Independence River, 600 cfs, October 16, 2010
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 Steve Edmonds approaching the crux move of the Fat Lady. |
 Avoiding the big log in the center. |
 ...and heading for the left channel of the Fat Lady. |
 Tom Sutton approaching the crux move of the Fat Lady. |
 Tom in the crux move of the Fat Lady. |
 ...and heading for the left channel of the Fat Lady. |
 Norm Deets just after the crux move of the Fat Lady. |
 Turned around, heading for the middle channel. |
 ...and in the middle channel (backwards!) of the Fat Lady. |
 ...and finished with the middle channel of the Fat Lady. |
 Looking at the next drop... |
 ...looks clean... |
 Looks like there's one more drop. |
 Uh-oh... |
 ...and the Fat Lady punches back! |
 Self-rescue in the eddy. |
 Tom approaches for his second attempt... |
 ...and cleans the crux move. |
 Tom finishes with a run of the middle channel. |
 Liane O'Hora at the Bridge Drop. |
 Tom at the Bridge Drop. |
 Steve in the junky drop below the bridge. |
 ...and so does Norm. |
 Danny Kraeger working his way out of the hole (which totally submerged Your Humble Reporter & his creek boat) at the next drop. |
 Steve approaches the hole. |
 Not a good place to get turned around. |
 Working to get/stay upright. |
 Steve's still fighting it. |
 Pretty soon he'll regain control. |
 Tom runs it a second time, to "get it right." |
 Is this what "getting it right" looks like to you? |