Bikerafting the Yarra river in Melbourne Australia.
Easy rowing on the Yarra river.
I crossposted this in the California section: The Witchcraft in action!
Boulder Drop on the Skykomish (Washington)
Over several million years the Yellowstone Supervolcano blanketed eastern Idaho in hundreds of feet of volcanic ash, or tuft. Nearby, the Teton River drains the snowy western flank of the mighty Teton Range and has carved its way through the Yellowstone ash creating a wild, turbulent and beautiful canyon.
On July 25, 2010 Derek Collins and Forrest McCarthy put in at Harrops Bridge on Highway 33 and navigated 18 miles of the Teton River to the Linderman Dam. With the exception of the Felt Power Plan they ran everything. The gage above Leigh Creek reported 350 cfs.
South Fork Eagle River, Alaska
Not on Youtube, but on Vimeo as it is a HD video: http://vimeo.com/13878260 More aimed at beginners + interested folks & general thoughts instead of lots of action, but I hope you find it interesting nevertheless.
I think Vimeo is a much nicer site than YouTube for videos:
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Why not…
Maybe get something like this out for 2010…fingers crossed.
Designated as Wild and Scenic, the Selway River is one of North America’s premiere wilderness whitewater rivers. With headwaters high in the Bitterroot Mountains along the Continental Divide the river drops rapidly through granite bedrock. The banks of the river are overgrown with cedar, fir, huckleberries and ferns.
On August 28 and 29 of 2010 David Chenault, Luc Mehl and Forrest McCarthy, equipped with Alpacka Rafts, walked in 27 miles, from Hoodoo Lake to the Confluence of Moose Creek and the Selway River. Low water prevented them from putting earlier on Moose Creek. The Selway gage was reported 600 cfs. They did successfully float the entire 23 miles from Moose Creek to Selway Falls.
Wrangells and Brooks Range:
Some of my stuff:
Surfing Olympic (http://vimeo.com/15008283)
South Fork Flathead (http://vimeo.com/14198032)
North Fork 100 (http://vimeo.com/13442041)
Isle Royale (http://vimeo.com/13108357)
“Ironically as they paddle more and more whitewater, their reward circuitry (for dopamine) dulls, which makes the easier runs less satisfying and drives them to still harder runs and bigger drops to compensate. They are essentially chasing the high of earlier, heavenly thrills on easier water. This is precisely what we see with chronic alcohol or substance abuse.”