The Good Times: Fantasy Falls

In February 2007 I was riding the Green shuttle listening to some Canadian guy I had never met explain to me the details of finishing his P.H.D. I figured this was another typical green shuttle poach where you get to know someone for 20 minutes and then probably never hear from them again. Little did I know 2 years late I would meet Steve Arns in a parking lot in Sacramento to load boats to put on the Fantasy Falls, a three day run that would take us from the still snowy high sierras to the heat or the central valley. The group consited of 5 Canadians and myself, Phil and Matt Kompass, Steve Arns, Max Kiniwasser, and James Mole.

After losing all six boats and racks all tied together, we were barely able to make it to the put it due to a snow storm. We decided to put on a day later after hearing there was beer and pizza at ski resort just 30 minutes down the road. We found the water level to be almost perfect, I got a tip from Clay Wright that if it wasn't scrapy at the top that I was in for an action packed third day and sure enough it was scrapy as hell for the first two miles. A few scrapes is a small price to pay for two days of countless granite slides, beautiful scenery, and a number of stories to tell. Enjoy the pictures.