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The Grandest of all Canyons
The places in between the loud,. The places that find the peace and quiet, the paces that we often find ourselves. Video by Joe French-Elliott
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Відео

Grand Canyon Visual Tour
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This video was produced by Joe Elliott after our 2023 trip. Bring your own Music.
Flippin a cat in Chair
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My Buddy Conner took the Big line in Chair on the Salmon River. A few days later I watched another Cat go for a rodeo in the same spot.
Little Salmon River
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The Fastest, non stop, action packed 28 mile day run river I have ever floated. Not a great place to swim. We did this after a double run on the Salmon. I am not positive but I think it was 3500 cfs.
Lake Creek Rapid
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During guide training with S.R.E. on the Lower Salmon at 50k CSF. What a great crew of guides.
Low water Lochsa
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Guides day off, let go rafting. Lochsa at low water. Technical like and east coast river, scenic like a Montana river. Class 4 at lower levels. 28 miles in 4 hrs.
Grand Canyon 2023 with named rapids.
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From our January trip. water levels were 5k-9k. My first trip in 2018 water levels were 9k-16k. Low water made it a whole different experience. New rocks, new holes, different lines on most rapids. I believe you could hit the Crystal hole and cruise right through.
Grand Pics
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A slide show from our 2023 trip..
House Rock
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No "Look Ma no hands" this year, with water levels from 5.5k to 9k
Your always above Lava
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Shot in 4k 256 fps, The Best quality video yet. I finally hit the 5-0 square.
Grand Canyon 2023
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Water levels from 5-9k the lowest I have floated, the rapids seemed sharper and more technical, raising the pucker factor. Had a close call in Hance, A big hit in the face in Sockdolager, Horn was getting hairy and came as close as I ever want to the Killer Fangs. Still had a blast. Saved the best footage for last. Watch TJ Cambron submarine his raft in Lava #grandcanyonnationalpark, #raftinggr...
Kolb Rapid Grand Canyon 4k
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This is the absolute best video I have seen yet. Shot in 4k by Joe French Elliot on our recent trip. Wait till you see what Lava looks like.
New River Gorge
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This was the lowest I have ever done the New, just a hair under 2 feet its still a blast. Look forward to another trip back there.
Oregon Coast Secrets
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The most relaxing video featuring the scenic Oregon Coast and its estuaries. This 1 hour video is definitely meant to put you to sleep.
Salmon Surfin
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I love knocking boats out of holes.
Main Salmon 2022
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Main Salmon 2022
Flaming Gorge and the Gates of Lodore high flow release 2022
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Flaming Gorge and the Gates of Lodore high flow release 2022
Lower Salmon River 2022
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Lower Salmon River 2022
Tanner Rapid
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Tanner Rapid
Sapphire Rapid
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Sapphire Rapid
Doris Rapid
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Doris Rapid
Turquoise Rapid
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Turquoise Rapid
Killer Fangs Rapid GC
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Killer Fangs Rapid GC
Granite Rapid GC
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Granite Rapid GC
Sockdolager
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Sockdolager
Lava Falls
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Lava Falls
Dubendorf
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Dubendorf
Hance Rapid
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Hance Rapid
Across the country
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Across the country
Lower Gauley 2021
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Lower Gauley 2021

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @pmbbike
    @pmbbike 2 місяці тому

    Nice video! It's been a very long time since I've been down the lower Salmon.

  • @harryecoffjr4666
    @harryecoffjr4666 4 місяці тому

    Thanks again for this!

  • @Big-Steve-O
    @Big-Steve-O 4 місяці тому

    Do you know what cfs this was at?

  • @bjonh3099
    @bjonh3099 6 місяців тому

    Love it

  • @glacialerraticmedia
    @glacialerraticmedia 6 місяців тому

    What cfs was this?

  • @westernsoutherner1
    @westernsoutherner1 8 місяців тому

    Great video man. I ran it last year at 1200 but this level is cookin. Those waves get big at high water.

  • @skull465
    @skull465 8 місяців тому

    I'm going out there next month on the lower owyhee. Love the video man. Keep them coming.

  • @harryecoffjr4666
    @harryecoffjr4666 9 місяців тому

    Excellent video! Thanks! No BS just running the river! Love it!

  • @skull465
    @skull465 9 місяців тому

    2:12 Argo 3:15 Woolridge 4:07 Graves Creek 6:05 Grave Creek Falls 6:36 Tyee 7:48 Wildcat 9:23 Montgomery 10:00 Howard Creek Chute 12:55 Upper Washboard 13:50 Lower Washboard 17:00 Upper Black Bar Falls 17:48 Horse Shoe Bend 23:19 Big Boulder Rapids 24:10 Telephone Hole 25:03 China Bar 25:51 Jaws/Mule Creek Canyon 34:10 Blossom Bar 37:20 Devil’s Staircase

  • @skull465
    @skull465 9 місяців тому

    1:54 Argo 2:57 Grave Creek Falls 3:40 Fish Ladder 4:54 Tyee 7:35 Plowshare 8:04 Upper Blackbar falls 9:30 Lower Blackbar falls 10:09 Upper Washboard 10:59 HorseShoe Bend 14:43 Dulog 15:24 Big Boulder Rapids 16:11 China Bar 17:51 Jaws/Mule Creek Canyon 26:39 Blossom Bar 29:16 Devil’s Staircase

  • @TomStephan-uq5gy
    @TomStephan-uq5gy 10 місяців тому

    High water for the Little. Musta been like May?

  • @skull465
    @skull465 10 місяців тому

    I'm heading out to the rogue next week. These video's seem to be very helpful. Thanks for the upload!

  • @juztdream509
    @juztdream509 10 місяців тому

    I kayaked this entire river when I was 16,I'm 38 now! Boy..the first time you fall into these rapid's will traumatize you forever! Watching your video I remember it like yesterday lol

  • @matthowarth4498
    @matthowarth4498 11 місяців тому

    Rafting is just something you do to get to the next camp. Anyway, just an opinion from someone with over 15,000 river miles.

  • @comingatchu
    @comingatchu Рік тому

    My favorite river to raft. I like it even more than the Wild and Scenic section of the Rogue River.

  • @DaveMacElhiney
    @DaveMacElhiney Рік тому

    Great lines! The scariest hole was threading the Horns. Super job!

  • @elendal
    @elendal Рік тому

    Very smooth. Nice rowing.

  • @obje0110
    @obje0110 Рік тому

    Hello, I watched a lot of ypur videos...wanting to do our own trip in 2025. Any information you can provide for a newbie to rafting? Have several trips / hours in a canoe with class 3s /4s (eastern) so not new to the river. Wanting to rent a raft and self guide. Thanks for all your amazing videos. Love watching you row!

    • @Raftingwhenicam
      @Raftingwhenicam Рік тому

      Its the same as learning to ride a bike, Youll get the feel for it in no time. You might eat a $#!t sandwich occasionally but youll get the hang of it.

  • @elendal
    @elendal Рік тому

    nice rowing

  • @connorgarcia2213
    @connorgarcia2213 Рік тому

    perfect run, nice shot

  • @BrokVoekler
    @BrokVoekler Рік тому

    TRUTH DAMMIT HE TOLD U NOT TO DO THAT

  • @centerofthewesteducation1306

    Go Beavers!

  • @rikaman27
    @rikaman27 Рік тому

    I was fortunate to drive down to Leslie Gulch and then kayak up & down river over a couple days in May of 2023. What I saw then is wonderfully multiplied by this video. Perhaps the most beautiful place in Oregon!

  • @LindaChapman-r9w
    @LindaChapman-r9w Рік тому

    really appreciated the tour and the pains you took to keep turning the raft so we would have a full appreciation of the beauty of the river. I have roots back to Starvation Point but have never seen the river so thank you.

  • @alleynaedmondson9246
    @alleynaedmondson9246 Рік тому

    i still dont see the hole 🤣

  • @delriv5238
    @delriv5238 Рік тому

    Great video. Thanks for sharing

  • @rtennant
    @rtennant Рік тому

    You call this humble pie? Perhaps you haven't seen all the effing Bedrock Rapid videos? You're like, awesome.

  • @rtennant
    @rtennant Рік тому

    Nice runs!

  • @rtennant
    @rtennant Рік тому

    These are clearly runs by an experienced guide with probably multiple Grand Canyon trips in their resume. I would also guess a guide with commercial experience somewhere. Why? No gloves, an awareness of where the oar is at all times (that is, taking shallow strokes in House Rock for example), knowing where the boat is in the rapid at all times, the entry to Hance, where he caught the Duck Pond like it was simple, because it is at these levels -- lots of reasons. The only very minor faults I saw was Dubendorff, where I would have been farther right, and Lava where I would have been farther left. But hey, minor quibbles. These runs were uniformly spot-on! Congratulations!

  • @j2theroc1
    @j2theroc1 Рік тому

    when is this river in ? spring run or later summer ? average flows ? i heard ya dont want to be on with less then 1000 cfs? Thanks for the info.

    • @Raftingwhenicam
      @Raftingwhenicam 11 місяців тому

      Spring is about the only time you can catch it running good enough to raft. Dont be surprised by huge crowds at the put in. A late fall trip in a tandem IK might be great.

  • @aaronquigley5962
    @aaronquigley5962 Рік тому

    Beautiful clean lines through all of the big stuff in the Lodore section. Rowing on Hell's was pretty as a picture.

  • @daleschleicher7794
    @daleschleicher7794 Рік тому

    I ON THIS RIVER MANY YEARS AGO FOR 3 DAYS TRIP. JUST LOVE SEEING IT AGAIN

  • @carlosjosemorales2107
    @carlosjosemorales2107 Рік тому

  • @MountainVisions
    @MountainVisions Рік тому

    Wish you captioned the rapids but great video nevertheless.

  • @tjcambron4921
    @tjcambron4921 Рік тому

    38:01 that DUDE has kayaked before. Love the way he leans into that hit. Only people who've kayaked do that! What a trip!

  • @BladePressure
    @BladePressure Рік тому

    I love all your videos. I appreciate there is no music or narration. Just the river. Where are you based out of?

  • @drewpbates
    @drewpbates Рік тому

    Dude, wear a helmet. Seriously

  • @OutsideChronicles
    @OutsideChronicles Рік тому

    Thanks for this!

  • @OutsideChronicles
    @OutsideChronicles Рік тому

    Great video, I am paddling it next Jan/Feb for the first time. Your lines and command of the raft are way better than some other videos I have seen. I can tell you know what you are doing. Would have loved to see the names of each rapid for my reference. Thanks for sharing!

    • @Raftingwhenicam
      @Raftingwhenicam Рік тому

      We might see you down there then, I will be back on the river Jan 25th

    • @OutsideChronicles
      @OutsideChronicles Рік тому

      @@Raftingwhenicam that is the same time we are putting in.

  • @tedjohnson401
    @tedjohnson401 Рік тому

    “You’re”

  • @jimmyfaherty8588
    @jimmyfaherty8588 Рік тому

    Nice!!!

  • @delriv5238
    @delriv5238 Рік тому

    Well done sir

  • @jasongray9411
    @jasongray9411 Рік тому

    Great trip. What was the rapid/hole that nearly had you at 10:51. The low water level makes everything look a bit different. You say to the river, "do I know you?"

    • @Raftingwhenicam
      @Raftingwhenicam Рік тому

      I am pretty sure that was Sockdolager, and yes this year I did not know the river.

    • @thr33b0ys
      @thr33b0ys Рік тому

      It looks like that's the bottom of Hance.

  • @lucyamado5053
    @lucyamado5053 Рік тому

    Very Nice!!! Muitoooo Showww!!!

  • @dommcgrath6146
    @dommcgrath6146 Рік тому

    Fantastic video! How about some timestamps or annotations? 🙂

  • @holmespun
    @holmespun Рік тому

    Great footage! These are only showing in 1080p for me, though.

  • @Dan_HD_7
    @Dan_HD_7 Рік тому

    Good

  • @jennielee5014
    @jennielee5014 Рік тому

    Nice footage. Looks like you guys had a great time. Loved your solo at the end Jonah. Glad you guys made it home safe.

  • @SirgalDelRchannel
    @SirgalDelRchannel Рік тому

    WOW! So cool and exciting white water rapids ride. The Grand Canyon is an amazing natural sculpture. Thank you for this incredible video. New friend here. Stay safe and connected.

  • @madaprak
    @madaprak Рік тому

    Thanks for the ride.