San Joaquin, Tied for First

GearBobby Kuepper
San Joaquin, Tied for First


Jon Chin and Austin Nickell hiking into the put in. p.Andrew Pernicano

Andrew Gibs, Benjamin Scheib and Geno Hacker prepare for a spectacular day.
p.Andrew Pernicano

Austin Nickell gets his boof above a scary sieve rapid.
p. Andrew Pernicano


Breaking through to safety.
p. Andrew Pernicano

This is a really awesome run that should be high on any boaters list. If you are in California and it just happens to be running be sure not to miss it. We were fortunate enough that there was construction on a turbine and they needed to release into the run. With flows around 1000cfs we set off towards Mammoth Pools reservoir. I was happy to get two laps on this beautiful run in November of 2011.





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