Lower Lewis falls is a sweet park and huck 40 footer I had been wanting to run all summer, but had not worked out until it dropped out. Luckily we had some early fall rain, bringing it back into a prime level for a day. Chris Stafford and Chris Morelli were easy to rally to check it out, it had been a little while since any of us had the chance to fall off something, so we were eager to get out there!
Chris Morelli boofing the entrance drop
This waterfall is a bit trickier than it first looks, the first move is a 5 foot boof onto a boil that drops right off the main 40 foot falls. On the left in the landing is a nasty looking cave, and there is a shallow shelf on the right. The trick is boofing the top drop with enough speed to get you off the main falls in the right spot without getting pushed left or right, and timing your stroke at the lip so you don’t boof or go over-vert. After a good scout, we all fired off this thing a couple of times, all super stoked to get to run a waterfall again!
Chris Stafford about to drop into the void
Setting my angle for a good plug.
It felt great to run a good waterfall again, I am stoked for the winter season in South America and back in the PNW!
Photos by Clay Lucas and Chris Stafford, also big props to the media/safety team, Jared Van Denend! Look for a video edit coming out soon.
Cheers