Wild Wisconsin

[Travis Leanna]

Photos from a 12 mile run of the Peshtigo River in northern Wisconsin. I did run everything in the photos–it was my fastest water to date.

[Luke Schmidt]

Impressive, and no swimming? Sometime I need to post pictures of my last kayaking trip. Actually more of a swimming trip because we tried flat water kayaks on whitewatr, not smart.

Is it just me or is the water level a bit high? Looks like the river is almost flooding.

[Travis Leanna]

Thanks, Luke,

no swimming! But almost on that last one. The river is swollen from the spring melt off, but not at flood stage.

[Kyle Crawford]

Nice Travis!

Looks like you had a blast.

[Travis Leanna]

I did! It took me about 4 hours to run the 12 miles, which included scouting, pee breaks, and slow flat water. I almost got sucked down into a hole by the hydraulics in the last few pictures, but I popped out safely. I had a wetsuit which not only helps a great deal in cool weather and cold water, but would also help during a swim.

[Jim Colten]

The Peshtigo! I've canoed a few of WI streams but never there. It's a bit far east for me and then there was Whitewater/Quietwater's description …."Meaner than a junkyard dog in high water"

[Bob Gross]

All along I thought the term "Wild Wisconsin" referred to the coeds in Madison.

–B.G.–

[Ken Thompson]

Nice Travis. Interesting that it is no faster than being on foot, when you factor in inflating, deflating and such. So fun though.

[Eugene Smith]

Yeeeeehaaaaa! (*hands in the air)

Who knew sitting cross legged on your butt for 4hrs. could be so much fun? Looks like a good time.

[Travis Leanna]

Ken- yeah, when you factor everything in, it really isn't that much faster than hiking. However, it does give your lower body a rest, and it's super fun.

Eugene- that is what pee breaks are for…giving the legs and butt a rest! Actually, you can stretch out your legs in an appropriately sized Alpacka.

I did this run solo, but this weekend the wife will be joining me. She's a trooper.

[Dan @ Durston Gear]

Wow looks like quite the river. Congrats on tackling this one. Thanks for posting the pics.

[Lawson Kline]

Nice Photos : ) Looks like you had a great time. I can't wait to try my hand at pack-rafting..

[Gregory Topf]

gnarly waves and drops…I often portage those when solo…sounds like you were prepared to swim though, and luckily didn't have to.

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