Mooseless MooseFest!
Independence River, 600 cfs, October 16, 2010

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Steve Edmonds approaching the crux move of the Fat Lady.

Avoiding the big log in the center.

...and heading for the left channel of the Fat Lady.

Tom Sutton approaching the crux move of the Fat Lady.

Tom in the crux move of the Fat Lady.

...and heading for the left channel of the Fat Lady.

Norm Deets just after the crux move of the Fat Lady.

Turned around, heading for the middle channel.

...and in the middle channel (backwards!) of the Fat Lady.

...and finished with the middle channel of the Fat Lady.

Looking at the next drop...

...looks clean...

Looks like there's one more drop.

Uh-oh...

...and the Fat Lady punches back!

Self-rescue in the eddy.

Tom approaches for his second attempt...

...and cleans the crux move.

Tom finishes with a run of the middle channel.

Liane O'Hora at the Bridge Drop.

Tom at the Bridge Drop.

Steve in the junky drop below the bridge.

...and so does Norm.

Danny Kraeger working his way out of the hole (which totally submerged Your Humble Reporter & his creek boat) at the next drop.

Steve approaches the hole.

Not a good place to get turned around.

Working to get/stay upright.

Steve's still fighting it.

Pretty soon he'll regain control.

Tom runs it a second time, to "get it right."

Is this what "getting it right" looks like to you?
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