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Happy/Hatch/Dirty Devil hike and packraft

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Mar 20, 2013 at 6:41 am #1300683

Brendan Swihart
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@brendans
Locale: Fruita CO

Had a fantastic trip in the canyons last weekend, and the first with rafts. More here: http://outlivingblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/dirty-devil-hikeraft

Mar 20, 2013 at 6:50 am #1967769

Ike Jutkowitz
BPL Member

@ike
Locale: Central Michigan

Awesome. Seriously.

Mar 20, 2013 at 8:07 am #1967791

Eugene Smith
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@eugeneius
Locale: Nuevo Mexico

What Ike said.

Mar 20, 2013 at 8:16 am #1967796

Nico .
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@nickb
Locale: Los Padres National Forest

Awesome. Looks like a ton of fun and some amazing scenery.

This TR doesn't help my internal struggle to hold off on getting a packraft…

Mar 20, 2013 at 8:19 am #1967797

W I S N E R !
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@xnomanx

Good stuff Brendan.

Mar 20, 2013 at 10:51 am #1967856

Richard Nisley
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@richard295
Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

Great trip report… thank you!

Mar 20, 2013 at 11:29 am #1967872

David Chenault
BPL Member

@davec
Locale: Queen City, MT

Great route.

Packrafts change the crap portions of loops into the best parts. Gotta love it.

Mar 20, 2013 at 11:30 am #1967873

Adan Lopez
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@lopez
Locale: San Gabriel Valley

Warning: These images may cause a productivity hit if you view them at work. I'll save this one for tea time tonight with the wife. Thank you Brendan.

Mar 22, 2013 at 7:25 am #1968489

Brendan Swihart
BPL Member

@brendans
Locale: Fruita CO

Thanks all.

You're totally right Dave, the DD sucks to hike but the rafts made it a highlight.

Mar 22, 2013 at 7:32 am #1968491

HkNewman
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@hknewman
Locale: The West is (still) the Best

Neat trip and enjoyed the photos. I'm noticing both long pants and shorts. Did the temps vary and did you feel cold in the water?

Mar 22, 2013 at 7:49 am #1968495

Brendan Swihart
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@brendans
Locale: Fruita CO

We had a pretty warm weekend; highs around 70 and lows around mid to high 30s. I usually wear running shorts under some lightweight pants (patagonia sol patrol) that I typically just wear in the morning and evening. Just wore shorts in the boats. Late afternoon in the shadows was a little chilly, especially when it got breezy, but not bad. If it had been more typical March temps we would have probably been uncomfortable, but in that case I'd like to think we would have been smart enough to at least bring some rain gear to be sitting in water all day. I'll probably try to rig up some sil decks for cooler trips at some point.
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