In early June, several good friends and I took a boating trip to Idaho. It was the peak of snowmelt and the rivers were raging. After an amazing two days on the SF Salmon, we finished the shuttle and camped near the incomparable mountain town of Yellowpine. The next day we paddled a high flowing East Fork of the SF Salmon (Check out that link for what the EFSF looks like at normal flows). Mike took a huge, long swim, just barely making it out of the river. I had my headcam on and caught the entire episode on video. After he finally got to shore, I stopped kayaking for the day. I just didn’t want to see that go down again.
Scouting the top of Flight Simulator. Mike points to where, an hour later, things will start to go wrong. Read More
Experiencing Metlako Falls – My First 90 ft. Waterfall
Coming home Friday night, I get online and Facebook tells me what to do.
I’d thought about running Metlako Falls for a while. But only just thought about it. I’d never even hiked the mile and half up to take a look at it, though I’d driven past the Eagle Creek trailhead dozens of times. A handful of my friends ran it this spring and pronounced it amazing.
Metlako is a perfectly shaped waterfall. A gently sloping slide launches down into a deep pool. There is no entrance move to make, there is no exit to navigate, no cross-currents pushing sideways, nothing but a beautiful freefall to the deep pool below. What holds me back is the same thing that inspires others to kayak it – Metlako is a huge waterfall.
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