Saturday, December 11, 2010

more TishTang...

Within the last week there was some media response on the TishTang descent. I finally made it on the cover of the Times Standard the newspaper of the californian north coast on their friday issue. The credit for that goes again to Wes Schrecongost. Nevertheless the Hoopa tribe asked for not heading back in there due to the fact it is a ceremonial site for them.

here is the cover


zoom in for the text


There also where some articles in german on KANUmagazin.de, Bliss Stick Europeplayboaters.de and 4-paddlers.com.

And finally I pulled out a video clip!


Tish Tang Falls from 1596 Media on Vimeo.

Even so the adventure is going on. Today I went in the lower gorge of the New River with is about an hour away from Arcata. We had a pretty descent flow which turned out to be high. Ben swam in the first serious rapid after I went down fine and we lost his boat at this point. Paul Gamache and myself followed the boat for a couple rapids. Divided from the rest of the crew we decided to go down the river after they signaled us, that they gonna hike out. The rapids were big and we portaged a couple of times. The rapids in the New River do not end in big pools but follow right after each other. This character makes it more dangerous. Additional to this are the vertical walls on both river sides. It was scared but fun at the same time. Simply a great adventure I shared with a good friend.

2 comments:

  1. The Tribe does not have to ask you to not head back there because your entry on the reservation violated express tribal law. Hoopa Valley Tribal law prohibits non-members and those w/o a permit from entering closed areas. Closed areas are described in the law. Tish Tang Falls is most definitely a closed area. Here is a link to the law.

    http://www.hoopa-nsn.gov/documents/SignedCodes/Title15-Conservation110399.pdf

    If you or other persons wish to enter closed areas of the Hoopa Reservation you will need to first retain a permit. The permit may or may not be granted but that is up to the Hoopa Tribal Council. Remember, upon entering Hoopa you left California and entered into another jurisdiction. Your entry w/o a permit was a violation of Title 15 and could result in a citation.

    An apology to the Tribal Council at one of their meetings would be a good idea. If you are interested contact Darcy Miller their executive secretary and she can place you on the agenda.

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  2. Nowhere in the Tribal document is Tish-Tang-a-Tang falls mentioned as a sacred site, nor is this document visible (as in a sign) by anybody driving across Hoopa reservation. I'm not defending any rights for kayakers to paddle this, merely the fact that this was by no means done with any intention to disrupt the Tribe. Until informed by the tribe we (kayakers) considered this to be a "navigable waterway" that emerges from national forest land. With that being said, how about a little respect from the other direction! (Instead of just a rub) What these guys did was by no means a small feat, and they pulled it off safely.

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