Chili Bar

[jibmaster]

Just got back from the Chili Bar run. WOW! That's some big water!
Very pushy. HUGE waves. We portaged the IV- Troublemaker rapid. It looked really ugly.
My buddy, jibC, did a complete flip backwards off this enormous hole. He swam three times. Hard to blame him - he was demoing a playboat.
I went down once in the shallows. Got pinned between two rocks and flipped.
But I held it together in the big water. Both of us lost our paddles. Mine was retrieved by our third buddy just downstream. When jibC did his unintentional back flip he swam forever in the huge water and lost his paddle.
He continued on using his hands for paddles, until we found it downstream just before Troublemaker.
Nailed two rolls - only in practice unfortunately.

I know all you superfreak "expert" kayakers on this board run this all the time
blindfolded during flood stage.
I am just a humble beginner. You got a smart-ass comment? - Save it for someone who cares.
I just wanted to let a few people on this board that I
kayak with/want to kayak with - that I pulled off a successful III+.

This is the biggest, most sustained water I've been in yet. I loved it.
I want more!

[Guido]

Way to go jibmaster,
whether is it class V+ or class II-, paddling is all about how it makes you feel. Keep on rockin'

(but you don't have to tell us about it every time... ;)

Eric G.

[jibmaster]

(but you don't have to tell us about it every time... ;)



Sorry - I'll try to contain my excitement and act more like a professional
from now on. ;-)

[Anonymous]

I am not an expert kayaker but I am a smart ass. So please keep posting every run., and remember, I out there waiting. But props to you and your great day boating! paddle on.

[Anonymous]

He swam three times. Hard to blame him - he was demoing a playboat.
But I held it together in the big water. Both of us lost our paddles.
When jibC did his unintentional back flip he swam forever in the huge water and lost his paddle.

Is this satire? I'm not trying to sound elitist, but try to stay the f- out of the water.

It has nothing to do with how good your are or what run you're on.......but try to figure out why yall aren't staying in your boats or holding on to your paddles.

Having fun is nice.......but taking care of your shit and understanding the consequences for being on a river is even more important.

Mike

[Anonymous]

The law offices of Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe of which I am a partner demand clarification on behalf of our client Mr. Nuts.
As to the aforementioned Mr. Nuts. He would like to know if said party Jibmaster is indeed being serious in regards to post regarding the said Chili Bar run. If so said party should cease and desists all posting as it is seriously jeopardizing Mr. Nuts' ability to concentrate as he is laughing way to hard. Furthermore our law offices would highly recommend a doctor as said party Jibmaster would seem to be suffering from lethat levels of cranial inversion that could threaten said partys ability to suck air.

[Anonymous]

hey joey pants, I suffered whip-lash from being rear-ended by a comercial raft. I need some good representation. smack

[jibmaster]

Having fun is nice.......but taking care of your shit and understanding the consequences for being on a river is even more important.

Mike

True 'dat
We played it as safe as we could. We knew we were pushing the envelope
of our skill levels. We put in with much caution. Truth is - we skirted by most of Meatgrinder(never got out of the boat) in the shallows next to the bank. We took the easiest line everytime. Except jibC, who for some reason, thought that he could just blow right through that wave - ended up catching some air! God, I wish I had a picture of that!
After jibC lost his paddle (I know, I know...) our situation became very clear. We were severely handicapped at that point. If I had gone down, retrieving gear would have been very difficult.

Several situations that day taught us some valuable lessons.
A paddle is pretty important to hang on to. :-)
Swimming sucks.
Need to do more rolling practice - in some fast water - quiet pools don't count.

[jibmaster]

Hey Joey Pants - if you want to laugh even harder check out what the third
member in our party was floating in

http://www.secondhand.com/adventure.jpg

[Anonymous]

Demoing a play boat on a run that is at your upper limits is not a good idea. You should probably be in a river runner or creeker preferably one that you are used to. Also I have seen novice paddlers try to skirt a rapid by staying near shore get into worse trouble getting tripped up by rocks. Your best line is almost always to follow the tounge and stay in the deeper water. I will also recomend that you paddle with experienced paddlers untill you are more conpetant. If you do not already belong to a club you should consider joing one ( Gold Country paddlers or Loma Prieta) so that you can get on the river with experienced paddlers.
Have fun but be careful.

[jibmaster]

Excellent points Old Guy.

I told jibC that running Chili Bar in a playboat was not a good idea.
The only time I went over was in the rocks and shallows of the left bank of Meatgrinder. I know about the tongue/tounge - not sure which...

As for clubs - I wish. Not many clubs with members who can boat on a Tuesday or Wednesday (my 'weekend'). And I can't seem to get much support (except jibC) for early Saturday mornings (gotta be close - Cache, Russian, Putah).

I use a Wavesport X. I have run Coloma-Lotus in a playboat - well, really I pretty much swam along side it...!
I knew he would swim.

- Just tryin' to step outside the box

[jibmaster]

...but try to figure out why yall aren't staying in your boats or holding on to your paddles.


Mike


That line just cracks me up!! That's some funny shit!

Thanx Mike! :-)

[bonk]

Sounds like fun Jib!

[pcboudreau]

Hey Jib,

GCP (Gold Country Paddlers) has a group that regularly paddles on Wednesdays. Our listserv has almost 400 people subscribed to it so there's a pretty good chance that someone out there can match your schedule, especially during the summer when teachers are paddling a lot.

$15/year dues ain't that bad.
http://www.gcpaddlers.org

[Anonymous]

G.C.P. is the best place for newbie's to find people to paddle with. As a group they are on the far end of saftey and like having young bright eyes looking up at them. Here's to carnage!

[jibmaster]

Thanx bonk! Wish you could have been there. It was tons of fun.
The only thing I regret was not bringing a camera.

[Anonymous]

hell yes, i love to watch people swim. can i bring my video camera?