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The weekend before climbing (June 26/27) we joined Pat, Jackie, Chris (Jackie's brother), and Brittany (Chris' girlfriend) for a whirlwind trip down to the Buffalo River for an overnight canoe trip. Atalie took a sick day on Friday and we all drove down in the afternoon to AR to get some miles in and find a place to camp. When we got on the river, the temperature was up in the mid-90s, so the water was a welcome relief. We floated for a few hours, swimming off and on, and found a large gravel bar to call home for the night around 6:30. Sleeping was miserable- it was about 80 with no breeze until 4 am- we averaged 3.5 hours of sleep with 2.5 hours of dozing and wiping sweat off our brow.
The next morning was nice- it was cool (about 75) and slightly overcast. None of that lasted long. It was back in the 90s by about 10am and the sun was relentless. Luckily, there were plenty of gravel bars to stop and go swimming at along the 5 miles we floated. We took out in the early afternoon and then headed home. It was a short, enjoyable trip!
Eddy (the dog), Brittany, and Chris.
Atalie and I jumping off a (maybe) 12-foot ledge into the water. Lots of fun!
4 comments:
that jump looks kinda close to the rocks below, and assuredely you must have made sure that the water was deep enough to jump into. we just will make certain that your mothers don't see this picture.
oh oh. i think atalie's mother be looking at the blog soon. maybe because i am going to rat you out. you should have given me some payola.
What!!!! Are you guys crazy?!!! I hope this was just a bad camera angle. It looks like you are practically jumping on top of rocks. You could break your necks you silly kids. It was a bad camera angle - wasn't it?
Never fear- I went first. Plus, it was a bad camera angle (or good depending on the type of reaction you're going for). We checked the depth prior to jumping and it was plenty deep enough for that height. Although we did need to jump pretty far, but the rocks jut out a bit over the water. That was my fifth or sixth jump and Atalie's third.
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