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Originally Posted by pearen
That's the guy! Six round boats, no cats or kayaks. Party from Bellingham, WA area. The guy had major short man complex and couldn't stop spraying if he tried.
One of my favorite things about high water runs on the MFS is the sense of community between different groups. I recognize everyone is there for some variation of a wilderness experience, but there is also a firm understanding that if the shit goes down everyone is there for everyone else. This dude thought he owned the MFS and wanted to tell everyone else to piss off.
Whatever, we only had to deal with him for a few hours and he provided entertainment for the rest of the trip.
BTW, What video?
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Agreed - you just don't see that attitude anywhere ont he river especially high water when things are more likey to happen. My boyfriend and him got into it at Sheepeater becaue again he felt like he "owed" the MF. Large campsites up stream and down stream - we hit the downstream eddy and camped in the large campsite. He was so out of control I have never seen such a thing on the river - ever. During high you get the camps you can get and there was plenty of space and he wanted no part of us near Sheepeater even though we we out of sight. Sorry but dude was an ass. They had one cool guy, Jesse, in their group and not even sure how he got hooked up with them. Dude was a complete ass - had no business being there. I had to walk away from the conversation between them - he just wanted to hear himself talk. They flew out, huh??? Interesting.... So not cool the river ...we called him Tom Petty the rest of the trip
He was upset that we had camped in his crouquet course that took up the entire camp, which we didn't know and wasn't obvious. I think Tim spoke to him when we first arrived, but didn't help and he just ranted the entire night and morning about other people taking over "his" campsite. I think he would have tried to chase off anyone passing through just to stop at the hot springs - they had already been there the night before and technically weren't allowed a second night at the same campsite. You just have to sit back and shake you head......not try to understand.
I will have to find out who has the video(s) but it shows you rowing and the tree coming up behind you and you entered Dagger with more behind. It came right between your tubes then you jumped off to the concrete fish weir and then back on (crazy! & big skills!) - I think someone may have the flip, but it seems eveyone saw it but me in realtime - I was probably cooking while all the guys portaged gear - gotta keep them fed.
I will get ahold of it and have it e-mailed to you some how.....drop me a line. Glad you guys had a great trip!
Happy Paddling
Patricia
patricia@achievepeakperformance.com