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 I'm sure there will be many stories of the chaotic start & the mayhem at the first turn.
-[[https://pacificmultisports.com/results/vortex-paddle-series-race-3/?fbclid=IwAR0cO8zaUAfmtG3uEBFmSlTr4edw8qzpAkW-GwahMqx3sIO7ui8lsZK9GB8#0_3EF1B7|https://pacificmultisports.com/results/vortex-paddle-series-race-3/?fbclid=IwAR0cO8zaUAfmtG3uEBFmSlTr4edw8qzpAkW-GwahMqx3sIO7ui8lsZK9GB8#0_3EF1B7]]
+[[https://pacificmultisports.com/results/vortex-paddle-series-race-3/|https://pacificmultisports.com/results/vortex-paddle-series-race-3/]]
 **Denise Weeks** \\
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 **Saturday Gorge Non-Race\\
 Denise Weeks** \\
-Jun 21  #29479
+Jun 21 #29479
 Dennis already gave a good report of the conditions, and I've seen better video footage from Bruce @ Epic Kayaks, but here's my minor contribution. Locals offered different opinions on which would have been the better way to go down the river to reach the green can; I ended up pretty much in the middle of Swell City. The camera died before some of the biggest waves of the ride, but this shows a few of the roller coaster rides we all went on.
-https://youtu.be/NRpfEKjTgHc
+[[https://youtu.be/NRpfEKjTgHc|https://youtu.be/NRpfEKjTgHc]]
 Denise
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 **gorge report 6/2021\\
 Reivers Dustin** \\
-Jun 23  #29483
+Jun 23 #29483
-So many stories.  The 'non-race' was too big for little reivers.  A couple of us did the home valley run once or twice.  That was heavy enough for me.  Even the tough guys from big water places got "a real race" (ref.)  One notable "dry paddle" was Greg B.  A couple days prior He had braced against the car to change shoes or something and the wind took that opportunity to blow the door closed.  So he got stiched up in time for the scheduled race on Sunday, but missed the apocalyptical Saturday.  We heard some even more ironical irony:  broken bones on the safety boat.  It was that rough.  And then next day dead.  And then I saw East winds there for the first time.  Did some reverse downwinders from Home Valley to Stevenson.
+So many stories. The 'non-race' was too big for little reivers. A couple of us did the home valley run once or twice. That was heavy enough for me. Even the tough guys from big water places got "a real race" (ref.) One notable "dry paddle" was Greg B. A couple days prior He had braced against the car to change shoes or something and the wind took that opportunity to blow the door closed. So he got stiched up in time for the scheduled race on Sunday, but missed the apocalyptical Saturday. We heard some even more ironical irony: broken bones on the safety boat. It was that rough. And then next day dead. And then I saw East winds there for the first time. Did some reverse downwinders from Home Valley to Stevenson.
-Lots of other weird news.  Max has a new haircut.  He's going for a warrior mohawk with dreads going down his back.  LB brought a knife to a gunfight.  He's sitting at a Starbucks halfway to Stevenson looking at his boat in the parking lot saying to himself, "I don't have a rudder like that on my phat boat!?"  Braincells begin to fire up and he calls around for someone who has not left B'ham yet.  Finds Dmow and gets him to bring his phat boat.  Life goes back to normal for LB.  Duncan is behind the curve a couple of days, but still grabs the big van and the trailer and jumps out of B'ham at 5am.  Halfway through Seattle he notices all the other drivers honking and waving at the stream of blue smoke behind.  Blown tire on the trailer.  These are fairly new tires from a good shop.  He throws on the spare and throws the smoking steel rim with the strands of rubber into the trailer and fires on South.  Next day he re-tools the tires in Hood River and we are again doing runs like teenagers.  Meanwhile we met a couple (the Limbergs) who had done a hot run to Stevenson straight from Wisconsin.  They were immediately one of us.  The special Wisconsin cheese curd was passed around - some kind of odd bonding ritual I think.   Uhm, a moment here, I ate those just before doing well at Vortex #3.  Hmmm.  Maybe Goldilocks had something with these curds.  Then somehow late one evening everyone piled up at Duncan & Gwen's.  Paddle-people.  Listen here.  You think you know somebody.  I'm still working out some of the cool conversations that went down with the great food.  But I promised you some weird.  How about 30 or so paddlers sitting around in 90 degrees listening to a poem about freezing to death in Alaska?  And to spike this image:  it was JD reciting.  I had no idea he was such a raconteur.   We're all sitting there getting chills from this ghost story about some sourdoughs on Lake LaBarge.  Here's a link, but it reads dry.  You need to hear it with JD's voice.   \\
+Lots of other weird news. Max has a new haircut. He's going for a warrior mohawk with dreads going down his back. LB brought a knife to a gunfight. He's sitting at a Starbucks halfway to Stevenson looking at his boat in the parking lot saying to himself, "I don't have a rudder like that on my phat boat!?" Braincells begin to fire up and he calls around for someone who has not left B'ham yet. Finds Dmow and gets him to bring his phat boat. Life goes back to normal for LB. Duncan is behind the curve a couple of days, but still grabs the big van and the trailer and jumps out of B'ham at 5am. Halfway through Seattle he notices all the other drivers honking and waving at the stream of blue smoke behind. Blown tire on the trailer. These are fairly new tires from a good shop. He throws on the spare and throws the smoking steel rim with the strands of rubber into the trailer and fires on South. Next day he re-tools the tires in Hood River and we are again doing runs like teenagers. Meanwhile we met a couple (the Limbergs) who had done a hot run to Stevenson straight from Wisconsin. They were immediately one of us. The special Wisconsin cheese curd was passed around - some kind of odd bonding ritual I think. Uhm, a moment here, I ate those just before doing well at Vortex #3. Hmmm. Maybe Goldilocks had something with these curds. Then somehow late one evening everyone piled up at Duncan & Gwen's. Paddle-people. Listen here. You think you know somebody. I'm still working out some of the cool conversations that went down with the great food. But I promised you some weird. How about 30 or so paddlers sitting around in 90 degrees listening to a poem about freezing to death in Alaska? And to spike this image: it was JD reciting. I had no idea he was such a raconteur. We're all sitting there getting chills from this ghost story about some sourdoughs on Lake LaBarge. Here's a link, but it reads dry. You need to hear it with JD's voice.\\
 [[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45081/the-cremation-of-sam-mcgee|The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service | Poetry Foundation]]
 **Paul Reavley** \\
-Jun 23  #29485  \\
+Jun 23 #29485\\
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 **Reivers Dustin** \\
-Jun 23  #29486
+Jun 23 #29486
-woah. That is excellent.  videe me glams on that.
+woah. That is excellent. videe me glams on that.
-OK, that was a very lame, obscure reference to the slang used in "The Clockwork Orange".  Specifically the part where they strap the main character down, tape the eyes open and force him to watch scenes of violence.  The twist is that he loves Beethoven and they play his beloved music along with the "Aversion Therapy" vids.  Thus ruining something he loves (along with curing his reckless delinquency).  Oh horror.
+OK, that was a very lame, obscure reference to the slang used in "The Clockwork Orange". Specifically the part where they strap the main character down, tape the eyes open and force him to watch scenes of violence. The twist is that he loves Beethoven and they play his beloved music along with the "Aversion Therapy" vids. Thus ruining something he loves (along with curing his reckless delinquency). Oh horror.
 **Duncan Howat**
-Jun 24  #29488
+Jun 24 #29488
-As a follow-up to the last few days down there at the gorge all I can say is the old boys left it all on the river and I left it all on I-5 middle Seattle. Didn’t catch on fire though. Some goldilocks days for June  at the Mighty Columbia river.
+As a follow-up to the last few days down there at the gorge all I can say is the old boys left it all on the river and I left it all on I-5 middle Seattle. Didn’t catch on fire though. Some goldilocks days for June at the Mighty Columbia river.

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