[CoMoBill]

Me too

[CoMoBill]

Di, Sally and I are planning on joining you in the morning. 

[CoMoBill]

Outstanding Chris! Thank you for taking the time to share with all of us. I always enjoy your posts!

[CoMoBill]

Me too, thanks John

[CoMoBill]

Location:

Behind the first Z route eddie and to the right of the top of the straight route.

Cause :

Washed out of the first Z route eddie into sieve.

I don’t think her head was ever under water. She was facing down river.  Her left leg was deeply submerged in the sieve, almost to the hip. Her right foot was on the boulder creating the top of the sieve. Her left arm was resting on her boat, giving her buoyancy and blocking the worst of the sieve.

I was on river left in the sallow eddie just below Z route watching Scott run Z. When working  my way  down to the bottom I heard  a single  whistle blast. It was the House sisters, they had spotted the lady in trouble. They were  working there way to her while several  other boaters  and I worked across the river to her side. We climbed up to her area, there several ropes. I had on a live bait tether, I clipped on to a rope. I hoped into the water and grabbed the straps on her pfd I  pulled her straight back making sure her leg wasn’t in bind while the House sisters and others pulled  us out.  It was very steep and slick.

I don’t think she would have ever self rescued, as she was doing  well to maintain the  position she was in. Things certainly could have been worse if her boat wasn’t blocking the biggest area of the sieve. Thanks to other observant boaters and plentiful other helpers things worked out great.

So we grabbed her boat, and she successfully ran Z route.

That is a one boat eddie.

CoMo

 

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Thanks  everyone your support is greatly appreciated<span style=”line-height: 1.5;”>!</span>

Just boats Dan. It could have been worse.

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[CoMoBill]

Thanks Will.

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