(Photo by Jarett Bies)
My pal, Jarett Bies, took a three-day self-contained decent of the Cheyenne River in western South Dakota this past spring with a couple of friends. They decided to take out of the river along a bridge that lacked easy access to vehicles and used an ingenious method to hoist out their kayaks. This type of improvisation is characteristic of Jarett’s adventures on area waterways. He recounted this cruise during a presentation at the SDCA winter conference in Sioux Falls in January.
(Photo by Jarett Bies)
For those of you would like to check out the full story of that Cheyenne River cruise, you will find a full illustrated story in three segments on Jarett’s blog for May 21-27, 2009 at http://kayaksodakjarelaura.blogspot.com.
In the credit where it's due files, the field expedient method used here (at the Four Corners bridge, about 4 miles west of the S.D. Highway 34 bridge in northwest Haakon County) was all the idea of Caleb Gilkerson, owner and operator of Steamboat, Inc., in Pierre.
ReplyDeleteHe was the one who devised the use of the tow cable to lift the boats up.
We did it mostly so we did not have to hump the boats all the way to the end of the bridge.
Thanks for the compliments, Jay, but it honestly was Caleb's work. So he deserves the credit.