OK, just wanted to get out a quick photo dump and update on my status. Things are awesome out here. SO much water and people to paddle with its amazing. I have had the chance to get out on the Little White Salmon a few times already and I have paddled to work a few times as well. Our Vertical Challenge team is raking up the feet and are leading by about 13,000 feet. We had a good crew hike in 4 miles up Eagle Creek in Oregon to run the Punchbowl Falls and the gorges above it. It was a truly amazing place.

Me dropping Punchbowl Falls - Eagle Creek, OR

Columbia River Gorge

Mt. Hood

Rattlesnake Wave...the playspot across the street


The Trout Lake Ice Caves

The Klickitat

Punchbowl Falls, Eagle Creek Oregon

Mt. Adams, Washington

Lance at the lip of Punchbowl Falls

The Gorge above Punchbowl on Eagle Creek

The Wet Planet North Camp communal tent

Thats it for now, I gotta go run a trip. More updates to come soon.

Farewell to the East Coast

It is once again time to say a farewell to the lush Appalachian hills that I have called home for so long. I am moving on once again to new rivers, adventures, and people. I am really going to miss all my friends and family here, but feel that I have had an awesome few months back and recovering from surgery.

This time last year I got on the Upper Blackwater for the first time before I left for Colorado. I have gotten on it 3 times in the last couple of weeks and then I also was lucky enough to catch the North Fork of the Blackwater....the steeper cousin of the Upper B. Check out the topo of the canyon.

I havent really been on it with the photos recently. I have just been psyched to be out and paddling with my good buddies and staying focused on being in the flow and in the moment when on the water. Through this I have truly been able to appreciate my surroundings in an almost Zen like state.

More to come.