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Jesse LaForest
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 Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:55 pm Post subject: Riggins Race Poster |
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I am hearing a $25,000 purse because it's their 25th Anniversary race.
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Dale
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there has been a couple of people asking about the Riggins race.
great race fantastic town and only about 11 hours from Red Deer. i am headed down on April 15th if anyone else wants to go. i will be racing something, but not sure what boat i'm going to take. sounds like Gord Humphrey is going to put his "U" boat together and come down also.
alwise a great time. hard to get hotel rooms but i do have my name on 6 waiting lists and the camping is great.
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Dale
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| Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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another shot of a great section
not trying to frighten anyone off
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SouthIdahoGary
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Location: Wilder, ID, USA
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| Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:44 am Post subject: |
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| Dale wrote: | there has been a couple of people asking about the Riggins race.
great race fantastic town and only about 11 hours from Red Deer. i am headed down on April 15th if anyone else wants to go. i will be racing something, but not sure what boat i'm going to take. sounds like Gord Humphrey is going to put his "U" boat together and come down also.
alwise a great time. hard to get hotel rooms but i do have my name on 6 waiting lists and the camping is great. |
For any of you folks still looking for a room...as of 04/02/09 8am MDT the Little Salmon Lodge in Pollock still has 7-8 rooms available. (Pollock is 9 miles south of Riggins. It is actually the town that Rich & Kim Friend's River Adventures is based in. ) Nice place-great views.
If you are interested, please call 800-727-9977 or visit www.voyageurs.com/lodge.cfm for more information.
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SouthIdahoGary
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Location: Wilder, ID, USA
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Have attached a "picture" map of the Salmon with explanation / legend.
Also if your computer has the capability, use Google Maps-Terrain feature and call up Riggins, Idaho. There is Street View capabilities that allow you to "drive" US 95 (aka Marx street) and look at the town and some of the river. After Google driving get the big picture terrain map and zoom in a few clicks and just follow the river up and down for about 4 miles in each direction. You can see some of the features and rough water. You can kind of compare the Google terrain map with the line drawing. Also use the Google Map feature to continue south and take a look at Pollock
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SouthIdahoGary
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| Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:12 am Post subject: |
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And a picture of a boat in one of the features (Tight Squeeze). For a bit of perspective, that is a 21 foot Eagle tunnel....
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blue42
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Location: Grants Pass Oregon
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I have raced in Riggins 4 times now the first time on the old course with the black hawk section and trust me if you aren't scared a little you are either lying or stupid BUT even though you will feel like you had your ass kicked at the end of the weekend it is the most satisfying feeling to pull on the trailer after the last leg on Sunday that you have to experience to fully understand. Make sure you listen to and pre run as much as possible with the Labrums, Duane Longfellow or any other veteran of the Salmon and you will be fine and have the time of your life, it ruff in spots but actually relatively short and easy to remember although I don't think there is a halfway smooth line through the hotel riffle! Cheers
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