If you don't want the logjam blasted because it is wilderness, Kirk, then don't call for rescue if you ever get in trouble in wilderness. Yeah it is wilderness but there are also a lot of unprepared humans out there that don't belong. The forest service has to manage a few larger hazards in order to deal with all those people. It helps to see these issues through the eyes of experience.
@dgrfsthrgsergwrtghasefq
5 жыл бұрын
I have been boating wilderness rivers for 30 plus years and this was the biggest joke I have ever seen on a river, they were not managing the river for the people involved they were trying to get TV coverage nothing more, turn it into a zoo and act like they were saving people. There was no need to get congressional approval or call in every National News station in the counrty to blast out a log jam that would wash away during the next winter as all upper put permits were done the weekend we put on due to low water. It helps to see issues through the eyes of someone who was there, but I guess you have more experience than me. 30+ years rafting/kayaking class V rivers 10+ years professional guide 10+ years professional kayak instructor 8 years swift-water rescue instructor wilderness first responder swift-water rescue tec with 5 years working for major production companies (Werner Brothers, MGM & various T.V and commercials productions....excetra).
@dgrfsthrgsergwrtghasefq
5 жыл бұрын
So please explain why we were being guarded by Forest Service employees not allowed to move, segregated and restricted from any News stations.
@ericrichins6499
11 жыл бұрын
Great work FS! Keep it up.
@justinvandal9696
4 жыл бұрын
Chainsaw? Or a pole saw ? Loggers could do it easy
@ryanhiniker
12 жыл бұрын
they told you that you'd be arrested? why?
@fishfoolishness4222
Жыл бұрын
Its amazing how some people are able to get permits every year. Guess you just have to know height officials. Automatic permits for the favored, lottery for everyone else.
@keithsparling5537
3 жыл бұрын
Looked perfect, just enough to break it up... Nice job, some may have used too much explosives, your judgement was accurate. Thank you
@dgrfsthrgsergwrtghasefq
12 жыл бұрын
USFS turned this into the biggest circus I have ever been in. There was no need to blast, no need in trampling down vegetation to make a viewing platform to watch the blast. We portaged our gear raft and a few kayaks and were told we would be arrested at the take out if we left the scene, Just because John Haugh wanted to play with some explosives does not make this the correct action to take. One or one hundred logs across the river you portage and go on your way. USFS specialists what a joke.
@whitewaterfun317
6 жыл бұрын
good thing they were rafters that were (TRAPPED), if it were powerboaters they would have been told , sorry we cant help you.
@skeets6060
3 жыл бұрын
Ya needed more powder,, lots more powder!
@hucktang
12 жыл бұрын
Why didn't they just portage? Its a wilderness river, thats what you do.
@todddaugherty110
5 жыл бұрын
You obviously have never seen Pistol Creek Rapid.
@hucktang
Жыл бұрын
@@todddaugherty110 oh I have.. luckily just last week and was rewatching this video. The pack trail goes above the rocks, I believe one person did portage at this time.
@thasokun7658
3 жыл бұрын
=-6490♥️
@dgrfsthrgsergwrtghasefq
12 жыл бұрын
What they do not show you is the log that flew up and over a small hill and landed on a hiking trail, outside there "blast zone". Nothing about this operation was safe. All they did was turn a natural event into "Look at me.... I`m a Forest Service specialists, I`ll save you, but lets get some TV crews here first." What a joke!!!
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