After spending a month in Peru paddling the Huallaga and the Abismo section of the Aprimac, it was so nice to come home to BC at prime water levels. The classics were falling out, but all the stuff in the Ashlu and Elaho drainages were lining up perfect. So this week has been the mission to get Tatlow going for 2007. With a solid crew on Tuesday we managed to get down the run discovering that the mandatory portage mid way had turned into a sweet new rapid. Levels being perfect, we went back in yesterday and bombed the run top to bottom in a hour flat. Did not even get out of the boat until below the log waterfall. 6 footer, 6 footer, 8 foot slide, 20 foot waterfall, 25 foot waterfall, 6 footer, 8 footer, “Little Dave’s Hole”, the old portage which is now a sweet double drop, 35 footer into the wall…aka “Wall Drug”, 10 footer, 10 footer, 45 foot slide, 25 foot waterfall, and then some more sweet ledges to finsih it off. Has to be one of the best creeks in BC! More stories and pics coming soon.
