Lower Columbia Canoe Club

Short Video from April 6 on the NF Trask

Mark Scantlebury — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:20:39 +0000

I wasn’t really looking to shoot a video, but came home with a few clips anyway. Most of this video is the rapid we call Landslide which has gotten easier over the years. I also pulled out the camera at a drop below Landslide. The NF Trask has a succession of four very fun drops after Landslide. Participants: Audrey Bergsma, Ted Housen, Kevin Lane, Rob Eliot (great to see you out there, Rob!), Kendall Springer, Robert Frisbee, Denny Egner, John Maroney, and Eric Lindenauer. Murray Johnson’s car got a flat on the notorious Trash roads, site of many a flat, and he ended up dealing with that and the poor excuse many cars these days have for a spare. Thanks for taking one for the team, Murray.

Two Rivers, Two Canoe Clubs, One Purpose

Mark Scantlebury — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:39:46 +0000

This is a video of the last weekend in March when the Beaver Canoe Club came down from Vancouver, BC to paddle with the LCCC. More paddlers than I can name. On the Wilson Narrows and the Marmot to Marmot section of the Sandy, we had about 19 paddlers each day. Wilson was 1,000 cfs and the Sandy was 2,100 cfs (Marmot gauge). Lots of great fun and sunshine as temps were in the 70s. My thanks to all the members of the Beavers who made it down for the weekend.

Canoeing the Salmon River in Oregon

Mark Scantlebury — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:11:22 +0000

Eleven LCCCers caught the Salmon at a great level (~2700 cfs by the Sandy at Marmot gauge) for a great run of this heavily forested river. Paddlers included Bill Jordens and Bri Condon (tandem), Audrey Bergsma, Kevin Lane, Greg Davenport, Alex McNeily, Robert Frisbee, Drew Crisell, Chuck Wilkison, Denny Egner, and myself. Most of this video is all of us running the one big rapid, but this run is full of continuous rapid fun. Put it on your list.

Canoeing the Kilchis

Mark Scantlebury — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:30:57 +0000

Seven of us paddled the Kilchis on Feb 23. The Wilson gauge was falling from arround 2400 cfs to 2250 cfs while we were on it. Level was great. Driving out in rain and snow there was doubts the forecast for diminishing showers would hold, but once we were on the river, the rain stopped and by lunch we were seeing sun. Paddling that day: Bill Jordens and Bri Condon in the tandem, Karl Dinkelspiel in the yellow Phantom, Terry Miller in the black kayak, Robert Frisbee in the red Ovation, and Audrey Bergsma and me in our orange Preludes.

2013 Sweetheart Paddle

Mark Scantlebury — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:05:16 +0000

Once again, Mary Ann Jordens arranged a great Sweetheart Paddle and brought the treats. This year we returned to our 2010 venue, the East Fork of the Lewis, which was around 700 cfs. Amidst the clouds, rain, and breaks of sun, we even had a little adventure involving logs and a canoe. Fortunately, the Sweethearts in the canoe swam out long before the logs and just a little damage was done to the canoe. Paddling that day: Bri Condon, Greg Davenport, Patty Brooks, Bob and Karen Williams, Bill and Mary Ann Jordens, Jim and Jan Bollermann, Mike Keating and Mary Ella Kuster, Laurent and Nina Rochette, and Audrey Bergsma and Mark Scantlebury.

First Day of the Year Paddle 2013

Mark Scantlebury — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:38:52 +0000

A hardy group of LCCCers enjoyed the sunshine and braved the cold to celebrate the first day of 2013 with a run down the Bull Run/Sandy rivers. The group included organizer Bill Jordens, plus Ted Housen, John Murphy, Bets Stover, Audrey Bergsma, and Mark Scantlebury. Caught on video: the first roll of the year and first swim of the year.

2012 LCCC Year In Review

Mark Scantlebury — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:30:37 +0000

This is a video featuring highlights of club and club member paddling trips and adventures in 2012.If you want to download it onto your computer, go to: http://vimeo.com/58301319 and select “download.”

2012 LCCC Year In Review Video from Mark Scantlebury on Vimeo.

Three Autumn Runs

Mark Scantlebury — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:41:26 +0000

Autumn rains have been sweet for autumn runs. Both the Kalama and Kilchis runs were on days, as Audrey puts it, had two kinds of weather: hard rain and harder. I didn’t get much footage of the runs, in fact my camera quit working on both of them, I’ve combined what I did get with the Wilson Devil’s Lake Fork run we did the last weekend in November on a sunny, cold day. Lots of great tandem action with Bill and Bri, then Bill and Audrey, and, in an IK, Ted and Kendall.

Canoeing the White Salmon in Early October

Mark Scantlebury — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 05:55:37 +0000

One week after the last run in September, a number of us descended on the White Salmon again. In this video, I label some of the major rapids. And you get to see three runs of Husum, including one by Greg Davenport in his C1. He also demonstrates a roll earlier in the video. Other folks on the trip include: Bill Jordens, Murray Johnson, Chad Price, Kendall Springer, Carl Poston, Eleanore Hunter, Denny Egner, and myself. And by the way, that flip by Chad? I must have had too little faith–he rolled.

September 30th on the White Salmon

Mark Scantlebury — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:56:42 +0000

A group of nine ran the White Salmon at 1.8 feet on the last day of September. The group included Bets Stover making her first solo run of the middle White Salmon and aceing it (then getting bit at Rattlesnake after the falls on the lower section). Also along for the ride: John Murphy, Kevin Lane, Denny Egner, Kendall Springer, Greg Davenport, John Maroney, Audrey Bergsma and myself. We later ran into Terry Miller and his friend Bucky (short clip of Bucky running Staircase).Also ran into Nick Jacobs paddling a Blast with his fiance Kate. Audz got a clip of me going over Husum and I got one of Greg. Cave Wave was in great form. See it all in 4.5 minutes.