Tuesday, April 29, 2008

the countdown

30 days til my fly out fishing trip, god willing the ice is gone when we get there. I sought out some advice about our egress off of the Horn plateau. I've decided to have Simpson Air come back up and get us with the float plane.
The owner of Simpson air, Ted Grant advised us that the Willow lake river is a bit rough coming off the Horn. I'll quote him as best I can, "Imagine a twenty-five foot wide chute that's nothing but jagged rocks and foamin' white water. The river drops about 400 feet over a two mile stretch."
My first thought was..."COOL!!!" Then I actually did imagine it and thought "Not Cool, that's not cool at all."
I've had a lot of close calls up here,but never because I didn't heed a warning or sound advice.

2 comments:

the Mailman Family said...

Is this the same fishing trip that your buddy got fried last year??? Is he going? Do keep a good supply of sun block on hand!

Jason said...

Watch out for pizzly's, I hear they are a major problem up there these days!