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Offline JohnCyr

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Re: Du Lievre
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2013, 07:49:29 AM »
And the last bit..

All in all a short run... maybe 800M ..And the elevation drops between 100-70 feet depending where you put in There are some serious class V.1 drops above and on the left lines that we opted not to run that day..CJ has before though....Well save it for later!

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Re: Du Lievre
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2013, 07:43:00 AM »
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Re: Du Lievre
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2013, 07:41:44 AM »
More. Pics of the harmless looking drop... CJ Running a good line on the first pic....

Me being ushed right, spun around on the rock and smashed on a rock at the bottom with all the water dropping on me...Scary.

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Re: Du Lievre
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2013, 07:38:15 AM »
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Re: Du Lievre
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2013, 07:34:59 AM »
Martin is right.. Du Lievre is most definitely a stacked class 4+ creek run. Horizon Line after horizon line.. Small fast moving pools in between certain drops...

The river starts with an autoboof to a slide...then some slides lead right into another tricky double ledge drop.

The bottom of this then runs into a narrow class 3+ with a class 4 ledge at the bottom..the right side has potential pin spots..

Then it leads into a harmless but very consequential 10 foot boof. I managed to mess it up but stayed upright and got out. Getting pushed right will land you on sharp rocks/pin and too far left lands you in the seam and potentially behind the curtain for a bit.

Then after a short pool. this lead into another 10 foot boof that lands you into left moving current and all flushes good. You boof off a little pillow on a rock.

All that runs out into a reactionary wave you need to punch over and into a ledgehole, then through a little slide... Short little pool and another little slide to finish off at the bottom.

All in all a good creeking practice and a definite step up from Blakeney/Blanche.

Here are some gopro snaps of the whole run in order...




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Re: Du Lievre
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2013, 09:32:54 PM »
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Du Lievre
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2013, 09:30:09 PM »
Ran the Du Lievre today, some solid class 4+, short run but such a good creek!!
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