https://www.davestravelcorner.com/journals/destination-other/crashing-and-burning-at-randys-rock-rapid-on-the-wild-colorado/ Seeing the World One Step at a Time Tue, 07 Sep 2021 23:30:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.davestravelcorner.com/journals/destination-other/crashing-and-burning-at-randys-rock-rapid-on-the-wild-colorado/#comment-89897 Tue, 07 Sep 2021 23:30:46 +0000 http://www.davestravelcorner.com/?p=95003#comment-89897 I wrapped a 13’ Miwok raft on the very same spot on my first trip rowing the Canyon in 1981. We were 15 friends from Bear Valley California on an 18day private permit. I was following my friend Ric McCann (RIP), who was also a Stanislaus/Tuolumne River guide, and he said he had made the move on a previous trip and it was fun. Being a private trip, we may have had a few beers since this stretch really didn’t have many rapids of consequence….
I misjudged the entry and was swept into the rock in an instant. I highsided and my might arm became stuck temporarily between the rock and the raft and the boat wrapped on the undercut leaving only the side tube visible. My one passenger swam left through the slot and I to the left. Somehow the current surged and snapped a spare oar which in turn punctured the tube, allowing the raft to flip and float free. We pulled over and patched the raft with Barge glue and hypalon. Nothing was lost except for the pride of a rookie boatman and the broken oar.
My only GC wrap and flip all in one!

]]> https://www.davestravelcorner.com/journals/destination-other/crashing-and-burning-at-randys-rock-rapid-on-the-wild-colorado/#comment-22712 Tue, 30 Jun 2020 11:49:44 +0000 http://www.davestravelcorner.com/?p=95003#comment-22712 Your article is quite helpful! I have so many questions, and you have answered many. Thank you!

]]> https://www.davestravelcorner.com/journals/destination-other/crashing-and-burning-at-randys-rock-rapid-on-the-wild-colorado/#comment-22100 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 02:36:57 +0000 http://www.davestravelcorner.com/?p=95003#comment-22100 Hi Dave! It’s been 45 years since the Randy’s Rock trip and since I last saw you. Great story. I still have the original story that was published in the Springfield News-Sun by Jim Hayes in 1977, with photos and sketches.

]]> https://www.davestravelcorner.com/journals/destination-other/crashing-and-burning-at-randys-rock-rapid-on-the-wild-colorado/#comment-22003 Wed, 07 Aug 2019 20:25:54 +0000 http://www.davestravelcorner.com/?p=95003#comment-22003 Wow, what a ride!

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