Ramblings

   Two more runs on Canyon Creek.  Water is still pretty high the second time.  I flipped at the same place on Kahuna and ended up swimming, but for much lamer reasons this time.  I botched my first roll, saw the harmless but scary looking undercut wall, and swam.  It was stupid.  That whole day was mostly bad lines.  But the good news is that this lets you get a lot of rescue practice!  Luckily, my bad line off of Champagne turned into a good rescue as I rolled up with an empty boat in front of me.  I was in perfect position to push it in to the eddy on river left, right before hammering spot!  The reuniting of man and boat took a little longer than it should have, but it all worked out.  I had an assist on another rescue earlier in the run.  I guy lost his boat at a rapid above Kahuna.  I chased it down and managed to pin it on some rocks, which was hard because it didn't have any float bags (n.b. always have float bags).  I got yelled at by the trip leader because he thought i was going to go off Kahuna chasing after the boat, which was not the case, I knew where i was, but everything worked out.
   Second run was at a much lower level.  I think it was around 640 CFS.  The river was much tamer.  A few of the earlier rapids confused me, but I felt confident that I could handle what was beyond every horizon line.  Though the confidence was great, my lines weren't as good, probably due to not scouting.  But I finally ran thrasher, quite well, and had a great line on a much easier Kahuna.  Definitely a classic run.