Ryan Jordan

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Day 7: Staging for the Wall

Day 7 – Staging for the Wall We spent a great part of the morning today … “managing a medical issue.” Nothing terribly urgent, but one of those things that if you get it wrong, the consequences can be fatal. It wouldn’t be appropriate for me to live blog about it, so as to protect […]

Day 7: Staging for the Wall

Day 7 – Staging for the Wall We spent a great part of the morning today … “managing a medical issue.” Nothing terribly urgent, but one of those things that if you get it wrong, the consequences can be fatal. It wouldn’t be appropriate for me to live blog about it, so as to protect […]

Day 6: In View of The Wall

Day 6: In View of the Wall (sent the morning after when we got better sat reception!) Our objective for this trekking leg is simple: to complete an off trail traverse of the crest of the Chinese Wall from Larch Hill Pass to White River Pass. Today we spent trekking the first part of the […]

Day 6: In View of The Wall

Day 6: In View of the Wall Our objective for this trekking leg is simple: to complete an off trail traverse of the crest of the Chinese Wall from Larch Hill Pass to White River Pass. Today we spent trekking the first part of the approach to this objective. Heat, 3000 feet of elevation gain, […]

Day 5: The Mighty River (S Fk Flathead)

Day 5 Running at 7,500 to 8,000 cfs (as measured at the Hungry Horse gaging sta.), the South Fork of the Flathead is not exactly revealing its prim and proper summer behavior so well known to packrafters worldwide. In fact, it’s darn right rowdy and at times, a bit belligerent. We left our camp on […]