http://worldkayakblogs.com/jscreekin Any River, Any Time Thu, 15 May 2008 16:59:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My new love: The 2008 Hero. Here are just a few reasons why I love the '08 Hero. Nimble: The Hero is easy to move around the river. Because it rides high in the water and has planing hull with just enough edge, it’s easy to use the edges and a few ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/jscreekin/2008/05/15/jackson-hero-review/ 24 Miles, Two Days Put-in: 2,450’ Take-out: 1,050’ For a total gradient of 1,400’according to Google Earth. McCloud River scenery. Flowing south from Mount Shasta, the McCloud River is renowned for both scenery and fishing. With a natural base flow of over 700cfs, the ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/jscreekin/2008/04/21/lower-mccloud-iii-iv-iv/ Every season has its awkward moment. Tired of endless dark, cold, early mornings, glad-handing countless “public” and trying to make sure every transition is met (not get hurt), the transition from snow to water is looked forward to with hope and anticipation. To quote the common ski ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/jscreekin/2008/03/31/transitions/ RIP Beaumont. Beaumont was a not so beautiful '84 Mercedes that I had converted to run on waste vegetable oil, and if you boated with me in the last few years you probably saw this jalopy in action. Because excessive constant maintenance issues due sitting around for long periods ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/jscreekin/2007/12/17/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-older/ Klamath River on a winter morning. The majority of water in the South Fork Salmon comes from a glacier high in the Trinity Alps Wilderness. The rest of the water flows out of the Russian Wilderness, guaranteeing first rate water quality on the South Fork Salmon, ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/jscreekin/2007/12/11/south-fork-salmon-%e2%80%93-methodist-creek-ii-iii/ The McCloud River flows off the southern side of Mt Shasta, and after dropping over two large waterfalls it flows through a beautiful class II-III (IV) run before being impounded in McCloud Reservoir. Springs supply year round flows in the McCloud, and the water is crystal ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/jscreekin/2007/12/02/mccloud-river-ii-iii/ Had we finally been defeated after a month of bushwhacking, cold weather and minimal flows? During our time in Newfoundland we put for the effort, driving over 5,000 kilometers, including a trip to Labrador and Quebec in pursuit of water. While checking the flight schedule in Deer ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/jscreekin/2007/11/12/the-sun-also-rises/ While driving south from the Torrent River, we caught a glimpse of a gigantic waterfall in Steady Brook, a ski mountain village only five minutes north of our destination; Corner Brook. Scouting the waterfall, Chris Korbulic and I enjoyed the view and then ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/jscreekin/2007/11/07/steady-brook/ The Cloud River is one of the larger drainages in Newfoundland. We had perfect flows and it had still not rained, so we knew we had our work cut out for us to find something with water. We also had to make it back to Deer Lake to ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/jscreekin/2007/11/04/torrent-river/ Elated by the first descent of Doctor’s Brook we checked the map and while driving to find more water, ran into some local hunters. Full of both local color and local knowledge they pointed us towards a “Niagara” sized waterfall on a tributary high up in ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/jscreekin/2007/10/29/leg-pond-feeder-v-v/