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The rest of the Dartmouth crew had headed straight home from the Beaver on Sunday, but I spent another night at Taylorville and then headed up to the Raquette the next morning. Ran into Justin Crannell and the steezy dudes… Continue Reading →
Nothing seems to draw a crowd like the Labor Day Beaver releases. From the 40 boats parked above Moshier Falls to the carpet of beer cans at the Taylorville putin on Sunday morning, this weekend seems to bring everyone out… Continue Reading →
Another summer weekend, another trip to the Raquette…This time, Ben had had an unfortunate fight with some pavement at 2am the Thursday night prior and had 15 stitches in his forehead. But, we figured it’d be fine and he came… Continue Reading →
A few NH/VT boaters and I have been in an email conversation with the USFS for a few weeks about a proposed project to place large woody debris (LWD) into the headwaters of the Big Branch. Naturally, we were all… Continue Reading →
In a shocking twist of events…it turns out summer is boating season in New England. The New Haven has run at least once a week for the last month, and northern VT went huge on Wednesday (5″ of rain in… Continue Reading →
39 days out and I’m creeking again…it didn’t even hurt that bad. The New Haven River is a mile of excellent low-stress creeking: slides, boulder gardens, funky slots, a waterfall, and the fact that it comes up easily combine to… Continue Reading →
5 weeks out and I’m paddling again…35 days without whitewater is too long. Two laps on the Dryway (Deerfield River, MA) today with the Ledyard crew. Snapped a few cool photos: Labyrinth wave. The crew in Dragon’s Tooth. Also went… Continue Reading →
Well, after a week boating every day on some cool stuff in CO, I broke my collarbone running a ~37 foot waterfall blind. Moral of story — if you drop into a tiny pool flowing straight off a big horizon… Continue Reading →
Sunday was Dartmouth’s graduation, so after a late night, Nick and I woke up early and finished loading up for our month long cross country road trip. Our first stop was in Connecticut where we dropped off Jackie, Nick’s dog… Continue Reading →
Quinn Connell and I left for Quebec at 9pm last Friday, met up with Jake and Matt Risch, and camped at the takeout for the Taureau section of the Jacques-Cartier river. After 3 hours sleep, we rallied, all crammed into… Continue Reading →