Ben are you sleeping or just happy to see me

North fork Yuba River

SCARRED FOR LIFE and a breath of air.
Class 5 rapid July 8th 2011. very heavy snow melt off.
This was actually our second run at Maytag. The first run we aced like pro's. The second run we were a little cocky and lost it as scene. I have a video of the first run but it is a little boring cause everything went so perfect. This is a class 5 insane rapid and we all felt it. I was under water for allot of the craziness, every time surfacing gasping for air then struggling to swim to shore in fridged waters.
Good Friends Great Times!!!!!!

North fork yuba river

preview of what is to come

Blanco Basura

The corner store can't keep up with the demand.
Oakland!!!!!!

Triumph pipes

Started with some prebent and straight pipe then cut it up till it fit nice and welded it up. Sounds easier than done. Thanks to Rowdy and the Kid for helping out. Painted it with high heat paint then wrapped the pipes with white fiberglass tape.

Camping and White Water Rafting in May

Camping and Rafting the North Fork of the American River. Camping the night before rafting was wet and cold. We were kept up all night by the rain. Packed up the tent in the rain. Met up with the rafting company with rain and about 45 degree temperatures.
The North Forks water flow is controlled strictly by snow melt off. 12 people backed out of the trip because of the temperature but the Die Hards remained. There was about 2"s of snow and about 35 degrees at the put in point of the river. While rafting we experienced snow, rain, hail, thunder storms, and fridged temperatures. It was kinda epic class 4 to 5 rapids. Goods Times. Good Friends.