I'm thinking of doing the 120 mile paddle down the Green River in Utah from the town Green River through Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons to Spanish Bottom on the Colorado River in Canyonlands National Park. Can't make May, but am shooting for first 2 weeks in June when it will be a litttle hotter, higher water, and faster river flow than in Sep/Oct. Anyone kayaked this trip and have any words of wisdom? Don't know if I will have room to bring my 10 gal of water for the 10 day trip...shuttle service says purifier O.K. if it is cleanable so it won't get inundated with the silt. Also have to carry a 11"x11"x7" litter box. No roads or takeouts once the trip is started so there is no turning back. Any experience out there regarding this trip? Thanks....Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Water is extremely silty so bring a filter cloth and Alum (aluminum sulfate) helps the silt to settle. You will be clogging your filter a lot without out some preliminary purification or letting it settle overnight (but even settling often won't do it completely). Also when we did the grand Canyon in 94 half the party got sick from a waterborn virus. You might consider chemical purification in addition to filtering. That trip convinced me and the Park Service said many other folks got sick on the river that summer and everyone was using filters. One consideration on the Green is the afternoon wind, so plan to put on early and take off early. Spectacular scenery, I used to live in Moab. Should be a fabulous trip in June, thats when I do the Grand Canyon again. -- mZ website: http://members.home.net/mzuschlag -----Original Message----- From: owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net]On Behalf Of Kenneth Johnson Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 7:10 PM To: paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net Subject: [Paddlewise] Info on Green River Paddle I'm thinking of doing the 120 mile paddle down the Green River in Utah from the town Green River through Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons to Spanish Bottom on the Colorado River in Canyonlands National Park. Can't make May, but am shooting for first 2 weeks in June when it will be a litttle hotter, higher water, and faster river flow than in Sep/Oct. Anyone kayaked this trip and have any words of wisdom? Don't know if I will have room to bring my 10 gal of water for the 10 day trip...shuttle service says purifier O.K. if it is cleanable so it won't get inundated with the silt. Also have to carry a 11"x11"x7" litter box. No roads or takeouts once the trip is started so there is no turning back. Any experience out there regarding this trip? Thanks....Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Ken, I paddled the Green about 10 years ago from above Mexican Hat almost to Lake Powell. Fantastic trip! Water is a BIG problem, as the river looks like expresso and mud from the bottom could be marketed as a toy for mean kids to throw. A well-placed splotch is nearly impossible to wash off -- I paddled for three days with the same clump of mud adhering to the face of my paddle. I capsized at one point, and my tent still carries stains from the Green's cloying mud. A suggestion: there are depressions in the surrounding bluffs that catch rain water that can be filtered. When you're hiking, carry a couple gallon containers along and get your water away from these reservoirs. Rick *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Ken And we thought the Caddo gunk was hard to get off. 8-) Tim --- Richard Kemmer <rkemmer_at_home.com> wrote: > Ken, > I paddled the Green about 10 years ago from above > Mexican Hat almost to Lake > Powell. Fantastic trip! Water is a BIG problem, as > the river looks like expresso and mud from the bottom could be marketed as a toy for mean kids to throw. A well-placed splotch is nearly impossible > to wash off -- I paddled for three days with the same clump of mud adhering to the face of my paddle. > I capsized at one point, and my tent still carries > stains from the Green's cloying mud. Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Joe, you're right, it was the San Juan. Memory is turning to mush -- too many paddle trips running together in old age. Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Pylka" <pylka_at_castle.net> To: "Richard Kemmer" <rkemmer_at_home.com> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Info on Green River Paddle > --Green? or the San Juan? > Joe P. > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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