Bailey 6-24-07

We put on Bailey with 500cfs at the put-in and 650 at the takeout. Out of the many time I have paddled Bailey, this was the highest water level. I thought the run was much higher quality than low water Bailey and not much harder (except for Supermax). We had six in our group and another three were with us for most of the day. Despite the group size, everything went pretty smoothly (except for three swims by paddlers who will remain nameless).

Second Falls.



Third Falls.



Supermax is alot harder at high water. The line is extremely thin. Nobody ran the whole thing today. Ian runs the sneaky-sneak line at Tampax.



Deer Creek is one of the few places on the run where higher water noticably increases difficulty. Its pushy at this level but it all goes straight down the main current. A rare shot of myself in the Deer Creek crux.



Deer Creek crux from below.



Ian performed a heroic rescue of a paddle that had lost its owner and become pinned in the Mystery Eddy rapid.