Black River 6-21-08

Today was a great day for all of mankind. I had a crew of 7 beautiful women from U of Rochester. They were involved with student orientation or something like that. I had a bunch of good memories from this trip even though it is already midnight after the trip and I have had a few Gin drinks. We paddled really strong and worked well as a consistent paddling crew. The River was flowing @ 1700+ so it wasn't too shabby at all...

The best part of the trip was obviously Surfing a class 3+ hydraulic called the Cruncher. It was sweet. My crew of ladies (except 1) thought I said abandon ship when I actually called hyside right. Needless to say I lost 6 into the depths of the Black River. Then It was just me and Hannah...or maybe it was Mandy....I forgot. At any rate, we surfed a little bit longer and finally got so in tune with the River that we both decided to follow our comrades to the murky depths of the sticky hole. I lost my paddle and throw bag temporarily, luckily however, the General caught up to them and brought them back 2 me. It was a wicked Psycho Surf. Defiantly recirculated me and we had dumped the whole boat. Something I'm not entirely used to doing nor do I intend to do in the near future. I would bet the River threw in something special cause' I hadn't seen it since last time I went down w/ John and paddled the glen park falls.

Ladies if you end up reading this I'm pretty sure I remember your names.
Hannah, Mandy, creature, Kate, Eleanor, Nicki, well I Guess I forgot one...sorry...if you bought the photo album from the days trip send them to me @ whitewater_chet@hotmail.com and by the way I wont ever forget this trip...Thanks again