Little White Salmon River @ 5.6+
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2024
- This video gives you a look into the record high decent of the Little White Salmon. This push in level came after a steady week of running the river at flood stage and many years of training, learning, and making up these high water lines. A bit of luck always comes with catching rivers at particular flows...And it just so happened that myself, Isaac Levinson, and Ben Marr decided to drop into the LW on the morning of January 28th 2020 and explore the limits of our favorite river in the world. What we found was a mix of glorious, beautiful, and freighting. Even after close to 1000 runs of this section, I was personally pushed to my limits. Simi-controlled chaos...
I don't recommend running this river over 5 feet to anyone, but you have to go to know, and that's a personal decision. Grateful to say the least. - กีฬา
I’m 58 now. Stumbled across this video. Right now I feel very sad and desperately want a time machine to go back and go around again. This is the best video on you tube, for me. Great tunes, breathtaking . Thank you ever so much. Be safe, peace, form the U.K.
You have time my friend. Get out there live life while you can
About to go down it in two days with my 70 year old father. You’ve got plenty of time, my dude.
At 57 I discovered kayaking at the urging of my kids. I paddle an inflatable kayak and although I cannot run the water shown here, I run some great whitewater and it is a thrill. And I have met some interesting people. I paddle about once a week! I say get out there and give it a try.
If it makes you feel any better even if you started when you were young you’d probably still never catch the little white at 5.6ft
I'm on my couch and ducked under that tree LOL. Nice paddling.. something I never tried, respect!
Meee tooo...lol.
same lmao
There's not many white water paddling clips that I rewatch over and over. This is monumental.
Amazing paddling, and the edits between the two cameras was great. A version with just natural sound would be sick too. 🤔
Agreed
That was badass ! Don’t have that kind of water here, so I canoe on the lower MO River about 150 miles south of the Gavins Point Dam. I’ve been been canoeing with the pancake ice that comes down this way every winter for about the last thirty years. I’ve floated by coyotes,foxes, bobcats and eagles. It’s been a hell of a good run. Weather and age has not let me out yet this winter, that and all the flooding up this way has changed my entry points and take outs. Wish I could have run some of those types of rivers when I was younger. Thanks for the video !!!! 👍👍👍👍👍
Right on crew. Wish the video could do the true risk and skills justice. Respect.
I think anyone that's paddled a Kayak will understand. I definitely saw some pucker factor 11.5 moments in there.
Incredible river reading skills. Insane amounts of cross currents on this run. Very technical!
OMG - that was legit. So many strainers. This was like watching a video game.
This video was like therapy, perfect combination of music and SFX
Duuuuude!!!!! I was ducking and rolling with you man! Great video! I lived in White Salmon for years but never ran the river. INTENSE!!!!!
Best paddling video ever made. Makes me love live even more.
At that level swimming would virtually guarantee flush drowning.Continuos and stout as hell.Best white knuckle video I've seen yet.Evan is on the razors edge of paddling.Hope he continues to survive and advance.
Amazing. Thank you for taking extreme educated risk. You’ve earned that high water from the years of research you have done!
The power of that river was unbelievable. Man that took some balls for you guys to attempt that. Oh to be young again. Great work guys. Really enjoyed that!
My arms are tired just watching this. Totally epic!!!!
Awesome run! I will watch again on the big screen with a brew.
I have been watching this edit almost once a week since it got out. I am amazed every time!
fark thats a long section of burly water - you guys nailed all the lines - you must know it well. Keep charging and posting these vids so I can charge from my couch. CHEER!
Best video I've ever seen..man thank you .I kyack to but only on smooth water..I've been in the north Georgia mountains and kyacked the togalo river. But it wasn't that fast .I would love to kyack that fast water but I'm 66 years old and not gonna take a chance on it...but your video sure felt like I was on that water. Thank u sir
Is this the White Salmon in WA across from Hood River? If it is, many trips up there to Mt Adams country. Now near the Payette, Salmon, Snake, Owyhee and Bruneau-Jarbridge in Idaho. Definitely want to get up and check out the Lochsa and Selway someday in that massive Selway-Bitterroot.
it is seriously fucked that anyone can be this good, like these guys can paddle better than i can walk
Song choice on point that intense chill vibe
Personally, I would have preferred it without music. Great video nonetheless
amazing, skillful run, omg! captured & edited perfectly! while i enjoy running smaller rivers, thanks for bringing me down the salmon!
This is so incredibly impressive.
That was solid. After reading the intro, I understand better. Your lines were effing genius. The 1,000 runs makes perfect sense. I was astounded at the near (laughing) perfect choice of line. I couldn't do that. I don't run the same rig. My canoe would almost certainly be looking for its fourth set of gunwales. (on its third set of gunwales in 4 years) My canoe would be too long and too slow in the turn. Watching was more like watching a mogul run on a big mountain, with big random bumps,, double black diamond Vermont trail stuff. Sugarbush, Middle Earth. Well Done !!! Thank you for bringing me along.
The most wild run and river i have seen here ..well done
I watched the entire 9:09. FUUUUUCK..... There are levels to this thing folks.
The steeze here is incredible. Great work egkilla
Awesome! We rafted that river about 10 years ago and it was near 6.0. The guide had never seen it that high in the 30 years of guiding the river. It was so high, it was unsafe to drop the falls!
You must be thinking of the commercial raft run on the Middle White Salmon. The Little White Salmon (shown here) is a much steeper and more difficult run a few drainages to the west of the White Salmon.
No you didn't.
I’m not sure how this came up in my suggested videos but it was a great edit
Freeking amazing ride fellas. Cool music too
This looks like a lot of fun at lower levels, lots of twists & turns!! Very pretty environment...
I wanna make a joke about that looking easy... but I've got nothing. That was INSANE. 🤯🔥🤙
@2:00.... that's when it's nice not to have eyes in the back of your head. That sweeper almost got him. Good job and great footage.
Immer wieder bewundernswert, wie leicht bei euch solche wichtigen Flüsse ausschauen. Würde auch gern so lässig bei sowas sein wollen. Schöne Grüße ronactive
Just stumbled across your channel and have been watching everything. Do you happen to have any recommendations for resources for someone looking to get into the hobby?
Wowie Zowie....ive only seen the river in late summer and fall, a georgeous area....yall crazy!....xlnt vid!
Dang, fellas, awesome run. You had me adrenalized and air-bracing my desk chair through the whole video. I bruised my elbow, though when I tried to roll.
Scary those low hanging branches & rocks seemed like a good day not flip!
Seems easy when those guys do it ... Pretty amazing technique
Gotta love big water and well-timed paddle strokes. Love it!
Steady heavy... beautiful run boys!
Wowzers, talk about intense! I found myself ducking under the trees and limbs! Great video
Beautiful area. Thank you for sharing this cool video!
good tough paddling, that is a pushy river at that level, you showed great skill at staying with it, good video & scenery, thanks for sharing
Great video! Personally tho', I would rather listen to the sound of the water than the soundtrack you've included. I just don't like music with outdoor adventure stuff, I wanna hear what's going on ... good or bad. Anyway thanks for the recording, fabulous!
Couldn't agree more with you. I come from a surfing background and while I enjoy watching kayaking videos, the music selection in nearly all kayaking videos is nothing short of abysmal. Cheaply produced electronic or dime a dozen bad boy hip hop that has nothing to do with the imagery. Just leave the natural sound.
Late to the game here but sweet to see the old new school guys still killin it.
Wow, that was amazing. Do you guys scout a river like that first? I cant imagine it being easy to get out if there is a low tree across your path. I would love to learn the skills to do this.
Really nice job! I don't think the wide angle lens shows just how big it really is, but you guys smoked it!
That was freaking SAVAGE!! HELL YEAH MAN
What a rush just on video!
THIS I MUST DO!!! if not there then anywhere
That's sick dude. Smooth AF 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
Very nice. Great edit dude. Love the transitions and the tunes. You boys made it look smooth, but man it looks splashy!
Всё ВЫСШИЙ КЛАСС 👆‼️‼️👍И река, и съёмки, и техника прохождения ‼️спасибо за доставленные удовольствие. 👆👌🤝🕊️🍾🥂👋
A beautiful session.
Love the Arcade Fire cover too (but nothing beats the original this is nice though)
So why am I sitting in an office chair ducking and clutching at the arms! Good paddling!
This is insane plus sick song. Holy
Arg.....Class 5++++ Nice work!
Shit that look like a 10 on a richter scale to me !!!
There is no way in hell this video even comes close to doing this justice... sheesh, you’re a madman!!! 😳😳
Love this video. Hope to get on this run one day (lower). So cool. Thanks for sharing.
Miss this type of paddling brings back good mems.. But happy I've moved on family man now cant risk doing this shit anymore.. fluffy class 4 for me is enough now.. nice clip lads keep it up.
ITs great to see your video content man. Your one Rad dude
At least 5.6. My preferred level in the 90's was 2.5, lol.
It's ben a ton of fun watching Evan Garcia's WW videos during CV19 "work at home" (or watching kayaking videos lol). Only thing better than his GoPro videos is when a streamside photographer gets a fuller perspective of his paddling style, grace and fluidity.
Sick paddling and river
I guess one can't rate those rapids as VI because it appears they successfully ran that water but...the skill level of these guys is off the charts.
Six weeks later, this is what it feels like going to the grocery store during COVID-19.
100% would rather run the LW at this flow before dealing with this shit show!
Yeah, keep pushing it Evan! That was awesome. Stay safe out there!
Man that's amazing! Amazing scenery to btw!
Another watch 4 years later, and I have to say, that upstream ferry by Levinson was hairy. It capitulates the essence of extreme kayaking and quick thinking. No doubt he knew exactly where that log was from warm up runs, but quickly id'd that far left was his only safe option. Power ferry move like no other.
WOWEEEEEE‼️ What a ride‼️🤗💃🏾Fantastic
Dude this is crazy! Awesome video
Dude this put me In the mood to shoot a vlog!! Great material
DAMN that looked like a workout! Awesome and thank you for sharing.
Amazingly cool - I get tense going through class II's. Gnarly stuff guys!
Fuck that must have been a great run. Looked like white water all through. No flats.. Just rapids. Nice
I absolutely love this....
A little after 4 minutes you'll see me swimming up stream in these beginner caps. On a serious note this is insane. I wish I did motor this when I was younger. Only experience I have is finding a white water kayak here in N.Y on April 2nd against a log jam and deciding to take it down the crick. Thank god it had a leak and the off balance water threw me out several times. The trout fisherman didn't know what the hell was coming out in front of them. The snow on th banks let me know I was the coldest I've ever been.
I looked really fun a little scary at several points good job guys.
Where is this run compared to where the reservoir used to be? Sorry,Im an old dude who hasn't been there for years. Impressive stuff, thank you!
First of all, bad ass video!
I live like fifteen minutes from the little white. I just bought my first white water kayak and am trying to get into learning. I was wondering if you have any advice on finding people to paddle with around here? :)
Can't wait to get my waka og thanks Evan
That was dreamy to watch, skill at the highest echelon! 🔥🔥🔥🔥All the best!
Woah that looked scary as hell just from a ten inch screen! Respect!
Gorgeous run.
Мужики, вы просто сумасшедшие, очень круто! Речка великолепна
Well, that was sporty. The blend of music and real time action is perf, 100% awesome!
Goodddd shit I tried this once and I will say respect to the people who do this on crazy as water like this the day I went the water wasn’t so bad but this makes me nervous just watching good stuff man I subbed
What a run. Reminds me of the N.F. Payette.
Post apocalypse flow! Making it look good you zombie slayers
World class paddling right there!
Scrumptious.
Some nice paddling also nice arcade fire 🔥 cover
Awesome run, and also... awesome music! Thanks for introducing me to some new artists, I’m super into your music choices!
Respect, that seems a lot scarier than the ocean but maybe that’s because I didn’t grow up near a river ha
great filming. it looks great!
Balls of steel Fellas. Respect. ATB Reeco
Awesome video! Yes, also liked the editing between the different kayaks. 5.6+ (as in class?)
5'6"+ is the water level
I watch this at least once a day...
Quite the flush there. Nice lines:)
Bring 'yer chainsaw next time...
Yea that was sick. That boily thing around 5:00, hectic.