Cory Walker, Gary Eldridge, Bruno Lutz running Upper Boulder Creek (UBC) during peak run-off (June 27, 2009). The gauge was at 700cfs in the morning. Elephant Buttress Drop shown. Super fun level. All photographs: Cheyenne Willis. Video: Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS (read: cheap).
iFlows was put together by Chris Webster to check whitewater flows on mobile devices from Phateye. This is not an iPhone app, but a light-weight webpage that provides flow data that should be easily downloaded over slower EDGE cellular data networks. Just go to the mobile Phateye URL and bookmark it. Especially nice, if you’re on a roadtrip and want to check a flow on location.
This is the route of the Colorado 600km (360 miles) Brevet on June 21-22, 2009. Debra had a riding time of approx. 23 hours. Click the Full-Screen map button for a closer look of the route. Purple is first 400km loop. Red is second 200km loop.
I hadn’t been in NSV for a while, so yesterday was a bit of an unknown, we discovered a bunch of new wood to be heads-up for. A small handsaw could easily eliminate a majority of these strainers.
Sean, Andy, and myself put-in with around 250cfs on Saturday. This is a medium low level but not too low, when broaching becomes a hassle in the upper part of the run. We discovered that Cascade #1 had a new major strainer in the middle of that drop. This will need to be removed before anybody can run this drop. This strainer will require more than a hand saw to remove. Boating down the upper woody section, I was taken out by two strainers that were difficult to avoid. Thanx to Sean and Andy for rescuing my boat; the second incident requiring a “live-bait” rescue and rope work in very cold water.
The California section seems to be good to go, no new logs to be aware of. Thread-the-Needle drop can be run middle or right now at 250. There should be enough snow left this coming week to run NSV. And as always; bring an extra layer and your A-game.
Marshall Mesa is prime riding now. Skip dinner and hit it in the evening, it’s only green for a short time now. The flowers, temps, lightning, and distant anvil clouds are all optimal.
Said my prayer and pushed the upgrade button in iTunes this afternoon, committing to the iphone 3.0 firmware upgrade. As TMobile is my iphone carrier, I live in the murky zone of the unsupported and the untested. I have an unlocked 2G iphone without being jailbroken. The good news is that my virtual unlock is preserved and my phone works. Initially, my wifi seemed dead and nothing loaded into Mobile Safari. Shit… no more online NYT or GMail, life was going to be harsh. But after about 15 minutes, my wifi connection was back (sleepy wifi syndrome) and my appendage (Schimmelism #254) was connected to the world again. The only thing I had to do was re-enter my TMobile setting for the APN number (internet2.voicestream.com, no username, no password; love TMobile’s logins).
Now the bad news about firmware 3.0 upgrade. Most of my 49 apps are broken, including Tweetie. They crash immediately upon launching. I have read online that this means the app was not yet updated for the iphone 3.0 OS. I can’t believe 49 iphone developer forgot about 3.0’s arrival, but a fair amount of iphone users seem to be reporting app crashing, or maybe this problem will require the new ultrasn0w hack, which is supposed to be available tomorrow. Either way, another iPhone firmware update survived but with injuries.
The iphone 3.0 firmware will be released today at 11am MST. Hopefully it will go smooth with our unlocked TMobile 2G iphones, TMobile users, let us know if it doesn’t go smoothly. It has been a long wait for copy/paste on the iphone. Here is a good how-to list of the new 3.0 iphone features. http://bit.ly/fIbPi
June 13th, Debra and JT rode from Denver to Aspen (300km). The ride started at 4am and they finished at the Woody Creek Tavern at 8:47pm. The ride reached epic proportions when they got hit by a blizzard going up Independence Pass. Pictures.
Last week Erik Werner and myself climbed the Naked Edge. Max Siegal took these pics from on top of the Whales Tail. Thanx Max for sending me the hi rez versions to post.
@ErikWerner@uuilly Californians both confirm the bike attachment: holds surfboard. Boaters: all night rain, Slaughterhouse is up med level. 10 hours ago
Strange bike attachment seen behind music tent. What is it for? #aif09 http://yfrog.com/0rrryj2009/07/02
Ms. B is going to David Letterman Show next Wed in NYC. Husband answered this trivia correctly: What kind of store does Rubert have? A: deli 2009/07/02
Kayak in, kayak out. Slaughterhouse at lunch. No car necessary. Shuttle by CDOT #carbonfreekayaking #aif09 http://yfrog.com/aecdjj2009/07/01
Does anyone know where public can purchase conference movie tickets for #aif09? Website has no info. @dbanks19352009/06/29
@JulieEmmerman Send us a pic of your favorite Girona ride. Want to visit Girona some day. 2009/06/28
Upper Boulder Creek today. Super fun at 700cfs. Video and pics: http://bit.ly/fd4BT Drinking a Stella now, life is good #bouldercreek #kayak 2009/06/27