This post is a bit overdue..almost 2 months overdue! Well better late then never right? 

Hit the middle fork river for some white water rafting this last august a few days before the season ended. Was my 2nd time rafting the middle fork river and the 3rd time going with W.E.T Rafting company. Love those guys over at W.E.T. Their guides are the best on the river IMO and I don’t intend on going with any other companys in the future.

Middle fork river is famous for the Tunnel Chute rapid (the one in the pics below).  River is rated 4+, but the tunnel chute is a 5 I think. Its a 15 foot drop to the bottom and immediately after hitting the bottom, you enter a tunnel that was blasted into the rock by miners back in the days of the California Gold Rush. Last time I rafted here (in july 07), the water was flowing much faster then this year’s trip but it was still a lot of fun. One advantage of doing this rapid more once is on that on subsequent trips you’ll know where the camera man is and you’ll know when to smile!

Unfortunately pics were only taken at this rapid and non of the others that followed, because the river is pretty remote and for the most part not accessible by road. 

Halfway down the tunnel Chute

Waving at the camera man!

Why am I the only one smiling?

The tunnel at the end of this rapid. On the last trip a friend’s head almost got hit by a jutting rock on the left side of the tunnel.