Contributing Writers: Kyle Smith, Michael Franz Horner, Shelly Becker, Will Volpert
Photos: George White, Kyle Smith, Ryan Akins
Editor: Shelly Becker
Editor’s Note:
On Sunday, March 15, 2009 something truly remarkable happened. A large and diverse group of boaters and boats including kayaks, paddle rafts, an oar raft and catarafts successfully ran the Green Truss section of the White Salmon river. The Green Truss is a steep, tight Class IV-V+ run that was long considered the realm of kayakers due to the vertical walled canyon, extremely tight slots and very large drops including the 28 “Big Brother”. This day saw three R2 teams and three
oarboats attempt the run with a large group of expert kayakers whose support and assistance was a huge contributing factor to the successful day enjoyed by all.
What follows is a collection of trip reports and thoughts from different members of this group as they lead you down the Truss as it was experienced by them. None of these stories had any prior collaboration and none of the content has been altered by the editor beyond fixing typographic
errors....
Check out the (very long) trip report on Shelly Becker's website.
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