Friday, June 24, 2011

Kayaking the Vertical Challenge 2011

The Eddyflower Vertical Challenge took place again this year from May 15 to June 15. This is a fundraising event for the First Descents kayak camps for cancer survivors. The kayaking side of the Vertical Challenge involves paddling all the "vertical feet" you can. There were less teams this year, for a few reasons, but a few teams from Utah still entered, as well as some of the regular hardcore teams from Colorado and Hood River.

Shoot, eddyflower.com has become an infected site, and they can't seem to clean it up. So I don't want (2012 edit: this link to be clickable until they clean up that site again. )
www eddyflower com/VerticalStandings.aspx#/home


We have had epic high water on every run in Utah this spring, with bankful levels and even flood stage levels being common. There were not so many paddlers with the high levels, and it was often hard to find kayaking partners. Still it was a great month. After a slow start, I finished with a big last weekend, paddling a total of 10964 feet, 25th overall (our team won the class IV division again, and raised $325 for First Descents). A friend informed me that I made the "10,000 foot Vertical Club":
(2012 edit: this site is infected right now; so don't go to this link until they get it cleaned up)
www eddyflower com/verticalstandings.aspx?Report=VerticalClub#/home

Although the new owners of Eddyflower.com assure us that the site won't have the stability problems that the site had under the old owners (most of last years results were lost), I want to back up our results. These are ordered by date.
Paddler Vertical Feet
Bill Hunt 10964 feet
Justin Raymond 5027 feet
Chris Smith 4405 feet
Brandon Sturm 7128 feet
Graham Taylor 8057 feet

Bill Hunt
Bridal Veil IV 5/15/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/15/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/15/2011
Pineview to the Indian Trailhead III 5/17/2011
Rainbow Gardens Section III+ 5/17/2011
Rainbow Gardens Section III+ 5/18/2011
Mouth of Weber Canyon to Riverdale III 5/19/2011
The Riverdale Wave III- 5/19/2011
Riverdale to 24th Street II 5/19/2011
Ogden Kayak Park III- 5/19/2011
Evanston Playpark III- 5/21/2011
Evanston Playpark III- 5/21/2011
State Park to Playpark III- 5/21/2011
Rainbow Gardens Section III+ 5/23/2011
Rainbow Gardens Section III+ 5/24/2011
Rainbow Gardens Section III+ 5/24/2011
Mouth of Weber Canyon to Riverdale III 5/25/2011
The Riverdale Wave III- 5/25/2011
Riverdale to 24th Street II 5/25/2011
Below the Ogden Kayak Park II 5/25/2011
Pineview to the Indian Trailhead III 5/26/2011
Woodside Trestle to Vivian Park II 5/27/2011
Woodside Trestle to Vivian Park II 5/27/2011
Little Grand Canyon I 5/28/2011
The Chute III+ 5/29/2011
Henefer to Taggart III- 5/31/2011
South Fork Ogden, upper III- 6/1/2011
Mouth of Weber Canyon to Riverdale III 6/2/2011
The Riverdale Wave III- 6/2/2011
Deer Creek to Vivian Park II 6/3/2011
Cottonwood Creek IV- 6/4/2011
Cottonwood Creek IV- 6/4/2011
Lower Run (Ferron) III+ 6/4/2011
Lower Run (Ferron) III+ 6/4/2011
Cottonwood Creek IV- 6/5/2011
Top Slides - Main Huntington IV 6/5/2011
Pineview to the Indian Trailhead III 6/6/2011
Bridal Veil IV 6/7/2011
Mouth of Weber Canyon to Riverdale III 6/8/2011
The Riverdale Wave III- 6/8/2011
South Fork Ogden, upper III- 6/9/2011
South Fork Ogden, upper III- 6/9/2011
Lower Ogden III 6/10/2011
Pineview to the Indian Trailhead III 6/10/2011
Pineview to the Indian Trailhead III 6/10/2011
Red Banks, upper mile IV- 6/11/2011
Red Banks III 6/11/2011
Upper Logan IV- 6/12/2011
Woodcamp Section III 6/12/2011
Red Banks, upper mile IV- 6/12/2011
Red Banks III 6/12/2011
Red Banks, upper mile IV- 6/12/2011
Red Banks III 6/12/2011
Woodcamp Section III 6/12/2011
South Fork Ogden, upper III- 6/13/2011
City Creek, lower IV- 6/14/2011
City Creek, lower IV- 6/14/2011
City Creek, lower IV- 6/14/2011
City Creek, lower IV- 6/14/2011
Mouth of Weber Canyon to Riverdale III 6/15/2011
The Riverdale Wave III- 6/15/2011
South Fork Ogden, upper III- 6/15/2011


Justin Raymond
Bridal Veil IV 5/20/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/20/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/20/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/20/2011
Cottonwood Creek IV- 5/15/2011
Black Canyon of the Bear IV+ 5/22/2011
Evanston Playpark III- 5/21/2011
Evanston Playpark III- 5/21/2011
Desolation Canyon III- 5/28/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/29/2011
Cottonwood Creek IV- 6/4/2011
Cottonwood Creek IV- 6/4/2011
Lower Run III+ 6/4/2011
Lower Run III+ 6/4/2011
The Chute III+ 6/12/2011
Top Slides - Main Huntington IV 6/5/2011
Deer Creek to Vivian Park II 6/15/2011
City Creek, lower IV- 6/9/2011
City Creek, lower IV- 6/9/2011
City Creek, lower IV- 6/9/2011
City Creek, lower IV- 6/9/2011
City Creek, lower IV- 6/12/2011

Chris Smith
Ogden Narrows IV 5/16/2011
Ogden Narrows IV 5/16/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/19/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/20/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/20/2011
Park and Ride to Catch Pond IV+ 5/25/2011
Park and Ride to Catch Pond IV+ 5/25/2011
Cottonwood Creek IV- 5/28/2011
Cottonwood Creek IV- 5/28/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/29/2011
Park and Ride to Catch Pond IV+ 6/6/2011
Park and Ride to Catch Pond IV+ 6/6/2011
Park and Ride to Catch Pond IV+ 6/6/2011
Murtaugh Canyon IV 6/12/2011
City Creek, lower IV- 6/9/2011
City Creek, lower IV- 6/9/2011
City Creek, lower IV- 6/9/2011
City Creek, lower IV- 6/9/2011

Brandon Sturm
Buena Vista Town Run III 5/27/2011
Fractions III+ 5/27/2011
Numbers IV 5/27/2011
Buena Vista Town Run III 5/28/2011
Numbers IV 5/28/2011
Brown's Canyon III 5/29/2011
Numbers IV 5/29/2011
Henefer to Taggart III- 5/15/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/17/2011
Rainbow Gardens Section III+ 5/19/2011
State Park to Playpark III- 5/21/2011
State Park to Playpark III- 5/21/2011
State Park to Playpark III- 5/21/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/23/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/23/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/25/2011
Henefer to Taggart III- 5/31/2011
Cottonwood Creek IV- 6/4/2011
Cottonwood Creek IV- 6/4/2011
Lower Run III+ 6/4/2011
Lower Run III+ 6/4/2011
Cottonwood Creek IV- 6/5/2011
Top Slides - Main Huntington IV 6/5/2011
Rainbow Gardens Section III+ 6/6/2011
Rainbow Gardens Section III+ 6/6/2011
Pineview to the Indian Trail III 6/6/2011
Henefer to Taggart III- 6/8/2011
Big Cottonwood Creek IV+ 6/8/2011
The Chute III+ 6/12/2011



Graham Taylor
Lower Run III+ 5/15/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/17/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/19/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/20/2011
Black Canyon of the Bear IV+ 5/22/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/24/2011
Evanston Playpark III- 5/21/2011
Evanston Playpark III- 5/21/2011
Price Canyon IV 5/27/2011
Cottonwood Creek IV- 5/28/2011
Bridal Veil IV 5/25/2011
Pineview to the Indian Trail III 5/26/2011
Rainbow Gardens Section III+ 5/26/2011
Murtaugh Canyon IV 6/1/2011
Henefer to Taggart III- 5/31/2011
Cottonwood Creek IV- 6/4/2011
Cottonwood Creek IV- 6/4/2011
Lower Run III+ 6/4/2011
Lower Run III+ 6/4/2011
Top Slides - Main Huntington IV 6/5/2011
Big Cottonwood Creek IV+ 6/8/2011
Zion Park IV 6/11/2011
Zion Narrows III+ 6/12/2011

Graham still has a few runs missing I see (Top Slides and more of Main Huntington, and some City Creek laps).
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