Second day 'Man Week'

After a slow start on Monday, we finally got rolling out of town at 3pm. We rolled up to Coors Falls on the West Fork of Clear Creek to check it out. The falls are different than I imagined, around a bend with basically 3 drops in a row. The third spaced a little further out offering time to recoup if the first two went poorly. The action doesn't let up after that, pretty much a white stripe for 100 yards or so, but nothing too bad, just quick. I think we will hit this up on the way back in to town, as we felt the level was a bit high at 300+, not to mention it was cold and raining.

Headed down to Dumont section and put on at a high medium level. Good fun.

First bit is a quick moving and rowdy section that keeps you busy and a bit white knuckled if you don't know the run. The next section is a pool drop section that is about 8 ledges and holes that were a bit washed out, but less bony than usual. Then came the carnage!

I remembered a rapid that flipped Tanner and Fred before, and thought it was coming ahead. I asked Mike should we scout and he said "no, just go left to right". I thought he was wrong and headed right to left only to come over a lip and into a huge hole. I was stuck for long enough to glance over my right shoulder to see Tanner coming right in after me, I imagine his face reciprocated mine. After getting over the boil, I looked over my left shoulder to see all 7 feet of Tanner's boat in the air and falling backwards. I prepared for a swimmer, but Tanner stuck it out for most of the rapid but wasn't able to get upright. He bailed and I remember not what he said, but his horrified tone. I was in good position and he grabbed the back of my boat and I got him to shore. Mike and I chased his boat for a mile or so, before wedging it just after the Phoenix rapid.

Tanner showed up a little rattled, but ok.