSzMmhYg/s400/magpie_frozensuit.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p>Must have been a cold night</p><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237792118574394754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPU_BRN6rkXWiZkGEozcaJl2LcJWQCgqkSEzf3_mJfZMTN_vpO8kCckm8ceQtoykyaSLR2emOhsDy1Rz3pR7R_Fs4mt8n5DFPlh6j34hWO103SiFPbAfTT-S3qB2Rin6PnbMufMGq-hRs/s400/magpie_logmist.jpg" border="0" /><br />Portage!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236582168981748434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nBxvMA0CGmtksO0vfm8Jnldkzbgt3FwVpyieYKd9MHmi7ZJz-oEtR2efV1p7KTJ0E9E8OyS0akyTRtOUxzhavsm7tvOb5ura5KmaP0IPMNyym99ZHOIun52D0DsSF3k6qAxMwiuZygw/s400/magpie_scout.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />Running the gorge after the portage <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236581707272583266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1AYm3NAnKHR1iu6yjg7I6SSutkd0w3MS3oSZo6FmLKKwpAHQyDwyEmoACfkBFad-VqPJBOdtTIHrKb9cCcxKaEfBzt55teKcq-n5KPWbR8RfJdgtaP9dzndS2koe2v0V6LMR2qp9iig/s400/magpie_fred.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />Ed paddling out of the gorge.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236581707252874370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oSQOU-I5u-E6_sphXyKSyhr_N5HdvrNgj2GZJNJMrR7dO2pxJhEO5esCWLgz5ERR6EUh1zdXDSjS3QDFdG75p813TyuoRj9Zr2oxLRKw-VxSjxfzwIueo9_wAOn1RSRxrHgWH9ismx0/s400/magpie_ed_trip.jpg" border="0" />Scouting one of the many rapids on the nord-ouest<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236582164910461442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjsTzxHoz67zREygtClMs2m1cqqT8wfA49Mj2C9jx4mGY6LQZmJi0CXXC0A1XDrwAm4V7aYm9ZUQCc8GOInNNtcTFHhfp892RXDQbnd5CNle1x1cV3Yxn_M0Aq_aoQC9OZKezJ6Y3sPE/s400/magpie_scout1.jpg" border="0" />Trip showing how you boof if your from the southeast.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236582169719710610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf94Y56bWUdfflVWwZzDUza7ViI-CvZM6riZAr5BxiN_HMD4RFqyVoA_FzH4npFzglFtLVrpXZSsjz5X0JwVBpd0PN-e5k_5dEL_LVQVeyCbFDIbPsdRzSI3tFiH9WxjGeToeBqMOv5UE/s400/magpie_trip.jpg" border="0" /> </p><br /><p>Ed on an early morning scout below camp 2</p><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237791529431517538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZKwIJrV5e2kF1OaXhO3DJl0ExucDS5pUqT-dBwk_N9zcJhtvED1WVV6e6UAMtGQdwh9IgXqc4L8BjDwzNC6k26vlEA1v-iEqka9yMiK4r9W54SqjxBr-QTYX4ESV2DBfi4IfIp_mTPk/s400/magpie_edearly.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p>Brian on the Magpie Nord-Ouest</p><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236581709881337090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8GlT-VjUFX8ZvKO1auByeQskCRTouRCA_Uubyy1Ov8DLOsZa0f9-xQFtRXoWSUu2VDowQ-HPMkGKB8HpIkdgouHucvpGffoZxjG_SvqfMCXxuR7TM3IyILUOVzCLWbVwlXUml711Cv9Y/s400/magpie_frost.jpg" border="0" /><br /></p><br /><p>Ed, Boyce, and Brian somewhere in the middle of Lake Magpie<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236582163119260258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJwj1gGhJEeH2IyQQLQlwZbu7Jiy5bjWSqMhMT93hhttlBRAqm-X2QGG7yDUF1i3a1sH_bKP-PhaaUKcyFkB9o4exHkZee2DU0_m0kL_smRgziix5gOn_br4ZscEuKSSEuCH_mtZOMRQ/s400/magpie_lake.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p>That's a long way to go in a Jefe</p><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SnwDvUUIv7NEjiQO2xxwYKdvVNEBN8l6mOnvu0ualhIyvzVnBF_iF7JJY8kyB09xCrFf5RUmyf8WhzYwhkM67DcH8PzHzttZDXPnX5rE2SzKVDtcfuWBmSzTg2YDStjcmLXztOg9DI0/s1600-h/magpie_jefe.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237792113042535490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SnwDvUUIv7NEjiQO2xxwYKdvVNEBN8l6mOnvu0ualhIyvzVnBF_iF7JJY8kyB09xCrFf5RUmyf8WhzYwhkM67DcH8PzHzttZDXPnX5rE2SzKVDtcfuWBmSzTg2YDStjcmLXztOg9DI0/s400/magpie_jefe.jpg" border="0" /></a> Cruising into camp for the night.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSyBpD_RrdkuW5gUWc9h9Lvv5m6I6RL7upYt4QrnO9lig7qH6Q4oFjnwll7jSR-rM_wsKoQMCcX901DMj7ZsrO2DnB0QAqoOwu4Rsh6fzyqSbzhM0TGrIF96vaSEQ4jmASGIWfiAX0ea8/s1600-h/magpie_lakesweet.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237792115514040994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSyBpD_RrdkuW5gUWc9h9Lvv5m6I6RL7upYt4QrnO9lig7qH6Q4oFjnwll7jSR-rM_wsKoQMCcX901DMj7ZsrO2DnB0QAqoOwu4Rsh6fzyqSbzhM0TGrIF96vaSEQ4jmASGIWfiAX0ea8/s400/magpie_lakesweet.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br />Early morning on Lake Magpie<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236581054339987506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyhdQOItypUD7TekrlO5dZETo0Vi9wCjr4hZ3Q9KH0w56LYG6Cvgirf0ZdvHjEqfYqCEokoeEnYD_A1W4-IYFQKsJ7N6NMG7zDcazewH1dkg0LSucZ1ed0d3D9QJ3RyvD0JUe-XWutaE/s400/magpie_camp.jpg" border="0" />The lake is finally behind us!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNiIspZw0Zwms2RRFytHGNrDxg4W5W-8j1rzeqr24h3_WBsyqwkSjyTmVn6zollBWfMstnb_L8uJKrKhNSFMzETTHu1ucDCi6d3ZStRKAD_Pvyq5Z3p3P4RsOExiAKSzouxlhzU1opJc/s1600-h/magpie_jblakeend.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237791922390121778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNiIspZw0Zwms2RRFytHGNrDxg4W5W-8j1rzeqr24h3_WBsyqwkSjyTmVn6zollBWfMstnb_L8uJKrKhNSFMzETTHu1ucDCi6d3ZStRKAD_Pvyq5Z3p3P4RsOExiAKSzouxlhzU1opJc/s400/magpie_jblakeend.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />......and then there was a river<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjybMifwv1pBMTvORgCXKu0DDcaVBMV4j_xsvewz0wxZem39GCGKwUnPdF5pMvfYAFu3S8MwFtdVUW32XjQGHMxi5ZTgphMG4TpDHrG5mBHpGSASsl1vIRZ62UQlOlyddyREk5X0igWfqI/s1600-h/magpie_endlake.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237791537643393506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjybMifwv1pBMTvORgCXKu0DDcaVBMV4j_xsvewz0wxZem39GCGKwUnPdF5pMvfYAFu3S8MwFtdVUW32XjQGHMxi5ZTgphMG4TpDHrG5mBHpGSASsl1vIRZ62UQlOlyddyREk5X0igWfqI/s400/magpie_endlake.jpg" border="0" /></a>Nice waves on the Magpie<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236581049375596002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrp315RDu0iyb6BflZ87mz6RbghIgysGWAvV5aPTABFvpyIVfwLdIZryFuutgHYFxiXu9DJi2GytMpXvy_W6GonVSpbjL6TU7XkUqeOWL24Lakx6b6LCIcXqbipJ3xuilZlkh-5Ymqmrg/s400/magpie_backsurf.bmp" border="0" /><br />Greg showing the young guys that the hole at the bottom is really some "sweet action"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RxFzRiBPAqFWqpWZPYGSHNtuoUYKDL-fVTMk5YWqSy3QbonyxhYLhW0rGEGv8oTCndlWEgVw7hrmlTbbsWIYYY9YfOxvtKFEhsv9ve4XP403GZ5EJDB7eR0bDHKTGnDmBOMsfWW4NxI/s1600-h/hanlon1.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236585484016778466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RxFzRiBPAqFWqpWZPYGSHNtuoUYKDL-fVTMk5YWqSy3QbonyxhYLhW0rGEGv8oTCndlWEgVw7hrmlTbbsWIYYY9YfOxvtKFEhsv9ve4XP403GZ5EJDB7eR0bDHKTGnDmBOMsfWW4NxI/s400/hanlon1.bmp" border="0" /></a> Boyce threading the needle<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236581056557613506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoGc0ccBpbpJfBBhqVrGLOxVu-vTVebHL_xt3T1fBlsjOSgiTRggGsZNoeY5h1y6u4w09NMJNixqqRDPxg-cAS7Vl5mE6upFQ7BabmYoIScod_plVqx46Yhr0j7RplADZ4nVXsTYMBMSQ/s400/magpie_boyce.jpg" border="0" /><br />Out of the mist<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236581058525903298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGB-IQNUD4kjFqPFVRtbZ8PojyMVnDHT4e6KyyN1eYFB2HgZspYYVjlSVHwVaaijcHzmT_IJ81beN3fqAgVPmcTTFIH9gPzwkjUyRsSUG5SCNqVdSOQWu1uFJxwzeIqqjNJpeS-EqoUg/s400/magpie_derf2.jpg" border="0" /><br />Nice photo Beckwith<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236572779760732322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gEgZM-Gj1dLPc9rZ26i2esRAJSCG7Vt2LrEQIxPGgbl9mfzB_QdgkIb8G6pTaHr_e2W8OLkTo86ZuxS4t9bPUzu4pgFa2m1XNCWVXJunGUuQ9uWwAXXBv3h2PfxCXf-dCkDkw6JciOk/s400/Magpie_sweet1.jpg" border="0" /><br />Brian somewhere on the lower Magpie, having fun<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236581713113054002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7RIQ5satzXTA7NbQP6ayb53ZHHBROuTaa8eLGbqga4Z93a6itZBtHw-v_w7TX_3PYpFynU_pLhngyHebEMXjHTMfDviJmGnA0Zmh6b3UBLUKIMc1lyYu8yQSUD6q8Zgt6zxuWqmeCyI/s400/magpie_frost2.jpg" border="0" /><br />Justin contemplating the possibilities.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FkcUsBsKCCdAgMMGfWj1XtqJ0vI9FmW-6x-V2BTFwlJwPAPhpAWBMcsrUUgCvqG42fcUUJ2Ej0JtjBrJ1lC8BBPZOAenstzocNKRCzgYAzgMx2y8pQ3OKxQnnxPNy221ITby5j8ofMg/s1600-h/magpie_justi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236582164414429490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FkcUsBsKCCdAgMMGfWj1XtqJ0vI9FmW-6x-V2BTFwlJwPAPhpAWBMcsrUUgCvqG42fcUUJ2Ej0JtjBrJ1lC8BBPZOAenstzocNKRCzgYAzgMx2y8pQ3OKxQnnxPNy221ITby5j8ofMg/s400/magpie_justi.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>The first drop Justin fired up<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqF8XPcX66fhmqiGzoE3D-vcfO3AvvOcGYx1aOUCMGQDvq4TsDXWyI7JTKyNqOILGpg1W3U2BzwoqLd-ivmh6OJExTflsy5Lao1RYIkBqN_KNGJPMPvsjSGTl5G9ENGcMZ6spt3r5tZCc/s1600-h/magpie_jbboof.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237791921949166258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqF8XPcX66fhmqiGzoE3D-vcfO3AvvOcGYx1aOUCMGQDvq4TsDXWyI7JTKyNqOILGpg1W3U2BzwoqLd-ivmh6OJExTflsy5Lao1RYIkBqN_KNGJPMPvsjSGTl5G9ENGcMZ6spt3r5tZCc/s400/magpie_jbboof.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>The next one had a pretty big hole, but.....</div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237792562758197954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYos5mGOH6QC-GNZLuRCD2bfdxVoabIQb5iC804LDyqSApwdCyEzIszKnjNakjZJg27qy37GkLkMJ8QDwYx0JDlju8G1E2T_Q_NOK08mZGrwLrzDntov2ypyuxTyZEYWoL7_iyqhm2HU/s400/magpie_portage.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div>This hole (hard to tell scale) was something else. Maybe the jedi-plug. It worked for the logs.</div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237791530254671858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFwbFyuS9IFf5FVWBmp8dwmWd_pmOFIa0jrsreTHQujwE1R4OSKeE-gAvuqAHR1OyOvL8APKjWCb-DF4SbmsA1L50XcfkfFX3vmthOv1l2HPSusLm3X6OXzkEPloVh-c2ejqsmsbdDC4/s400/magpie_bighole.jpg" border="0" /><br />Justin and Fred portaging the gnar. The runout of this canyon is sweet whitewater.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236585477609887970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYApMey6G5y-GLlzLshdYRM1h6tvRxyXMc75oZnyURUGfJnr5cCxb_5AMh692HiSa2sQK-ysh9HDAGF2FKX2udWQu6N5B7k7mIqPJ_ZN0zUxAgG2jowSs-XGYmfFfCe8eBeWzaVKM3pN4/s400/fc_and_jb.bmp" border="0" /><br />Ed admiring Magpie Falls</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzAM-nP18tcxWb8Fdt4y6bY-axqwWrB5PqN1ZqfqB8fyNnIC_QOwlj1eAgYlFe1xgtDxH60mEk3Fju5emZwWn4ThBKOop1AMAuIUAKHE1twrdbJAEcHGaYxHF4hUvxmN7LfNC_Or6cjw/s1600-h/magpie_ed.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236581702406601538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzAM-nP18tcxWb8Fdt4y6bY-axqwWrB5PqN1ZqfqB8fyNnIC_QOwlj1eAgYlFe1xgtDxH60mEk3Fju5emZwWn4ThBKOop1AMAuIUAKHE1twrdbJAEcHGaYxHF4hUvxmN7LfNC_Or6cjw/s400/magpie_ed.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>.....and the concrete keeps pouring<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmsPUA1BaWeg2mUWhsQkeF1JjHNToRU6nwcVRc2QGSJByb3pMO98VtG-ejVOgZS7yy6bCd8BXJswiUF3bx8V-Y3iZFIs2Kbj3QqdiE_TlGfamQwEMi64YFzQn_Rib4vEApxjX9Ls5amY/s1600-h/magpie_dam.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236581061058697154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmsPUA1BaWeg2mUWhsQkeF1JjHNToRU6nwcVRc2QGSJByb3pMO98VtG-ejVOgZS7yy6bCd8BXJswiUF3bx8V-Y3iZFIs2Kbj3QqdiE_TlGfamQwEMi64YFzQn_Rib4vEApxjX9Ls5amY/s400/magpie_dam.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-89610762518449952112009-05-25T05:16:00.000-07:002009-06-11T10:14:55.532-07:00Some Pictures of Another Incredible North Coast RiverEnjoy these pictures of the Aguanus River. But please read on to learn about the plight of the Romaine River and find out what you can do to help safegaurd its future.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259953404420605378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTD4PeMAHWbkZSgBVsezBkSJmUCQ_FhtocFCV2XL49hyfwkBOipPQfiiijqwrq35zXdfAsMYQeLE6E5PCAQNiWmH6zbi2uZjFNKGGEQ178wYgw84EHd_Bm9aeq33L_IOXvlPFDVKD7KGw/s400/toby_float.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259953405066136306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvK3AQ2QmOcT62RRjL_0qZd8DKeESPbCOSrdQ6PkQBRYhMCUw195puhAjufZnV2ikZkNTs3bkNTvUlzqubBwVq-pVPaTXGIPkAa18HmnAMlP_0SNhH1_4P2DCoTiaAbxfLjr_1fAyweJY/s400/drop1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX72_XdY6DXImXsQBYvouaGThZru29-R2gpnE7WZ_ff6mlQKSndeHMZAyXTXHlCCsLt2Nc-j4-Zvyp_pGVY_pgIMVomo2x9jyKbOCb2Eicqs0Xue0Pf-pQcwclkZ2ZPVG5gBmXQLeXaGg/s1600-h/agorge_1.jpg"><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259952279075132066" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkHcBkBLZIgPrQ4Z8G0d0w_ty3-RJILigYdF1wmUBtm_kGamtT-vnBXdi57z-wRWeonCkTw_ewT_3Vk5rklJjzwFII1iTboLb57lvNpCDY7CI9uCZtI40p47fKQNWEOh8tu8sXB7EmkI/s400/toby_hole.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfB2h0NFW8nz_p52bkDCT8tXkaqAVPV-cHLq1n8RCfxhbR_5Y5I5v6_iotSBLZ-fdSQGPBYo8dMF-3UPZedZdV4HKrqvcSkYf6JuW6Fd0rPOVKVOY97Pv3Xy1BJabqZin_R3byRNN_Ok/s1600-h/grace.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259953401332483698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfB2h0NFW8nz_p52bkDCT8tXkaqAVPV-cHLq1n8RCfxhbR_5Y5I5v6_iotSBLZ-fdSQGPBYo8dMF-3UPZedZdV4HKrqvcSkYf6JuW6Fd0rPOVKVOY97Pv3Xy1BJabqZin_R3byRNN_Ok/s400/grace.jpg" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259954406811823170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3EXVm-grkA5lguL9oL1dakzrxVXy7NomNOB6plRD09YLKhGYmgpBqXLqQJh9ZnYPRVz7KsuZrDOLnchaxDZmqMLeQql_z2ZezvjRwEK_yTXRnj9iBDbpGCpL7Qcqxl-Ocm6o4UyYPIY/s400/tight_goge.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-19018901863472972322009-05-24T06:57:00.000-07:002009-06-11T10:16:14.472-07:00Some PicturesOnly a few days away from leaving for the Romaine. There is plenty of water right now. The gauge is around 250cms. It will probably slowly drop over the next week or so. Long range weather forecast for Havre-Saint-Peirre is fairly dry, but its always hard to tell what happens up on the plateau. We'll probably do one or two more updates before heading into the wilderness so stay tuned.<br /><br />Camping on La Riviere Jacques Cartier<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239573622346131378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BOuMcHn8ilCTH4A6J0VAI_gYkei70g_H6eg4P9CK0yvDV2UrZOR_BNiN_CQl-mc8pE_bN2_9bJbNpwtQ0Ee2H5CN6F1N6k73fdlhEdNitOa4Eh0lPHNzSDV6y85mY4PHcQ1JlzOdwe0/s400/IMG_0200.JPG" border="0" /><br />Lower half of 2nd Triple Drop at the perfect water level<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239570556418067442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LWbQ6d4i7TGyhOFUmajYbWNk-IQ8Q9aET9nZq8g0wE8pShGqgA54BZmLGkSpj3ATXe3vOp4tWEm1ICOvz_ssULgfxiEl-CxhZWvl44Q3K3vPRDj_XskVfpJ4Byy7unHP5bpfgOcHJs0/s400/IMG_0201.JPG" border="0" /> BOOF!!!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239570561029691138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggncQyLr29hygNiqeRLq2BlRdPuan2lvVpLFCKdrSgjNZgkV9tBjegaY12UU_EUMzXvujjLZqMMUhugHCgZxMKZ_uu23qBFdCDmYD_VMlkk2_CQH6oqh-XlXe2RUTT1pEYTZ0RMcRprSA/s400/IMG_0202.JPG" border="0" /><br />The Rocher in Port Cartier is a fun roadside classic<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239573626742004162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2f1qRZ1c9YO6eu2003UqdjU9orhBeLHv6e8McHrFOdax-Hu2_WUJdB46vp-vs64yOFS8O_RZgPiDyOgBusmA3YjLb0isKKhmNhddnZJc5-lMXYeUk0umieibYvF3jwMXwXdO6i-E5ku0/s400/P1010083.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>Disappearing on the Rocher (ok its a bad photo taken about 2 seconds too late)</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239573629469283954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNUC6m59L2W9a5It7DCpuUPc_oMCEwTWk3CE0bhOFElDQ4zt20BATwAIL0Ur_514Cl1WkvfToDBAmuczzGtVYgtxaijF4YVQovXeCrXMO6p2ham2H8SZ7bSztktZKspGoufBexDTsL_E/s400/rocher_ed.jpg" border="0" /></div><br />Putting in on the Malbaie<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239573637104340610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_a3dqsb6dNX2ndzTaLf7ggWLr71w87JTSrAeShrT8ZLlnypfmAbx3Kx3gi9Yinc77Si6FvxFXDYEXdpXdofoFSboTMlc3I7PHOESQNr2c7eF3Gff-A2BgrWT8FgjrpAZSNYKvWehUyk/s400/billy_joe_mal.jpg" border="0" /><br />Joe Barkley firing off Chocolate Milk (Gatineau Falls) on the Malbaie<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239573635848531506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMM_gqPltpypW2bLiwRv8uSUfWpiqey2joLsiTi5NHEqFc-NSAoCX7v-Ld4Dgr4KYrKyhZbonpG1Jgol9AVzG1gSuWVVgezibm4UN_if2iy8ZxxMvl2WLWJDUwjREKNn-0XGAm0Yaz7Gw/s400/joe_mal.jpg" border="0" /><br />One of three photos taken on this high energy Taureau run. We were focused intently on the river that day.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239570567973366226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQj0qfHiiX0xoCgfI12AjFkPCM83ko344hAey4yLRGTxbWcipYiN3QBJiQTkXXiadKh9UQhDhMSWi5xJUuBXOsJyj3ogj4tLBv2n5zuwHXOECihvoxvKpxPLJd9925CC2z7Ne2Nc3cUI/s400/tareau+006.jpg" border="0" /> <div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-39550818086219142502009-05-23T05:56:00.000-07:002009-06-11T10:16:46.778-07:00More Outdated Pictures......Well it seems that new photos attract more viewers. So, here are a handful of photos from a kayak trip a few years back. We were working on a documentary with filmaker Angus Yates in Russia. That site is <a href="http://www.boofingtheironcurtain.blogspot.com/">http://www.boofingtheironcurtain.blogspot.com/</a>. After helping Angus with the film, John, Jules, and I stayed another month and travelled to the Altai Mountains to do some great paddling with the Russians. What a wild bunch they are! I hope one day I can return and shoot some rapids and some vodka with Vasia, Oleg, The Doctor, Victor, Alex, Masha, Misha, and Antonio.<br /><br /><div>P.S. Remember we are trying to raise some cash money. Thankyou to our latest contributor of $5. That's all it it takes, a dollar here a dollar there!! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center">Chulycha River in Altai. Notice Vasia and Antonio in the bottom left.</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240297206082572194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOrtjFWd6YBZKlEpC4hFoZRbiOwpRstp3UX_xur0I1PvAzalNjID4nSF3RW87l1QksZeVgwRDGFeWDxOkFBknCIaPIGCOv7foI7Nd4NJQEzTY1GFoFsRve5yVCoyVqpQfBZ9fncKyPU-Q/s400/vasia_badass_good.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">Doctor on one of the many difficult rapids of the Chulycha.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240298931228033362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXUD9ZhHQ8BxQznOoFgBVKTio47ARilYiQ_PtI9etBBF32yUJVdIWnOQvQVQMT0T-fuTjOaydI4U878gqdnhUIlA1roMjX_wKBJg_HZridoC3WOhL8ag9cePDX_HUEitVFungQ-hrdeBw/s400/doctor_chulcha.JPG" border="0" /></div><p></p><p align="center">Grace on the Khurkuria, a tributary of the amazing Chulyshman River.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240297212329157842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCt8f0_1imYWO8oYf5eABC2qC8hfyH_jN8515Lp8kHKW3buqvdDN92e3Y12ePbj3Ey3ZGACqr1u8rdbNEUG3Ip9zvp_HN6Nc3i48ABkcReVwTrATozAj7XgM9wi_rvtkBWcef_ztsaN2k/s400/grace_kurkuria_1.JPG" border="0" /></p><p></p><p align="center">Doctor showing how to do it Russian style. Hui-yaaaaak!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240297205929303346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXUwTG-CtUB86NxY7d6H39kYR-8aIWrS624tZuL8H9KTFbrrW5YtMQnR2ktFzyz1CO4FI8P03CJr9l6XaGYMMXt9XM7t3LuiGJ_ZGKJpZ906Si77n6W7Vqpjq6KDwbl8u4DT-KvVjpzk/s400/doctor_1.JPG" border="0" /><br /></p><p></p><p align="center">Vasia had the 1st descent on this gorge not long before he took us here. It was awesome.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240297209669372850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0l_2pb9amWdxG8D8a7rVcre77DyGO2dKQ-5tQnut4B2U6v4v_B02axwxLF_E8yBe61ggtUZB2vOinCSKS3k-mBxYg-Y4fygvzlWXGX3bcL_UoLFM6tMnW4cTTkrg7iwQLR4i9v12itU/s400/vasia_kurkuria2.JPG" border="0" /></p><p></p><p align="center">Driving to the Karagem. We weren't following any roads, but some how made it to the river.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240297216713627362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw37OHeX_7bkuSWniYkL0ODB4PaRLFL9jjjZNrCOlUywFriLMLAjVqCrhMX0TDjPgH608nsF9eQXO8p0mB-qfBc_GrA3-OGamWPBIB8RnLyqZkDstIhOHW0SYYL261VwENFHUwkLOdr2c/s400/truck_good1.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Argut and Karagem confluence. After 2 days we still had 4 more to go and some sweet action.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240298921404625682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUr-ZQdsvxn1Q-7lpafMU-2VV1wahFuQHwQ3yvelZnqYhDE6LC3bFTM-Nt8PzgD9l9mjXP-28lvS6vFKupd2bN3g9F0zGimmwXTTM-MBoFAttRq1ZPjxGjKUyI_ZJLamXf7odvo-M6Cww/s400/argut_2.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Of course we saw catarafters in the middle of nowhere. It is the Russian national past time.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240298929320307522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PkUZ6igBv7oDYDtCSLCUuUdBmKmieePLkxXxiiMBTPI_laLhLAu6tSQaBsPdJEM7RjzUPdfCcuUOXgq8mHDPyamkcmBXDhVlnIGoxGDJO3eGkdsO-RRBd8Pfh1Kucpy8dUrGc8wfcGI/s400/cataraft1.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Oleg navigating one of the more complex rapids on the Argut.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240298932596580434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrup6SyxS36aBp9o_bEMm3k2Gf7XwjyA_dj_3Nr1fm_CsWWyNFsiRiRWn4ce4iSKvS4R6Q0_jbOPn_DfFQONWsPEeY4QU9KmLDRc2ez_Ru8jw-g3b5bbuGUE0xrp3iXjDvoZnBHvWTczY/s400/oleg_argut_good1.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Victor "the man who forged us work visas so we could stay for three months" hiking into the Chulyshman. A true Altai classic.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240298934234117490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYbBV9nOuWyqF8lcIWrFw2314SXn2fXKN1XosB6hzTx5h8uXZaTgQYmYoN-82PLIDs4nOir79JsESNQr2aHbsS545p-8q7udUv2dL_auVys4GI2ef5muUf67dBH2X1gnUJ99wkWUt2LY/s400/hike_good1.JPG" border="0" /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-15553564564245434932008-11-12T18:10:00.000-08:002008-11-12T19:22:58.278-08:00Submitting An Opinion of the Romaine Complex<strong>How to submit an opinion of the Romaine Complex-</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />The Bureau of Public Audiences in Quebec has a guideline for submitting opinions. It is outlined below from the BAPE website and can be e-mailed to <a href="mailto:romaine@bape.gouv.qc.ca">romaine@bape.gouv.qc.ca</a> They would prefer word or pdf attachments.<br /><br />Title of Opinion (The Romaine Complex is not a feasible option for the Romaine River, for example)<br />Introduce yourself (my name is, I am a kayaker, river enthusiast, or representing....)<br /><br />The memory will be made public and distributed at the hearing and on the BAPE website. Therefore it is important to use only personal information that could affect you and is relevant to the arguments in the opinion.<br /><br />Provide your address and phone number on a separate page. This is how the BAPE can confirm the link between the opinion and its author. A memorandum sent without this information may not be considered. This info is on a separate page to ensure the author's confidentiality.<br /><br />The submission must be prepared in compliance with the other participants. It does <em><strong>not</strong></em> include intentionally prejudice opinions that reflect on the dignity, honor, reputation, or privacy of individuals.<br /><br />If the memory is large, it is suggested to accompany a one-page summary.<br /><br />Some suggestions for writing the opinion are as follows-<br />Why are you interested in this project?<br />What influence does this have on the environment or your quality of life?<br />Is there a way to understand this project from both sides of the issues in your opinion? Why?<br />Is the proposed project the best solution that would have the least negative impacts on the environment, considering other alternatives? Why?<br />In your opinion, are there elements of this project which should be changed?<br />Which ones and how?<br />In your opinion, should this project be allowed? Why?<br />Do you have any other suggestions?<br /><br />November 27th is the deadline for submitting opinions by e-mail. The hearing begins December 1st.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-26326134125626976422008-10-28T05:12:00.000-07:002008-10-28T05:30:04.246-07:00Public Hearing For The Romaine Complex Has BegunThe public hearing for the Romaine Hydro Project began last night in Havre-Saint-Pierre. There has been no mention of video confrencing to allow people from around Quebec to participate and voice thier opinions about the project. BAPE has an audio broadcast of the hearings on their web page about the public hearing.<br /><a href="http://www.bape.gouv.qc.ca/sections/mandats/La%20Romaine/index.htm">http://www.bape.gouv.qc.ca/sections/mandats/La%20Romaine/index.htm</a><br /><br />More importantly it is possible to submit questions to the review panel via e-mail until Novemember 7th, 2008. <br />**Important**<br />This first part of the public hearing is intended to complement information about the project. Opinions about the project will be voiced in the coming weeks. As a paddler I would recommend asking whether or not they have considered maintaining the Romaine as a challenging canoe and kayak route. Will the rapids, falls, portages, and campsites be maintained? Are there any plans to do such? Hydro Quebec has taken into consideration how they will manage the impact to snowmobile travel on the river in winter, but not to canoe and kayak travel during the late spring, summer, and fall. Submit questions here- <br />This is the english translated link-<br /><a href="http://74.125.93.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http://www.bape.gouv.qc.ca/sections/mandats/La%2520Romaine/participer/formulaire-La_Romaine.htm&usg=ALkJrhjEKsb5g8MH_9JRMi4lBrSBAMJW6g">http://74.125.93.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http://www.bape.gouv.qc.ca/sections/mandats/La%2520Romaine/participer/formulaire-La_Romaine.htm&usg=ALkJrhjEKsb5g8MH_9JRMi4lBrSBAMJW6g</a><br /><br />The original link-<br /><a href="http://www.bape.gouv.qc.ca/sections/mandats/La%20Romaine/participer/formulaire-La_Romaine.htm">http://www.bape.gouv.qc.ca/sections/mandats/La%20Romaine/participer/formulaire-La_Romaine.htm</a><br /><br />or they can be e-mailed to <a href="mailto:questions@bape.gouv.qc.ca">questions@bape.gouv.qc.ca</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-76405312042534355712008-10-20T07:05:00.002-07:002008-10-20T07:09:33.732-07:00More Information on the Romaine ComplexThis is a good link for learning more about the Romaine Complex. It works well to translate the webpages using the Google Language Tools.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hydroquebec.com/romaine/index.html">http://www.hydroquebec.com/romaine/index.html</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-52987433393778398452008-10-13T15:52:00.000-07:002008-10-13T15:55:27.309-07:00Romaine RiverArticle published in Rutland Herald on the Romaine River. Vermonter's will face choices for maintaining a green energy portfolio in the near future. Will the state continue to live in denial of their footprint that is firmly stamped in the wilderness of Quebec?<br /><br />link to article-<br /><a href="http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081012/ENVIRONMENT/810120394/1033/ENVIRONMENT">http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081012/ENVIRONMENT/810120394/1033/ENVIRONMENT</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-39471085276413682022008-10-08T20:44:00.000-07:002008-10-09T07:16:36.397-07:00Letter to Minister of Sustainable Development QuebecFrom Alliance Romaine-<br /><br />Please take a moment to help the Romaine River by sending a letter to the Minister of Sustainable Development, the Environment and Parks in Quebec. Currently, the public audiences, which provide an opportunity for people to comment and ask questions regarding Hydro Quebec's plans to build four dams on the Romaine River, will only be held in Havre Saint Pierre. As a result, few opponents to the project and few journalists will be present at the public audiences.<br />We are asking that the public be able to participate via video conferencing in Montreal and Quebec City. We need to show the Minister that there is enough interest regarding this project outside of Havre St Pierre. Please take a moment to download the letter attached, type in your signature and email it(<a href="mailto:romaine@bape.gouv.qc.ca">romaine@bape.gouv.qc.ca</a>) or mail it to the Ministry. This is incredibly important. If we can not be present in large numbers at these meetings, the ministry will conclude that there is no opposition.<br />The letter attached is written in French. For those of you who do not speak French, the letter reminds the Minister that a project of this scale effects people beyond Havre St Pierre. Additionally, under provincial law, people have a right to participate in public audiences. By conducting the meetings in a remote area, the Ministry is limiting people's opportunity to participate.<br />The meetings are scheduled to start on October 27th, please do not delay, send this letter today!<br />Thank you for participating in our efforts to prevent the damming ofthe Romaine River, one of Quebec's last untouched rivers.<br /><br />Here is the letter in french. An english translation is below. Copy and paste it with your name typed at the bottom and send it to <a href="mailto:romaine@bape.gouv.qc.ca">romaine@bape.gouv.qc.ca</a><br /><br /><br />Octobre 2008<br /><br />Madame Line Beauchamp,<br />Ministre du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs,<br />Édifice Marie-Guyart, 30e étage<br />675, boulevard René-Lévesque Est<br />Québec, Québec<br />G1R 5V7<br /><br /><br />OBJET : DEMANDE D’ACCÈS INTERACTIF À PARTIR DE MONTRÉAL ET QUÉBEC À L’AUDIENCE PUBLIQUE CONCERNANT LE PROJET D’AMÉNAGEMENT HYDROÉLECTRIQUE DE LA ROMAINE.<br /><br /><br />Madame la Ministre,<br /><br /><br />Votre gouvernement a déposé un projet de loi qui reconnaît l’eau comme un patrimoine collectif de la nation québécoise. L’eau de la Romaine ne fait pas exception et c’est à la population du Québec qu’il appartient de décider de son avenir et de sa protection, non à quelques représentants de groupes d’intérêts locaux, aussi bien intentionnés soient-ils. Nous voulons donc que le plus grand nombre possible de résidents du Québec puissent y participer. Les audiences se tenant exclusivement à Havre-St-Pierre, la distance, les coûts et le temps nécessaires pour s’y rendre constituent d’importants freins à la participation. En ce moment, le BAPE offre pour la période de question une Web diffusion en mode audio seulement qui empêche d’avoir une véritable participation publique. En conséquence, nous demandons, par le biais de vidéoconférences ou tout autre moyen technique, d’avoir la possibilité d’interagir directement pendant la période de questions et celle d’expression des opinions. Nous vous rappelons que la participation publique est un principe fondamental qui apparaît à la Loi sur développement durable et qui doit guider l’administration de l’État. Nous comptons donc sur vous pour prendre les moyens favorisant cette participation. Ces audiences devant débuter le 27 octobre 2008, nous vous demandons d’agir avec diligence.<br /><br /><br />En vous remerciant,<br />YOUR NAME HERE<br /><br /><strong>English Version-</strong><br /><br />Madame Line Beauchamp,<br />Ministre du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs,<br />Édifice Marie-Guyart, 30e étage<br />675, boulevard René-Lévesque Est<br />Québec, Québec<br />G1R 5V7<br /><br />SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR INTERACTIVE ACCESS FROM MONTREAL AND QUEBEC CITY FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE DRAFT OF THE ROMAINE COMPLEX<br /><br />Your government has introduced a bill that recognizes water as a collective heritage of the Quebec nation. Water from the Romaine is no exception and it is for the people of Quebec to decide its future and its protection, not a few representatives from local interest groups, however well-intentioned they may be. We therefore want the largest possible number of Quebec residents to participate. The hearings held exclusively in Havre-St-Pierre exclude many people because of the distance, cost and time required to travel there. Right now, the BAPE bid for the question period as an audio web-broadcast prevents interested parties from having a true public participation. Accordingly, we ask that through video-conferencing or other technical means, to have the opportunity to interact directly during Question Period and express our opinion. We remind you that public participation is a fundamental principle of sustainable development laws, which must guide the administration of the Quebec. We are counting on you to take this means of promoting participation. These hearings are scheduled to begin on 27 October 2008, we urge you to act expeditiously.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />YOUR NAME HEREUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-39078763416181029472008-09-27T20:26:00.000-07:002008-10-04T16:55:40.760-07:00Romaine River Youtube Videos<div align="center">Video of the dam sites by Martin Larrivee. </div><p><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r7BaYDBrbHI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r7BaYDBrbHI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Too bad they won't let you embed this video. Looks like they are putting that $6.5 billion to good use already. These video's show the sections of the rivers that are going to be dammed. The Rupert one has a bridge that the pilot flies beneath. </p><p>Youtube link for Romaine fly-over. Notice the canoe's camped at the bottome of Les Murailles.-<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6zfb3koTOQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6zfb3koTOQ</a></p><p>Youtube link for the Rupert fly-over-<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdQ5gbQbKr4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdQ5gbQbKr4</a><br /><br />Yes, a really big project that Hydro Quebec recently finished. Diverting the Rupert River into the Eastmain. Permanantly reducing the rivers flow by over 3/4's. Imagine what affect this is going to have on the ecosystem of the river. Check out these two videos to see what the Rupert was and isn't anymore.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xdjrSlHz0xM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xdjrSlHz0xM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LkDADcHUEZ8&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LkDADcHUEZ8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-73410793065740253152008-09-17T06:18:00.000-07:002008-09-17T06:28:47.358-07:00Overview of the Romaine Complex. I am trying to put together a map that overlays this with the rapid locations. For reference we put in the river about 10 miles upstream of Romaine 4. All the whitewater on the Romaine will be flooded according to this map.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMq3AdKYxWOxwq5V44KTJDu7vBFNc3zb-M9u2f8uhyphenhyphen_kckotL2hH-JMkAwJmz7aZDkQFOPvWbyOHTybMqcd5ILyAsTqmOAQspZMjsXMNjuQ27n0ucMokxw_UwFWfHUdz6wQ7YYS_hwpgw/s1600-h/romaine_complex.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246981166980922002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMq3AdKYxWOxwq5V44KTJDu7vBFNc3zb-M9u2f8uhyphenhyphen_kckotL2hH-JMkAwJmz7aZDkQFOPvWbyOHTybMqcd5ILyAsTqmOAQspZMjsXMNjuQ27n0ucMokxw_UwFWfHUdz6wQ7YYS_hwpgw/s400/romaine_complex.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-86046067918186978442008-08-27T15:21:00.001-07:002008-08-27T16:36:47.273-07:00We're Gonna Try Something Here<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">A Fund Raiser</span></strong><br /><br />Big thanks to Jake Whitcomb of Brighter Planet (<a href="http://www.brighterplanet.com/">http://www.brighterplanet.com/</a>) for helping to get this together. Yes, this trip is expensive, about $700 per person (food, gas, float planes). We wanted to come up with a way to help off-set our personal expenses and at the same time keep with the spirit of Riversenses. On the right side bar is a tool for donors to contribute money through a Paypal account. Our goal is a modest $1000. The first bit will go to off-set our carbon footprint from driving, flying, etc. Jake has broken it down here.<br /><br />Total emissions (initial estimate)- 5.79 tons of CO2 which is $70 of off-sets from Brighter Planet<br /><br />-4660 miles Eric Boomer's (trip photographer) flight (Seattle, WA to Burlington, VT)- 2.08 tons CO2e<br />-8000 miles (max) of driving between three cars, one which is coming from Asheville, NC on biodiesel (assuming 23mpg avg)- 3.45 tons CO2e<br />-380 miles flown (small plane, 1 Beaver, 1 Otter)- 0.25 tons CO2e<br />-30 lbs. waste, plastics & paper (max)- 0.01 tons CO2e<br /><br />Remember, this is only a preliminary estimate of our major CO2 sources. After the trip we will update these calculations because we have most likely missed something or there is an unexpected CO2 emitting occurrence.<br /><br />After enough money is raised for off-sets, we will split the rest 50/50 between our expenses and donating to a Filipino micro-hydro project. Website link is below to check out this cool sustainable development project.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.greenempowerment.org/home-mainmenu-1/161.html?task=view">http://www.greenempowerment.org/home-mainmenu-1/161.html?task=view</a><br /><br />As the thermometer says, donors over $50 will receive a CD with pictures of the Romaine River Expedition, local sturgeon recipes, and anything else cool we can find for them. Please help support our expedition and in doing so also make a difference around the world. -FredUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-43813107879266701282008-08-25T19:21:00.000-07:002008-08-25T19:24:34.858-07:00Vermont Natural Resource Council video on affects of dams on streamsA short 4 minute informatve video outlining affects of dams on streams-<br /><br /><a href="http://www.vnrc.org/article/view/21876/1/604/" target="_blank">http://www.vnrc.org/article/view/21876/1/604/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-45139354501691312162008-08-25T08:05:00.000-07:002008-08-25T16:46:24.826-07:00Alliance Romaine nearing the end of their journeyThe four canoeists who have been on the Romaine River since mid-July are nearing the end of their epic 48 day adventure. The Chercher Le Courant blog has just posted video of some of their trip and they are working hard on a documentary about the project. Hats of to them and wish them a safe last few days on the river.<br /><br />Visit- <a href="http://www.chercherlecourant.org/">http://www.chercherlecourant.org/</a> to see the video.<br /><br />The blog is french, but the jist of the lastest posts is that things are well, the portaging has been difficult recently around le bassin du Murailles, they have a met up with a raft with people from Sierra Club Quebec, Fondation Rivières, la Société pour Vaincre la Pollution, and Nature Québec, and they have the blues becuase their trip is almost over. The other big news was how fast they got a replacement video camera from Montreal to the Romaine Expedition. It may seem frivolous, but they have been showing segments weekly on Chercher Le Courant as well as filming a documentary with Denis McCready. Lots of Quebecers are watching!!<br /><br />Alliance Romaine Website-<br /><a href="http://allianceromaine.wordpress.com/">http://allianceromaine.wordpress.com/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-11502005059331897402008-08-21T12:31:00.001-07:002008-08-21T19:10:08.680-07:00Large Scale Hydro and Greenhouse Gas EmissionsGreenhouse gas emissions from man made reservoirs is a hotly contested debate these days in the scientific and hydroelectric communities. The extent to which hydro projects contribute to global warming verses other types of generation is not fully understood. Research is ongoing throughout the world, especially in India, Brazil, and Canada. Hydro-Quebec in conjunction with McGill University, the Université du Québec à Montréal, Environment Canada and Environnement Illimité inc. is studying the Eastmain 1 reservoir. Here are two links to two differing viewpoints on the matter, but they seem to be the best information I can find now. Have a look and any comments of interested parties would be greatly appreciated.<br /><br />International Rivers Article-<br /><a href="http://internationalrivers.org/files/FizzyScience2006.pdf">http://internationalrivers.org/files/FizzyScience2006.pdf</a><br /><br />International Hydropower Association FAQ sheet-<br /><a href="http://www.adb.org/Water/Topics/Dams/pdf/Emissions-from-reservoirs.pdf">http://www.adb.org/Water/Topics/Dams/pdf/Emissions-from-reservoirs.pdf</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-69927236507590808442008-08-18T11:08:00.001-07:002008-08-27T19:01:56.796-07:00Romaine River- Gearing up for the tripThe team is assembling for the Romaine River. We are leaving Vermont September 1st and flying in September 2nd (weather-permitting) for a week of Basse Cote-Nord river running.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5dD3wm6QDXv2lVxpvrR8gEKPMsMnJ93ICoVe6MXh7wa40oNsCw4qMVCXPco6zGsG6MWBvuKVwq9-45xW8j-qlLcgCD6kbmkYiSpiFwhw8xm4I0q16ixxovhsVeAHFbg_QA7S_Y-B7XvA/s1600-h/derf1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235924177981286962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5dD3wm6QDXv2lVxpvrR8gEKPMsMnJ93ICoVe6MXh7wa40oNsCw4qMVCXPco6zGsG6MWBvuKVwq9-45xW8j-qlLcgCD6kbmkYiSpiFwhw8xm4I0q16ixxovhsVeAHFbg_QA7S_Y-B7XvA/s200/derf1.jpg" border="0" /></a>Fred Coriell<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxeqEm4uXB4qeZvRT_yVcGqJLwQlwoY4wNt2ZXKvNaZtpyvPGgc9rmpPzMsvChl8leYB93CzZsedKpvVh1HwwDwbxtdJA9Ry7VkMbg2gpcwFTqjzo0gL4CHdhXTAbzSPmJ2Vq9txvKA0E/s1600-h/graceportagezed.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235924181257010690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxeqEm4uXB4qeZvRT_yVcGqJLwQlwoY4wNt2ZXKvNaZtpyvPGgc9rmpPzMsvChl8leYB93CzZsedKpvVh1HwwDwbxtdJA9Ry7VkMbg2gpcwFTqjzo0gL4CHdhXTAbzSPmJ2Vq9txvKA0E/s200/graceportagezed.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p>John Grace<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9sTMGmhU3QJYMI2_jzBJZ0ZRyIYm5Ff6p6H47DFtoXW8cV8eAd3FMJ6a5LJP3MdYHo6QM_qpd5I9LOGleC7zIL7CRUogHk3z6m8I0Zmni2FCJl0v4xvQM8j-09XV-dOOJYWx-vDe1JT0/s1600-h/Greg+Magpie+(46).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235924174031351826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9sTMGmhU3QJYMI2_jzBJZ0ZRyIYm5Ff6p6H47DFtoXW8cV8eAd3FMJ6a5LJP3MdYHo6QM_qpd5I9LOGleC7zIL7CRUogHk3z6m8I0Zmni2FCJl0v4xvQM8j-09XV-dOOJYWx-vDe1JT0/s200/Greg+Magpie+(46).JPG" border="0" /></a>Boyce Greer<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mIjWWOlVhaeWonknw54Ku1rr0dYBJvhbOWkLqGctFq8m-xfRDlY4u3DtBQFK7rzlvr-Bu3Gx3gPNbxh5_6Bs-a0_MgGex2HwevI4oMFJ0E62Sy8K3SWsZCjda4vsFZj6KgtAPGom654/s1600-h/Jakesmall.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238610664663423250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mIjWWOlVhaeWonknw54Ku1rr0dYBJvhbOWkLqGctFq8m-xfRDlY4u3DtBQFK7rzlvr-Bu3Gx3gPNbxh5_6Bs-a0_MgGex2HwevI4oMFJ0E62Sy8K3SWsZCjda4vsFZj6KgtAPGom654/s200/Jakesmall.jpg" border="0" /></a>Jake Whitcomb<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8iIoUCkjvXEItqRy5fr7f9kzRxlQJXluBfMWc8M5BtbTQbAp0vXTihYAqJnMXd_xmDaAEGX6d7lSxOJtqt1ZdcqbVQgKz3WIVd4hW0QJ5w9RSKo96uV__ItLi4b6DmnE07pzooS8X7GU/s1600-h/IMG_0336.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236442165485555842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8iIoUCkjvXEItqRy5fr7f9kzRxlQJXluBfMWc8M5BtbTQbAp0vXTihYAqJnMXd_xmDaAEGX6d7lSxOJtqt1ZdcqbVQgKz3WIVd4hW0QJ5w9RSKo96uV__ItLi4b6DmnE07pzooS8X7GU/s200/IMG_0336.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>Willy Kern and Eric Boomer<br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDcOf_WLP9esH8X6gwjHVaTQA36aIdLzLHfDZgLXfcl9W0-MHYZa693vIm18yleYU9VNEySaqztjT0CMQg4Xu7uudOp9ZRuAfAayhdu5Z2_q1nn83s10a4JQcorhLUfji91wuRA3973Fs/s1600-h/magpie_agreg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238611309228549298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDcOf_WLP9esH8X6gwjHVaTQA36aIdLzLHfDZgLXfcl9W0-MHYZa693vIm18yleYU9VNEySaqztjT0CMQg4Xu7uudOp9ZRuAfAayhdu5Z2_q1nn83s10a4JQcorhLUfji91wuRA3973Fs/s200/magpie_agreg.jpg" border="0" /></a>Greg "sweet action" Hanlon-<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDb6W7YHuglmRd12hySmsMPxuFDyTpT4LIlknjl2HXtA2Js57XswEfjVsNhFXWBBHy5AHWFn6wDx325APydEdnz0HUVn30m23QwTDmrru94Fqus_s1rNSoukI2g-RKuxQWfoCT7m9j3OY/s1600-h/fant_tobyhuge.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236442165286201714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDb6W7YHuglmRd12hySmsMPxuFDyTpT4LIlknjl2HXtA2Js57XswEfjVsNhFXWBBHy5AHWFn6wDx325APydEdnz0HUVn30m23QwTDmrru94Fqus_s1rNSoukI2g-RKuxQWfoCT7m9j3OY/s200/fant_tobyhuge.jpg" border="0" /></a>Toby MacDermott<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We have also been in contact with a couple of interesting river folk who have been gracious in giving information about the river. Jason Miller who ran the river a few years ago has sent some great photos of his trip in 2005. Also Boreal Rivers a new rafting company who will begin doing trips on the Magpie next year.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400960431793639026.post-55505973915025755442008-08-13T16:38:00.000-07:002008-08-13T16:40:24.097-07:00What a great view!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tHWGetAH2O_mwUsFnCR1Ax4RmD6J961mf2tQWtxYTAUFbMrkeu1-_kJ1TvGj19eTClpYSxN6MgZRX22ym05HXr9hYXep4bp6nQamrSGd-RGrYTDgeKMcQ7kBOTVDWB_GOaWptTJDSr0/s1600-h/hydrowierd.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234151058635224130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tHWGetAH2O_mwUsFnCR1Ax4RmD6J961mf2tQWtxYTAUFbMrkeu1-_kJ1TvGj19eTClpYSxN6MgZRX22ym05HXr9hYXep4bp6nQamrSGd-RGrYTDgeKMcQ7kBOTVDWB_GOaWptTJDSr0/s400/hydrowierd.jpg" border="0" /></a> Found this on the HQ website on the "Guided Tours" page. Wonderful, isn't it?<br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0