In the spirit of "talk about gear less and talk about trips more," I just returned from a five day, 75 mile solo packrafting trip down the Dirty Devil River in southeast Utah.
Warm and sunny, flow ~125-250 cfs. I parked near Hite then hitched to a gas station in Hanksville and paid somone $20 to drive me down the "Landfill Road" to the river. I drained my camera battery quickly shooting lots of video so all clips (except for the bridge shot) are from above Poison Springs Wash Road (mile 50).
I learned a lot about basic video editing (I've never done any before) and how to set up shots in the field (more challenging when you're solo and you have to film yourself paddling). Feedback (positive and especially negative) is much appreciated. My future videos will be much better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baj5aPTWp8Q
Keep your eye on the gauge and give it a go at anything over 100 cfs (http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?site_no=09333500). It's a great mellow float on remote water. I saw one group of three in IKs (they had to drag more than I did, but they had cold beer while I was stuck drinking margaritas the whole time) and one day hiker at the mouth of Happy Canyon.
Highly recommended!
