Lochsa River Madness high water kayaking and rafting 2022

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2 жыл бұрын

The Lochsa means rough water in the Nez Perce language and this spring it was pumping above 18,000 cfs the first day we were there, then it dropped into the 14,000 range on Sunday. The carnage at Lochsa Falls is a sight to see as these brave souls battle the beast and it might be generous to say about half of them made it. The kayaking was also epic at one of my favorite rivers in the world.

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@whaleshrimp111 Жыл бұрын

Around 30 years ago I floated that stretch of the Lochsa at higher water in a flat ended, 14 foot long Hypalon raft that had a "non self bailing floor" glued to the bottom of the cross thwarts. I loaded up the front section with water then headed into the Beast! No problem! the raft just pushed on through. I learned this from a very scary high water run through West Water Canyon of the Colorado River in the spring (May or June) of 1974. The raft loaded it's self up with water by the time I got through Funnel Falls. We headed into Skull with a big load of water. One 2 X 6 inch frame board broke and 2 D rings were pull off but we made it up the wave hitting the rock cliff separating the river from the Room of Doom and off to the left! Some of that old equipment was pretty bullet proof.

@terryknutson3202 2 жыл бұрын

It is so Wild that the "waves" are going every direction with such force!!! Thank you for showing this !

@SteveDent32 2 жыл бұрын

It's probably my favorite river such a Rollercoaster ride!

@seanbaskett5506 Жыл бұрын

The choral version of Seven Nation Army with this video was spot on

@lucasnugent2346 2 жыл бұрын

Blue boat with the pink paco checking in. Surfs up! Great video and even better weekend. It was good to be home on the Lochsa.

@SteveDent32 2 жыл бұрын

Did you recover all your gear. Saw your go pro footage at the festival. Looked like you were missing part of your frame.

@vivianchan-boiseidrealesta2141 2 жыл бұрын

The Best video of the weekend and perfect music choice! Well done and badass paddling!

@SteveDent32 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@karlayvonne4048 2 жыл бұрын

What a Beautiful River you have! Awesome vid!

@nevalozturk 2 жыл бұрын

Wohooo ......Awesome!!!!! That goes to my bucket list to do. Thanks for sharing. What a rodeo!!!! Loved it! Great song choice too.

@travismickelson9011 Жыл бұрын

It blows me away how easy you make this look. I been white water rafting for 25 years. Been to the lochsa river madness 3 times have a 17 foot Aire cougar cataraft. I been in a hard shell kayak one time on the Salmon River. I almost drown 3 feet from shore in calm water with the owner of kayak right beside me. One more thing is a helmet came does no justice in videos to the size of the waves in person. Their twice as big if not more in person. In a kayak these waves on the lochsa at this flow are like a two story house! I know kayaks will go threw unbelievable shit but only if the kayaker has unbelievable skill.

@SteveDent32 Жыл бұрын

That is a good point, we call that the Go Pro effect! It is twice as big in real life compared to the video that used to happen to me all the time, watching a video then go try to kayak a river and realizing it's way bigger than it looked, thanks for the comment!!

@annawagner5122 2 жыл бұрын

steve!!! this video WINS!!!

@SteveDent32 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making my weekend a good one, you rock!

@ChrisTuller Жыл бұрын

What a great river. I miss it very much. Used to paddle my squirt boat there in the early 90’s.

@jeffreygreen9315 2 жыл бұрын

That punch in the small Hyside at 1:20 is very impressive 👏

@bennyblanko3 2 жыл бұрын

That was awesome ... had me pulling on my mouse a little, so you know it was real ... and great tunes too!

@Bradley-sl2uv 6 ай бұрын

Excellent footage.

@ZachMacKayak 2 жыл бұрын

Nice!!!

@puddlecruiser81 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I wasn't the only one who got wrecked at Lochsa Falls. Big water great year!

@Ruger44Redhawk Жыл бұрын

One day I hope to get up there from Southern Idaho. The Lochsa, Clearwater, Middle Fork Salmon, North Fork Payette, Owyhee and Bruneau-Jarbridge are definitely on my bucket list.

@jcashadventurer Жыл бұрын

Nice video man!

@BC-mf5gr Жыл бұрын

Great edit

@user-lv5tf2dv4y Жыл бұрын

That's a nice river, l wish to work in a such river.

@kentnoble8434 Жыл бұрын

Subscribing because I like the music!

@coskier1969 2 жыл бұрын

Nice...

@cabinvibesebaystore8956 2 жыл бұрын

New sub ! 🙂❤️🙂

@ceriaadventure 11 ай бұрын

Jeramnya luar biasa.jadi mau mencobanya

@Victory-mq7wz 2 ай бұрын

❤💯😇✊😉🥰

@muthrfuqrjonz3530 Жыл бұрын

Oregon 💛

@DekeDieken Жыл бұрын

(Idaho)

@dedyasriadyuly8709 Жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥 💪💪💪 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

@Ruger44Redhawk Жыл бұрын

That guy in the front of of the first raft 😂. Dude just hit a wall! I would love to get up there from Southern Idaho just as a spectator! But I guess we have the North Fork Payette for that here. Someday, Iwould love to raft or kayak the Lochsa, Clearwater, Middle Fork Salmon, North Fork Payette, Owyhee, Snake and Bruneau-Jarbridge. But almost all of those take serious skill. I was able to keep us straight down the Deschutes while I'll requested to be in back steering, but the Deschutes is tame compared to Idaho.

@ZachMacKayak 2 жыл бұрын

Rusty Joe!!!!!

@SteveDent32 2 жыл бұрын

The Man!