Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving Break is nearly over and here is a brief consumption of my adventures:

I stayed in Arcata for the whole break. This was very nice cause I got some time to rest and do things i wanted to do for a while. But of course I didn't stayed here 24/7. On saturday I teamed up with Jon Chin and Paul Gamache to run Burnt Ranch Gorge at approximately 800cfs and we had snow on both passes we have to cross when going to the river. Finally I pulled out this video from Burnt Ranch Gorge.

Burnt Ranch Gorge from 1596 Media on Vimeo.

On sunday Dan Menten and myself drove up to the Smith River drainage where we met wit Kyle & Craig Hull and Keegan Grady to run Oregon Hole Gorge on the Middle Smith and the South Fork Gorge.

Kyle Hull and Dan Menten in the Oregon Hole Gorge

On Monday I took a break from kayaking and went to the Jedediah Smith State Park to look for some huge trees. It was raining all day long and we got totally went while crawling through the woods. The next day I went north to the Smith drainage again to paddle Patricks Creek and the Siskiyou Gorge on the Middle Smith. This time with Keegan, Kyle, Wes Schreck and Jon Hyland.

snow peak on the way north

Redwoods in Jedediah Smith State Park

After three days in a row at the Smith river I finally got the chance to put on Willow Creek, the local creek less 45min away. Together with my buddies Dan, Wes and Christian I spent a great time in the River o a nice sunny day.

Dan Menten boofing a small drop

Christian enjoying the river

Willow Creek

On Thursday I left the town with Eddy a friend from university to go hunting. We drove some crazy dirt roads, got stuck in the snow, climbed a communication tower with a great view and had a lot of fun. We didn't shoot anything but we spotlighted four deers! And we saw a bunch of tracks.

bear tracks in the snow

the pacific and Mount Shasta in one photo - amazing view!