Whitewater Rafting the Tuolumne River Gave Me Grey Hair
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Published: July 23rd 2009
June 28th 2009
June 28th 2009
I arrived into Groveland at 7am after a 3 hour drive, meeting the lead guide and arranging my gear. It was moist and overcast as the driver arrived, and after striking up a conversation with me it soon turned to his family. His niece was in Sweden tagging and tracking wolverines. He couldn't seem to understand why though, saying "Why don't they spend that money to track people instead?" Its a ... Read Full Entry
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I grew up in a small town. I went to Uni. I started taking pictures afterwards in 2000. Several cross country road trips and 3 summers in the Sierra Nevada forced me to fall in love with the outdoors. In 2004 I began working full time, taking advantage of every free weekend and holiday while liquidating my yearly vacation for bigger trips to other countries. I especially love conifer forests and alpine mountains.
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Date: 23rd July 2009
SPIDER!
Wow, that spider with the egg sack is Crazy looking! And I love the thistle :)
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SPIDER!
Wow, that spider with the egg sack is Crazy looking! And I love the thistle :)
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Date: 23rd July 2009
Thanks SISTER!
Thank so much to my wonderful SISTER who posted that comment! haha
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Thanks SISTER!
Thank so much to my wonderful SISTER who posted that comment! haha
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Date: 23rd July 2009
Great Blog!
Stunning panorama :) - loving the innovative ways they get used. You have so many amazing national parks in the US - I was surprised how few people were visiting them when I was there in 02. 1 day walk from Yosemite valley - not a soul around. Keep on exploring, enjoying and sharing!
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Great Blog!
Stunning panorama :) - loving the innovative ways they get used. You have so many amazing national parks in the US - I was surprised how few people were visiting them when I was there in 02. 1 day walk from Yosemite valley - not a soul around. Keep on exploring, enjoying and sharing!
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Date: 23rd July 2009
Great blog!
Hi Steve :-) Always nice to read your blogs, and really nice one you got here! Love the human dimension you add to it and wow the river looks really impressive! Glad you had a great time, and yes we live only once so better be good!
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Great blog!
Hi Steve :-) Always nice to read your blogs, and really nice one you got here! Love the human dimension you add to it and wow the river looks really impressive! Glad you had a great time, and yes we live only once so better be good!
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Date: 25th July 2009
Great photos as always!
Wow! Seems you had an amazing time. I would say I´m jealous but nearly drowning doesn´t come high on my list!
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Great photos as always!
Wow! Seems you had an amazing time. I would say I´m jealous but nearly drowning doesn´t come high on my list!
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Date: 25th July 2009
thanks to alL!
haha thats funny Kat- yeah I can't say the first day was something I actually enjoyed, but the fear of danger really made me feel alive. I swear I found some grey hairs on my chest that were NOT there before! nice to hear from you Laetitia!! And Ali- you're totally right. We have so much wilderness here and so few people actually pursue it. I love the Western US!
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thanks to alL!
haha thats funny Kat- yeah I can't say the first day was something I actually enjoyed, but the fear of danger really made me feel alive. I swear I found some grey hairs on my chest that were NOT there before! nice to hear from you Laetitia!! And Ali- you're totally right. We have so much wilderness here and so few people actually pursue it. I love the Western US!
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Date: 26th July 2009
Neat blog & pictures of course
I've been following your blogs, guess this is the first I comment on. Your blogs are well described. As mentioned earlier, you give an emotional dimension in your thoughts that kind of comes across without much blur. Keep traveling. I'll keep envying:-) travelbuffs
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Neat blog & pictures of course
I've been following your blogs, guess this is the first I comment on. Your blogs are well described. As mentioned earlier, you give an emotional dimension in your thoughts that kind of comes across without much blur. Keep traveling. I'll keep envying:-) travelbuffs
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Date: 27th July 2009
Nice
I love the "mossy crack"!
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Nice
I love the "mossy crack"!
From Blog: Whitewater Rafting the Tuolumne River Gave Me Grey Hair
Date: 6th August 2009
Grey Hair and the Tuolumne!!
Well Steve, your blog is terrific and describes our trip extraordinaily well, inclusive of my lack of swimming prowess!! However, I will say in my defense that trying to swim in 25-30mph flow, with giant waves crashing overhead, hydraulics sucking you down and bouncing you off the bottom (thru 3 sets of rapids) small boulders crashing and moving on the same river bottom - all the while trying to avoid crashing into larger ones coming at you at that same 25mph, does not leave one much time to swim!!! Ok! - enough of my escuses!! AND you are so right - what a fantastic trip, with you making it all the better. We loved being with you that first day and were very sad when the guides took you from us (which is of course, the reason we flipped!). Great pics as well. Thanks for the memories!!!!
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Grey Hair and the Tuolumne!!
Well Steve, your blog is terrific and describes our trip extraordinaily well, inclusive of my lack of swimming prowess!! However, I will say in my defense that trying to swim in 25-30mph flow, with giant waves crashing overhead, hydraulics sucking you down and bouncing you off the bottom (thru 3 sets of rapids) small boulders crashing and moving on the same river bottom - all the while trying to avoid crashing into larger ones coming at you at that same 25mph, does not leave one much time to swim!!! Ok! - enough of my escuses!! AND you are so right - what a fantastic trip, with you making it all the better. We loved being with you that first day and were very sad when the guides took you from us (which is of course, the reason we flipped!). Great pics as well. Thanks for the memories!!!!
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Christa
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Wow, so neat!
Hi Steve! Thanks for the in-depth, descriptive, and very personal sharing about your trip! It sounds really amazing. I'll bet all your friends are wishing they'd gotten off their booties and gone with you....I wish I had gotten to do it! Our work team went kayaking 2 weeks ago on a river by Harper's Ferry...very fun but SMALL rapids...nothing like what you saw! Glad you had a great time and met a neat family. I enjoyed the link to the San Fran Wife-Swap dude...what a horrible meanie!!!! Miss you and love you, Christa
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