got out this past saturday for some cold-weather kayaking. this was my first time taking video while kayaking so it is not the most exciting video, but still gives a sense of how beautiful the scenery is.
new sport: si-yaking
here i am inventing a new sport - sideways kayaking, or si-yaking for short. it is just like normal kayaking, but tilted 90° for more full-water contact.
si-yaking is often also paired with another fun sport: whitewater swimming =)
kayak roll practice
been heading over to Deer Lake for some kayak rolling practice. yesterday I got my StickPod camera mount in the mail, so I decided to try it out:
mt. st. helens
Didn't make the summit last year due to whiteout conditions, but returned this year with Chris, Andy, Conner, and Zack to try again. Windy, rainy, cloudy weather made for a long cold day, but everyone reached the summit and (hopefully) had a good time.
Buckskin Gulch
Along with our visit to Arizona last week, part of our trip was also geared around our hike of Buckskin Gulch. It is considered one of the longest slot canyons in the world, and I had been looking forward to doing this hike for some time. As the day got closer, the weather was looking worse and worse (and being in the bottom of a 400-foot deep, 5-foot wide canyon is not the place you want to be when a rain storm sets in), so I was very worried we would have to cancel our hike.
In the end however, the weather held out and we had a great time. The pictures really don't do it justice - it was one of the best trips I have ever been on.
Click on either image below for a full slideshow of all of the pictures.
Here is a short video showing a particularly narrow spot:
Rolling Huts
We headed up to Winthrop last weekend to spend some time at the Rolling Huts and play in the snow. We did some snowshoeing and some ice skating, played some games, read some ghost stories, and just generally had a good time.
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