East Aishihik River - first descentachieved on 9/24/2000 |
Looking down into the canyon | Looking upstream at the put in | The first bend | The last hard class V | The take out | The paddlers |
Whitehorse paddlers Bob Daffe, Theresa Landman, Andy Hyde, and Derrick Law achieved the first descent of East Aishihik river, below Otter (2, 3) and Rainbow Falls.
The run was about 8 kilometers, the first kilometer a twisty, pushy class V run with about 4 eddies in total and some of the biggest trees in the river I have ever seen in the Yukon.
Remote+sweeper hazards+first descent+few eddies = one heart pumping good time.
More info to follow later......