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<blockquote data-quote="winmag" data-source="post: 642344" data-attributes="member: 22166"><p>I hunt Hells Canyon every year in August for Bear, so if anyone can appreciate your use of the propper adjectives, I can. And I must say, you are quite accurate with them.</p><p></p><p>As some of us know, the local populace are a different breed. This is Ranch country. Towns allog the Snake mould tough, & hearty souls. Lewiston, Asotin, Halfway, Cambridge etc. Some of the best cowboys come from places like these. So, when the man said you could make it in a 12' rowboat, he wasn't kidding. He was right. You "could" make it. He probably just figured that you already knew what would happen if you "didn't make it", & that being common knowledge, he didn't bother wasting any words on the subject. Besides, incentive like being 3/4 of the way accross before things go from bad to worse, can be quite powerfull, & you did make it afterall....<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p>I lived in Halfway, & Richland for a time, & some of my buddies were from Cambridge, & I rode at a college rodeo in Lewiston, & we all grew up with the same frame of mind. Hard country mould hard folks.</p><p></p><p>Even with all that, I still 100% completely agree that crossing the river was just the start of a "what was I thinking moment". Brutal, grueling, unrelenting... There's a reason its called Hells Canyon, but once you've been bitten by it, you just gotta go back for more.</p><p></p><p>Anymore, I trade rattlesnake & heatstroke for flash floods, & rockslides. I don't like watching my tent tumbling down the raging river anymore. Hells canyon is a double edged sword of irony. I think seeing the river down below while your suffering from heatstroke at 118* is about as ironic as freezing to death from being poured on & watching your tent & gear float away. I truly think that the hysteria of it all adds to the allure. There's no place in the world like Hells Canyon.</p><p></p><p>I loved your story. I was laughing all the way through. I can see myself in your shoes, & I can relate completely.</p><p>Thank you for taking the time to write about it. It was an entertaining, & pleasurable read. Congrats on your success. Both on the Bears, & on living to tell about it..... & dreaming of conquering it again someday......</p><p>Best of luck to you, & if you ever want to compare notes, fling me a P.M. Id be honored to have another hearty soul in my camp.</p><p></p><p>Oh ya, in my signature below is a pic of a hill in Hells Canyon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="winmag, post: 642344, member: 22166"] I hunt Hells Canyon every year in August for Bear, so if anyone can appreciate your use of the propper adjectives, I can. And I must say, you are quite accurate with them. As some of us know, the local populace are a different breed. This is Ranch country. Towns allog the Snake mould tough, & hearty souls. Lewiston, Asotin, Halfway, Cambridge etc. Some of the best cowboys come from places like these. So, when the man said you could make it in a 12' rowboat, he wasn't kidding. He was right. You "could" make it. He probably just figured that you already knew what would happen if you "didn't make it", & that being common knowledge, he didn't bother wasting any words on the subject. Besides, incentive like being 3/4 of the way accross before things go from bad to worse, can be quite powerfull, & you did make it afterall....:D I lived in Halfway, & Richland for a time, & some of my buddies were from Cambridge, & I rode at a college rodeo in Lewiston, & we all grew up with the same frame of mind. Hard country mould hard folks. Even with all that, I still 100% completely agree that crossing the river was just the start of a "what was I thinking moment". Brutal, grueling, unrelenting... There's a reason its called Hells Canyon, but once you've been bitten by it, you just gotta go back for more. Anymore, I trade rattlesnake & heatstroke for flash floods, & rockslides. I don't like watching my tent tumbling down the raging river anymore. Hells canyon is a double edged sword of irony. I think seeing the river down below while your suffering from heatstroke at 118* is about as ironic as freezing to death from being poured on & watching your tent & gear float away. I truly think that the hysteria of it all adds to the allure. There's no place in the world like Hells Canyon. I loved your story. I was laughing all the way through. I can see myself in your shoes, & I can relate completely. Thank you for taking the time to write about it. It was an entertaining, & pleasurable read. Congrats on your success. Both on the Bears, & on living to tell about it..... & dreaming of conquering it again someday...... Best of luck to you, & if you ever want to compare notes, fling me a P.M. Id be honored to have another hearty soul in my camp. Oh ya, in my signature below is a pic of a hill in Hells Canyon. [/QUOTE]
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