Can we get a few more red boats out here?
One of my friends wanted to try out her new mini-cataraft, and the Upper Sauk seemed like a good place to do this. The flow was around 2100 cfs and it was a nice sunny day. I met a group of 6 other people and we headed up to the put-in.
After getting our boats rigged, we started down the river. Everyone had a great run at the first big rapid, and it looked like we were on our way. As we headed down into the first few rapids, someone signaled for me to pull over. This was in the middle of a set of rapids, and there was no good place to eddy out where we could get all six boats in, so I had to go through a couple more rapids to find a good stopping place.
It turned out that one of the people in the group was feeling sick and couldn't continue safely. After some discussion, we were able to reorganize people and boats, strapping an inflatable kayak to the back of my cataraft, and continue.
At 2100 cfs, the rapids are splashy and fun, but it's easy to find routes through the rapids. We made it to the last rapid and almost everyone had an easy time - the remaining IKer flipped and swam the last section of the final rapid.
After handling the shuttle, we went out for dinner and most of us found a place to camp for the night so we could do another run in the morning.
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