{"id":5780,"date":"2019-03-01T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T23:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/?p=5780"},"modified":"2019-03-03T19:11:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T02:11:24","slug":"skull-rapid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/2019\/03\/01\/skull-rapid\/","title":{"rendered":"Skull Rapid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skull-Rapids-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skull-Rapids-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\"  class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skull-Rapids-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skull-Rapids-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skull-Rapids-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skull-Rapids-2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Having lunch above Skull Rapids on the Hood River<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skull-Rapids-1.jpg\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 20px 20px 0;\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skull-Rapids-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skull-Rapids-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skull-Rapids-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skull-Rapids-1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Skull-Rapids-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Skull Rapid &#8211; it&#8217;s an ominous name for a long and violent rapid, crashing over and through large boulders. This was our first portage of many, right at the outlet of Esker Lake. We figured out how to organize our gear, how to tie loose gear on to packframes, and how much we could all carry. It was a short portage at only a few hundred meters, and we completed it fairly quickly and had lunch on the bluff overlooking the rapid. The rapid is named for an old muskox skull, slowly decaying in the mats of flowering labrador tea (<i>Ledum sp.<\/i>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:both;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having lunch above Skull Rapids on the Hood River Skull Rapid &#8211; it&#8217;s an ominous name for a long and violent rapid, crashing over and through large boulders. This was our first portage of many, right at the outlet of Esker Lake. 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