Grand Canyon

[Roman Dial]

I made a slide show-video of the ole' Grand Canyon trip and posted it on on You Tube

[Russell Swanson]

Thanks Roman…great snaps!

[Justin McMinn]

Great Trip!

Your post production makes it even better.

[joseph a cruikshank]

that looked like an awesome trip! i do a backpacking trip in the canyon every may. this year it's the deer creek tapeats creek loop.

however i used to guide white water and have been thinking about the canyon for a long time but it's a 3 week trip. but with a pack raft it could be split up into sections.

questions…

how much white water have you experienced in the pack raft. how stable is it. i know there are some large rapids in the canyon.

how much gear or weight can you carry. does it affect the handling.

how many miles a day were you able to float. because these boats are small and lite and don't track they are probably slower in the water than a large raft.

i would love to see more pics from other trips you have done.

[Greg Mihalik]

Joe,
This is a pretty old thread, and I don't think Roman hangs out here to much.

However, if you look Here, I think some of your questions will be answered.

And, dig around a bit. These guys are pros, now with the ability to ROLL an Alpaca.

[Greg Lewis]

Hey Joe,

I am looking forward to that GC trip this year.
Greg

[Roman Dial]

Hi Joe,

I'll try to answer some of these well:
how much white water have you experienced in the pack raft?
as much as I can. check out http://www.youtube.com/user/romandial for videos of whitewater and mixing packrafts with walking

how stable is it? Very stable.

i know there are some large rapids in the canyon.
They are the fun ones — like Hermit!

how much gear or weight can you carry. I have carried my wife and all our gear for a week. But prefer to keep it under 35 pounds and if running Class IV run an empty boat whenever possible

does it affect the handling. Yes. More weight = more effect

how many miles a day were you able to float. Depends on how long the days are. In the Grand Canyon we had short January days. I think we did maybe 15 miles a day?

because these boats are small and lite and don't track they are probably slower in the water than a large raft. Not necessarily — it's really more about the water current for how far you go each day, but yes for moving around the river they are slower than kayaks, but possibly faster than a big oared raft (I have little experience!). They are surprisingly nimble — watch as many of those videos as you can stomach to see that.

i would love to see more pics from other trips you have done. I do videos, not really pics.

[joseph a cruikshank]

Greg, thanks for the links. i'm hooked.

Greg, less than 2 weeks and we are there!

Roman, thanks for making those videos and answering my questions. i've been out of rafting for a few years and i've been thinking about buying a big boat but screw that, a pack raft would be more fun.

[Gerard Ganey]

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