LJ Ran Koosa Falls!

Well, it's been calling out names for years, and finally an EP crew member ran the 80 foot (give or take) Koosa Falls just an hour and a half outside Eugene.

I had to work at my catering job, so I couldn't go, and most of the rest of the crew was in school, but, LJ was just fired up to run her, and the water levels weren't looking like they would hold for long. He put together a great safety crew which doubled as a makeshift film crew and invited "Hardcore" Dave, a climbing photographer and good friend who just got back from an expedition in China. Another friend joined the crew to help allert the photographers and videographers when LJ was ready so they could start filming. After scouting for a bit, LJ hopped in the boat wearing his lucky red and white checkered slip on Vans, gave the thumbs up and shoved off.

He said he had never felt so on line and right where he wanted to be in a rapid, which is important because we was paddling towards an 80 horizon line. He left the lip, held his slow stabalizing stroke for the first 60 feet, then cleared his paddle to the side of his boat, and entered the water in a perfect 90 degree Oregon Tuck. Surfacing and rolling up at the bottom with a big smile on his face, LJ was met by three stuned and slightly dissapointed camera men. In her excitement at watching LJ run an 80 foot drop, the look out had forgoten to get the thumbs up from the camera men. As it turns out, there is no video or photos of the descent, but LJ has one more monster waterfall under his belt!

Peace,
Trip