Riversnorkel
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The huge snowpack in Washington state has swolen the local rivers to record levels.
Our search for clear water took us far up into the mountains to the little Wenatchee river. This river has extremely dangerous sections of class V whitewater but the 5 mile strech we swam on the 4th of July provided a high speed run through stands of old growth forests.
We encountered a huge log jam that spanned the entire river, providing a very interesting portage. As usual we encountered wildlife. A large buck mule deer stared couriously as we floated past and a family of merganzers may have thought we were just logs. Several fish species were spotted, but the breakneck current meant we had to focus more on survival than filming.
Thanks for watching!
[video=youtube_share;kH8ADw8PJqI]http://youtu.be/kH8ADw8PJqI[/video]
Our search for clear water took us far up into the mountains to the little Wenatchee river. This river has extremely dangerous sections of class V whitewater but the 5 mile strech we swam on the 4th of July provided a high speed run through stands of old growth forests.
We encountered a huge log jam that spanned the entire river, providing a very interesting portage. As usual we encountered wildlife. A large buck mule deer stared couriously as we floated past and a family of merganzers may have thought we were just logs. Several fish species were spotted, but the breakneck current meant we had to focus more on survival than filming.
Thanks for watching!
[video=youtube_share;kH8ADw8PJqI]http://youtu.be/kH8ADw8PJqI[/video]
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