Report filled out by: Bill Weinberg Trip start date: 4/26/08 start time: 8 AM Trip end date: 4/27/08 end time: 5 PM Total days on river: 2 Training trip type: advanced ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Trip leader(s): Bill Weinberg ATL(s): Medic: Juan Byron Rescue: Pablo Steinau Guide name: Andrea did 2 days. Guide name: Ansel did 2 days. Guide name: Bill did 2 days. Guide name: Casey did 2 days. Guide name: Danny did 2 days. Guide name: Darrell did 2 days. Guide name: Ha did 2 days. Guide name: Juan did 2 days. Guide name: Nick did 2 days. Guide name: Pablo did 2 days. Guide name: did days. Guide name: did days. Guide name: did days. Guide name: did days. Guide name: did days. Guide name: did days. Guide name: did days. Guide name: did days. Guide name: did days. Guide name: did days. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Insurance statistics: ICOers over 18: 7 ICOers under 18: 3 Participants over 18: 1 Participants under 18: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethnicity statistics: ICO African-American: Asian or Asian-American: American Indian: Latino: White: 11 Other: Participants African-American: Asian or Asian-American: American Indian: Latino: White: Other: Special population statistics: ICO Deaf: Other: Participants Deaf: Other: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Was scholarship money used? no Amount: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rivers and conditions: On 4/26 the flow was 1400 which was low. We did Toulomne Merals Pool and took 3 boats. Hazards: Rocks Weather: Clear, warm On 2/27 the flow was 2300 which was ideal. We did Toulomne Merals Pool and took 3 boats. Hazards: Dinosaur Rock Weather: Clear, hot On the flow was which was ideal. We did and took boats. Hazards: Weather: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments: We ran two oar boats with bow paddlers and a five person paddle raft - an ideal configuration. Paddle raft wrapped on Dinosaur Rock just below Claveys. Two guides swept out of raft - one belayed to shore with throw bag, second picked up by oar boat. The three remaining safely on the rock cut the floor lacing to relieve the water pressure and rigged an anchor system to a rope to shore. Shore party set up a vector pull and peeled the raft off the rock. Three on rock were belayed one by one to shore with a throw rope. Set up lunch just below on right and re-laced the floor with hoopie. This was a great trip! The weather was perfect and the lower flows on Saturday kept us on our toes with technical rapids. Saturday night at Powerhouse was unbelievably warm and clear. The water came up about 8" overnight so Sunday's run was with bigger water. Everyone learned a lot about unwrapping, setting up early, and the best way to run Claveys. Clavey Falls has changed in the last few years. The left side, formerly a dangerous ledge, is now a runnable hole so the preferred route is to the left of the guide rock. The driver of the vehicle to be left at take out was not comfortable leaving the car for two nights at the bridge, so we hired a shuttle to insure the car would not be vandalized.