After finishing our morning routines,we put back on to a different river.The river had dropped elevation so much that it had completely changed characteristics.It went from bedrock to continuous boulder gardens,and would remain so till the takeout.This is the middle 4 section,it's like the bottom 9,but smaller except the big bad beaver.Just above the beaver,Stookesbury and Korbulic passed us on their 1 day mission.I can't even imagine how this is possible.
Some of the rapids were huge and we were thinkin that we were in trouble if the bottom 9 is bigger than this.One person would lead until they were maxed out from running stuff blind,then the next person would see that look in their eyes and just pass by and take the lead.We were counting on each other and everyone stepped up to the plate.Tons of sick boofs and multi-move rapids just kept coming at us until we reached tehipite valley.
Tehipite is a yosemite-like dome that is absolutely amazing.It rises straight up out of the valley in dramatic fashion,and offers the last chance to hike out before the bottom 9.We pushed on as far as we could to the first drops of the bottom 9 before setting up camp.The views from camp of Tehipite were awe inspiring amongst the jungle-like terrain of the bottom 9.We ate 2 mountain houses each for dinner,and slept side by side on the only flat ground we could find.I couldn't imagine how the bottom 9 was going to be harder than what I had already been through,but I was about to find out.
Some of the rapids were huge and we were thinkin that we were in trouble if the bottom 9 is bigger than this.One person would lead until they were maxed out from running stuff blind,then the next person would see that look in their eyes and just pass by and take the lead.We were counting on each other and everyone stepped up to the plate.Tons of sick boofs and multi-move rapids just kept coming at us until we reached tehipite valley.
Tehipite is a yosemite-like dome that is absolutely amazing.It rises straight up out of the valley in dramatic fashion,and offers the last chance to hike out before the bottom 9.We pushed on as far as we could to the first drops of the bottom 9 before setting up camp.The views from camp of Tehipite were awe inspiring amongst the jungle-like terrain of the bottom 9.We ate 2 mountain houses each for dinner,and slept side by side on the only flat ground we could find.I couldn't imagine how the bottom 9 was going to be harder than what I had already been through,but I was about to find out.
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