#7 Spencer Heights

I waited around till about 11:30 knowing that boaters are notoriously late getting to meeting spots, even though we were supposed to meet at 8am. I started riding down the Poudre Canyon and got a good ways past Rustic when I finally met up with them. We headed back up and I will just say our mission ended in defeat. Damn you Ranger Rick.

Not to be totally down in out we proceeded to run a couple laps on Spencer Heights which is a run that I absolutely love. The Sportsman's gauge was reading a bout 2.9 which is an ok flow. I don't think it can get too big personally.

We all came up to Rocket Launcher and most people ran it and everyone came out just fine, I think it was 7/7. This was a first for me as I have ran the run probably about fifteen times and have always walked Rocket Launcher. It was styled and I was feeling good.

After that we portaged around Poudre falls which would be so lovely if it wasn't for that third drop and ran Cyclotron which is hole punching at its finest and ends with a sweet mushroom rock boof. Which I of course missed.

We came up to Boneyard next a long and technical rapid involving serious amounts of skill and bravery just to comprehend the complexities of its nature. Once again styled by all.

We then entered the mini gorge which is just a collection of boofs and holes to punch. So good once it hits your lips. We did run into some trouble here as a boater (I don't like using names of people who have bad days) went for quite the hole ride in the entrance of the gorge. It just so happened that this was his first swim in about 5 years, his last being on Double Trouble.

The rest of the run went smoothly and we went back up for round two.

Right now I am furious because I had some awesome video of all of us stomping Rocket Launcher and then routing Cyclotron and Boneyard on our second lap. I recorded over it by accident with some SSV stuff. I hate myself right now and will try to get some more footy later.

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