... local 'Sasquatch' sighting...
... a fun snowshoe approach - "Dr Bob" Coblentz...
... and good conditions at 'Secret Cliffs' - Tim Anderson and a new line on the 'Beast Wall' - 'Frankenstein' (Grade 5)...
... Laura Hahn "seconding"...
... "Dr. Bob" - anchors aweigh...
... heading out...
... Laura checkin' the snowpack - was 'near blizzard conditions' all afternoon...
... "don't matter"...
... so long as the vehicles start...
... UH OH!!!...
... 'Yough River' and 'Mojo Rapid' then...
... and today - runnin' near 6.8ft on the 'Ohiopyle Gauge' (OPG)...
... which reminded us of a "big thaw" of a few years back that we decided to check out up close at the time...
... a few photos from "back then"...
... 'Mojo' shoreline...
... still lots of frozen snow and ice...
... dropping down in to 'Mojo Rapid' - a decent surfing spot at lower summer levels (<3ft OPG)...
... the 'channel' below...
... a good shot of the "ice-pack" - check out the imbedded tree trunks - that's Rob Hyatt for scale - Rob was "one tough dude" - we got in to a 2 to 3 year obsession of paddling the local creeks when high and runnable (maybe 2+ to 3+ difficulty water, but usually committing - not many 'eddies' to rest) - which meant November thru April ninety-five percent of the time - he worked full-time in a freezer at a local food distribution warehouse back then - temperatures consistently <10degreesF 365 days/year he said - figured that I wouldn't complain of the cold until he did, which never happened - we had a high one year of sixty-eight paddling days, and I'll bet that seventy-five percent of those I sat at the take-out, in the vehicle, warming completely frozen feet prior to "peeling" off paddling boots - while he sat outside on the tailgate, barefoot and finishing off the remaining sixteen-ounce COORS from the ice cooler... he could also paddle that 'Sit-on-Top' - can't think of one time he "swam" for it...
... good guy!!...
... ditto...
... a "secret camp" we built and maintained for a few years - we unearthed quite a bit of miniature (marble-size) 'wild onions' while clearing this spot - were good on campfire hamburgers!!...
... 'Yough' today - still playin' (and fascinated) with the panoramic camera functions - it will come...
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