By Evan Stafford
Photography by all the homies
ES Double Trouble - Photo By Leif Embertson
When the Gate Opens
Has it all melted out, the snow from the road
The meadows of gold, the moose in their home
The call of the water that might soon be gone
Bureaucracies stand still while we only long
For Long Draw to open, the gate to swing wide
To allow us to access our river of pride
We’ll show you the lines, the wilderness prime
It will open your mind, is it open this time
We circle like vultures our eyes on the prize
We want clean lines through Cool World and Fantasy Flights
We want so many moves by the end of the day
That some will be scared and will move to their legs
Will pick up their paddle and head for some ale
Before the last rush some will just hit the trail
Some will walk everything some will run it all
But the grins are the same and they’ll last until fall
For sure there is whitewater all over this state
But when that gate swings open you best not be late
Rick (ter) Starter Fluid - photo by Adam Mayo
Dan Piano Fantasy Flight - photo by Adam Mayo
Dan Piano Fantasy Flight run-out - photo by Adam Mayo
Alex Kilyk Fantasy Flight - photo by Alex Clayden
Andy Blakeslee Fantasy Flight - photo by Alex Clayden
Dan Piano Cool World - photo by Adam Mayo
Barrett Burke Cool World - photo by Alex Clayden
Planning stages Double Trouble log removal - photo by Holley Gardel
Working on the extraction - photo by Holley Gardel
DT is clean! Key'mon n'git sum - photo by Holley Gardel
Alex Clayden Double Trouble - photo by Barrett Burke
Alex's line was almost as good as mine - photo by Adrian Matthew
Jacob from South Cackalacka stoked as hell on Double Trouble - photo by Leif Embertson
And now... RAFTING
R2 w/Keith Pearen and Sean Davis cleaning it up Double Trouble - photo by Adrian Matthew
Rafting Double Trouble? Wow. - photo by Barrett Burke
Slideways... not so wow - photo by Carrie Wallace
But much props for givener! See you at the bottom when you get unpinned - photo by Carrie Wallace
