Feather, Middle Fork

I had had this section on my radar for years after reading Bill Tuthill's account of it, mostly because there was little beta on it and I love the Quincy area. According to the gages it hadn't come up in something like 3yrs so I jumped at the first time it came up. Ted Couch and I ran this as an overnight in our packrafts, camping at Camp Layman for digs that were above freezing (what luxury). It's scenic and pretty chill – mostly Class II with several Class III rapids.

Ted's most infamous paddling moment caught here in photo form. It was impressive enough to somehow break an entire paddle end off in such a calm stretch, but we then fashioned a replacement using Tyvek and a found shovel head. Ted managed to paddle several miles with this comic setup before somehow breaking the other end off. At that point I kicked him off the river with a laugh out of necessity/safety/sanity and finished the remote part myself. Legendary.