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liveonearth

River Tales: Section IV Checkout Day

Dec 24, 2008 16:06

Every time I talk with certain old friends, we trade stories from our years of working and playing on the river. I have so many such stories that when someone asks me to tell them a story, I have trouble selecting a single one to tell. I have long thought that I should tell those stories in my journal. So I will begin. Mind you, many of these ( Read more... )

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Ah...Jawbone buggss6 December 25 2008, 04:26:22 UTC

My favorite Jawbone story: We, as NOC did, have a high rope, right above Hydro and a low rope to belay the raft into the eddy at the bottom of Jawbone, and above Sock-em-Dog. I was holding the high rope. It must have been fairly high water because there was an additional guide in each boat in the bow to help get around Hydro Electric Rock and pass the Lizards Lounge to the left of Hydro. Anyway, I was holding the high rope...the raft came through and the stern guide fell out. I was going to pull this cowboy move and save the day by jumping into the back of the raft and grabbing a passengers paddle and help to get the raft safely to the eddy...well, I miscalculated the speed of the raft and the distance down to the raft. I jumped in, but landed directly on a woman, who fell to the floor, with me on top of her, between her legs. She seemed to be really enjoying this. I was trying to get off of her and she was holding me on top of her. The raft came to rest in the eddy on the left below Jawbone. My cowboy move failed, but gave ( ... )

Re: Ah...Jawbone liveonearth December 25 2008, 06:30:05 UTC

Whooops!

=D

chill... beauregard45 December 26 2008, 17:47:30 UTC

What a fine rapid. And with enough scare to keep you honest.

In my first year, I was holding rope on rio LEFT to the opposite of Hydro, and Robert Harrison, photon emeritus, ambles up to chat. He noticed that I was gripped tighter than a bulldog's sphincter, and to pass around some sage advice said sometime to the affect of, "you know, it's all about being safe and having a good time. All the rest is just details." Yep Robert, I see that now. Thanks for the insight.

J.

neptunia67 December 26 2008, 21:51:20 UTC

That thing looks like it's just waiting to chew somebody up.