July 12, 2010. Lower Salmon River, Idaho. The Zizumara touches the river for the first time. A-Team eases her into her new watery home.
10 souls. 100,00LBS of gear. Most of which was outfits and champagne.
Dressed to impress... yes, we are still at the put-in.
The Zizumara receives her blessings and hopefully hears our prayers for safe travels.
And a little bubbly for us!
We loaded the boat with the essentials and shoved off.
Perfect day for a maiden voyage.
Dog claws making sure I don't get too attached to the paint job.
We got to our favorite camp early and took full advantage. And a good excuse for a wardrobe change.
The gunwales were dressed in LED for the evening.
She matched her namesake -Delphinius in the sky.
Next day we get our first taste of some whitewater.
We got a little sideways in Wrightway and at 15k it was huge. Good thing I had 2 awesome highsiders. Perhaps I should have put the rubber chines on the boat...
Prepare for launch. 3...2...1...
First rocket ship ride for the ZIZ. Good highsiding Bro!
Kindred souls.
The Ziz takes a break from the whitewater for a little lunch in the sun.
At some point this day I took 1/2" off the Ziz's nose after hitting a meta-limestone wall in cougar canyon. It was about as low impact as you get but still enough to put the first ding in the boat. Glad its over, now I can relax.
There's a little magic in the left side hatch.
Ziz=Party venue.
Ziz=Dance floor.
Ziz=Bed... not tonight!
All ship shape and ready to run China... on the right! woo!
Close up.
Basically, the Zizumara is a floating bar. If only I could bring the bartender on every trip. Yoohoo...Ken!
Beautiful last night in Blue Canyon. View from the perch at Buzzards.
Fine bailing technique after a big run in Eye of the Needle.
Then out to the Snake and finally the take out.
Not bad for a maiden voyage.
July 12, 2010. Lower Salmon River, Idaho. The Zizumara touches the river for the first time. A-Team eases her into her new watery home.
