Last night petty and I made a trip to morgantown to help Tiff celebrate her 21st b-day! We tried to get Louis to make the trip but since it sounded like we were going to have fun he decided to stay home and work on being more sesquipedalian. The night was of course tons of fun, we got rip roaring drunk with the two for one drink special (which we should all check out in the summer) and i just want to officially say happy b-day to Tiff!!!
Right now it is still pouring rain but it is supposed to get cold soon and probably turn to snow. I just finished school yesterday so i have all of winter break to ski and hang out, if anyone makes a trip to ohiopyle give me a call there is always a place to stay up in highland heights (a.k.a. club ped). Oh and lou left one little guy out of his "still in ohiopyle post" and that's tiger, the fourth member of our highland heights household(the others being myself, bob, and louis)....he is doing just great, gaining some winter weight, attacking you for no apparent reason, and he had a little surgery a couple weeks ago, yep that's right now ped lives with three girls!
Happy Holidays!
Amanda
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Otter creek
Eleven boats and eleven kayakers. One of the longest class iv-v runs in WV. The squad the day before took 6 hours, our squad only 3. Johnny Regan and Mr. Weld knew where to go and the rest of us just followed. The only major mishap being a snapped paddle blade. The paddler, AJ (Garret College Student), took it in stride, and paddled the 4-5 miles left without a problem.
The creek itself is a mix of fike's and morgan's, with a little n. fork of the b. Slides with 3-4 foot drops at the bottom, boulder drops into tight slots, one 12ft? drop onto rock. The best rapid was a series of ledge drops in a tight channel, each one getting progressively higher, like a steeper triple drop? on morgan's. It culminated in a sweet s-boof, left to right and then back to the left, about an 8 ft. drop.
The put-in is a wandering stream that is draining out a swamp. Lots of rhotos and downed trees in this section. After a couple miles it begins to drop a little more. A mile or two after that you hit the first slides and the water fall. Now you are in it and committed, remember this a wilderness run once you are in it ain't easy getting out. It stays pretty active until you hit the bottom section, then it lightens up to class iii iv boogy, just watch out for the trees. Although, they were mostly blown out when we came through, nonetheless there were a couple times where we had to portage.
The shuttle is one of the longest in the state, but it goes through some beautiful country, so as long as you have the leg room, it isn't bad at all. Cold beer helps too. Warm beer is better than none.
Boaters: john regan, john weld, jeremy dicaslo, Eric martin, jake greenbaum, aj, issac (not the space cadet), Matt, jesse shimrock, brain homberg, ben scoville.
The creek itself is a mix of fike's and morgan's, with a little n. fork of the b. Slides with 3-4 foot drops at the bottom, boulder drops into tight slots, one 12ft? drop onto rock. The best rapid was a series of ledge drops in a tight channel, each one getting progressively higher, like a steeper triple drop? on morgan's. It culminated in a sweet s-boof, left to right and then back to the left, about an 8 ft. drop.
The put-in is a wandering stream that is draining out a swamp. Lots of rhotos and downed trees in this section. After a couple miles it begins to drop a little more. A mile or two after that you hit the first slides and the water fall. Now you are in it and committed, remember this a wilderness run once you are in it ain't easy getting out. It stays pretty active until you hit the bottom section, then it lightens up to class iii iv boogy, just watch out for the trees. Although, they were mostly blown out when we came through, nonetheless there were a couple times where we had to portage.
The shuttle is one of the longest in the state, but it goes through some beautiful country, so as long as you have the leg room, it isn't bad at all. Cold beer helps too. Warm beer is better than none.
Boaters: john regan, john weld, jeremy dicaslo, Eric martin, jake greenbaum, aj, issac (not the space cadet), Matt, jesse shimrock, brain homberg, ben scoville.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
While they were vacationing
Never fails: the Martins go somewhere, and Ohiopyle gets clobbered with snow. They return and the snow's gone. Seth and I basically spent a week skiing and slacking off. It was our way of getting even for Eric, Kas, and Ben partying down without us in Reno. Here's some math: Warcraft + Internal Network + Two bored store/res guys = no hard feelings.
How about a partial run down of our cast of characters:
Amanda is working at 7 Springs teaching kids how to ski. Perfect job for her because she can converse at her level.
Bob is close to securing a job with Ohiopyle Prints, working under Rob Anderson. And, just like Rob Anderson, he'll soon be wearing fancy button-down shirts that don't really hide his gut.
Cory is tending bar and drumming up business (go Cory!). The town had its first Light Up Night a few days ago, but the decorations paled in comparison to the pink Christmas Tree Cory put up in the White House.
Ben Scoville still shows up for work every day to make the schedule. He checks the res system to see if there are any trips to staff and puts a few duckies in the Stake Bed just in case. Then he sits at his desk rocking back and forth and mumbling, "I'll show you, Ben Taylor, I'll show you..." I'm worried about him.
As for Ben Taylor, he's going to work at Hidden Valley again and avoid the hell out of tele skis. We have a pool going around the office for his next injury. $5 gets you in, and the following afflictions are already spoken for: broken fingernail, ruptured spleen, bad haircut, and clinical obesity.
And myself? I'm still putzing around the store using too many big words, over-reacting to smokers, passing up nights out, and acting just gay enough to provide fodder for good humor and to keep girls out of my hair.
Anyway, now that the snow's all melted, kayaking is on. We've been firing off runs on Drake's, Fikes, and other local stuff. There've been a few big water runs on old favorites like the Upper Yough, and an elite crew went down to Canaan to check out Otter Creek and Red Creek. All the major runs around here are still blown out but dropping, so we'll be getting on stuff as the conditions become sane.
Peace and love from Ohiopyle,
Lou
How about a partial run down of our cast of characters:
Amanda is working at 7 Springs teaching kids how to ski. Perfect job for her because she can converse at her level.
Bob is close to securing a job with Ohiopyle Prints, working under Rob Anderson. And, just like Rob Anderson, he'll soon be wearing fancy button-down shirts that don't really hide his gut.
Cory is tending bar and drumming up business (go Cory!). The town had its first Light Up Night a few days ago, but the decorations paled in comparison to the pink Christmas Tree Cory put up in the White House.
Ben Scoville still shows up for work every day to make the schedule. He checks the res system to see if there are any trips to staff and puts a few duckies in the Stake Bed just in case. Then he sits at his desk rocking back and forth and mumbling, "I'll show you, Ben Taylor, I'll show you..." I'm worried about him.
As for Ben Taylor, he's going to work at Hidden Valley again and avoid the hell out of tele skis. We have a pool going around the office for his next injury. $5 gets you in, and the following afflictions are already spoken for: broken fingernail, ruptured spleen, bad haircut, and clinical obesity.
And myself? I'm still putzing around the store using too many big words, over-reacting to smokers, passing up nights out, and acting just gay enough to provide fodder for good humor and to keep girls out of my hair.
Anyway, now that the snow's all melted, kayaking is on. We've been firing off runs on Drake's, Fikes, and other local stuff. There've been a few big water runs on old favorites like the Upper Yough, and an elite crew went down to Canaan to check out Otter Creek and Red Creek. All the major runs around here are still blown out but dropping, so we'll be getting on stuff as the conditions become sane.
Peace and love from Ohiopyle,
Lou
Monday, December 10, 2007
Hello from Lone Pine, CA
What's up all? Hope everyones fall/winter has been going well. Mine has been busy with a lot of travelling and hanging out with Megan in Salt Lake. I'm supposed to be in Ecuador on a little paddling trip but due to a broken hand I had to change plans and meet Hartman in Vegas. So I did that, and after I saw "insufficient funds" appear on the atm screen I decided to leave; I headed west through Death Valley and into Seqouia/Kings National Park. Next I'm heading up to Yosemite then Tahoe/Truckee/Reno. I'm calling this a scout of the Sierra whitewater runs. After checking out those places I'll be swinging through Salt Lake to get my cast off of my hand, stop in Breck to see Smitty, Junker, Pat, J Rod, etc. then home (cleveland) for x-mas and back to the pyle for some winter paddling. Anyways, looks like Kas and Eric have been doing a good deal of travelling as well, anyone else? Oh yeah, I ran into Nate Craig (mouse) and he said he's waiting for his kid to get a little bigger so he can come spend another summer. Well, hope everyone else is doing well and I look forward to another winter in the pyle.
Drew
Drew
Sunday, December 9, 2007
The last month or so
Hey all-
Long time, no blog. That's what winter is good for. Feels like it in Ohiopyle. Eric, Ben and I just returned from the America Outdoors Trade show in Reno. It was a great time. Excellent seminars, good food, lots for operations to buy in the big "toy store" as we call the retail side of the trade show and fun. It felt like Ohiopyle took over the show. Ohiopyle Prints had a booth, Roger and John were there to launch the outfitter side of IR - their newest company called IRS, Kaila & Abby were there with Compendium software, Laura came to represent Whitewater. It was a blast. The other fun trip of this fall was taking off for 2 weeks in Panama! Highly recommended. We took a shredder with us and got on a couple of rivers. Other than that it was just great R&R.
We miss everyone as Ohiopyle has quieted down. There are more winter folks here than ever though! So come visit if you can.
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