My 18 mile ride was on the Colorado River and it included Class III-
IV rapids.
--- In whitewaterriverboarding@yahoogroups.com, minotmaser@... wrote:
>
> Thanks for the info. Checked out the article, interesting. I
have extremely
> light weight camp gear -- as I've been an alpine climber for
years. So I'm
> pretty sure I could fit all I need in a 20 liter dry bag for the
3-4 days
> down the Middle Fork. Question is, what's it like to surf waves
(the whole
> point of the trip) with a dry bag on one's back? I'm going to
test my gear here
> once I get some free time in a week. Also, what grade water were
you running
> when you did the 18 miler and where was it? The Middle Fork can
get pretty
> solid with a number of IV+'s with high water at the end of May.
I don't
> think I'm going to do it if it's forecast above 4,500 cfs. Where
are you based?
> I'm in Missoula~Minot
>