tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12664898.post45272731088501154..comments2023-11-05T03:26:37.311-08:00Comments on T h e R a n g e L i f e: The Tatlow BuzzBryan Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12224511473765962245noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12664898.post-49829914731391431032007-09-19T14:14:00.000-07:002007-09-19T14:14:00.000-07:00Hey BrianDid you ever actually get that 8th lap? I...Hey Brian<BR/>Did you ever actually get that 8th lap? I got number 9 on sunday!<BR/>I'm not going in that low again, a piton on the wall and 3 swims (first I've seen on the creek), including a rope extraction out of the 1st portage. I know I'll never run that rapid, and it would be much harder to get a rope back there with more water. Anyway, it's awesome that the carnage has been minimal and so many people got on the epic creek this season.<BR/>BHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12664898.post-43325123633888654962007-09-13T09:00:00.000-07:002007-09-13T09:00:00.000-07:00Hey - with all those laps and multiple swims - any...Hey - with all those laps and multiple swims - any one find my wedding ring in there? <BR/><BR/>Anyway, Tatlow is so f-ing good its worth waking up at 330 am in seattle to drive to Tatlow, putting in at 130 pm, taking out at 230 pm, and then driving right back to seattle to be in bed by 10pm. I would not recommend, however, doing the trip with the flu which I finally accepted that I had at about 10:25 pm. I will Spare details. <BR/><BR/>bzz-rockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12664898.post-31414940913179246672007-09-07T08:57:00.000-07:002007-09-07T08:57:00.000-07:00Thats sick yall. BC is so dam good! this year was ...Thats sick yall. BC is so dam good! this year was my first time up there. Got tatlow 4 times..epic run man. As clean as it gets, and big without getting too scary. That little boy who did the misty off the throw&go he is...well...good lookin' I'm jelous of you folks up there and happy that the stikene got the 20th group this fall congrats Max and Austin, you guys were charging some big shit blind, good for ya!!<BR/><BR/>EvanE.G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07606149653979412772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12664898.post-65002981757332403072007-09-06T23:35:00.000-07:002007-09-06T23:35:00.000-07:00Yea it ain't really a zero portage run because of ...Yea it ain't really a zero portage run because of the manky log drop that Todd is speaking off. That one has actaully gotten worse with a new log that shifted this week. It is the rapid right below the log waterfall and is best portaged on river left now although we did crawl over the log again when Austin and I were in there Tuesday.<BR/><BR/>Besides that every other rapid has been run on each lap that I have done. The log waterfall still gets more jumpers than huckers. Little Dave's get the heart rate going, but I have run it every time this year. Same with the ledge above the big one. Most crews have been running all the way through to the log waterfall. <BR/><BR/>The big drop changed for the better, as the pool below is backed up a bit more with a log jam at the entry to the log waterfall. Also the logs have left the left side of the big one. Austin was threateneing to run that line. It is marginal, but someone will probably do it. <BR/><BR/>Tatlow has always been and continues to be a run that you want someone in the group to know the lines. Lots of places that are next to impossible to scout and you benefit huge by beta. We have been getting comfortable on it this year, but it still demands mad respect. There are plenty of carnage stories that will make the final film and lots more stories.<BR/><BR/>Good ole' Tatlow...thanks to Joanven Moore for finding that one!Bryan Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12224511473765962245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12664898.post-72528216508761277722007-09-06T19:01:00.000-07:002007-09-06T19:01:00.000-07:00Sick! Cant wait to see the documentary!Sick! Cant wait to see the documentary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12664898.post-47922626558415054302007-09-06T18:29:00.000-07:002007-09-06T18:29:00.000-07:00Not true. The piece o' shit rapid at the bottom (u...Not true. <BR/><BR/>The piece o' shit rapid at the bottom (upstream of the final triple ledge series) is a MANDATORY PORTAGE now, as every channel is choked with wood & very dangerous. The portage is very non-intuitive, so if yer gonna run Tatlow this year, get the beta from someone who knows what's up. <BR/><BR/>Also, just upstream ... the 15-footer right below the 45-footer -- the one that is usually always portaged -- is even sketchier this year, as both the pool at the bottom of the 45'er & the eddy upstream of the 15'er have changed.Todd Gillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365983274794966615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12664898.post-53413008442700434082007-09-06T16:18:00.000-07:002007-09-06T16:18:00.000-07:00you forgot to mention that there are no, as in Zer...you forgot to mention that there are no, as in Zero, portages on the TAT this season. Not that I would know first hand ... F@#K!*%& school. First year I will likely miss Tatlow :'-(<BR/><BR/>Nice work, Bryan!Shane Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533364236694305342noreply@blogger.com