s) My thoughts turned to Ted who had also been out in his kayak when the storm hit. With all of his success in the kayak, he had not worn his wet suit or dry top for the first time that day, and I was very concerned about him. But soon, before my kayak was fully drained, a couple of our rafts pulled into an eddy on the other side of the river. I blew my whistle. Shortly after that, the raft with Michelle, Maya, and Wesley came into view and then into the eddy by me and I could see Ted's kayak and then Ted, as well as the rest of my family, in the raft. They signaled as they approached that they were ok. I felt an incredible sense of relief. I found out later that Ted had also been knocked over by the wind, but had been pointing the other way when it happened and rolled up on the upwind side. The wind knocked him over the other way when he rolled up the first time, window-shading him, but then he tried again and just rolled part way up so he could lean into the wind and not keep going over the other side. Ted managed to reach the kitchen boat that Glenn was rowing, and held onto the raft for stability at the side of the river. Bryce and Ashley were in Glenn’s raft when the storm hit and Glenn gave them a tarp to get under to get out of the rain.

t) As the raft was approaching to pick me up, the storm was easing and I noticed dozens of multi-tiered water falls coming off of the cliffs all around me and could hear the crash of rocks falling in the red water. After they picked me up, we moved to the middle of the river to get out of the rock fall zone and then pulled off on the Mohawk canyon debris fan, far from any cliffs and well away from the bottom of the drainage. Mohawk canyon was running wide and red and we could hear the rumble of rocks striking each other as we stood a safe distance back from the eroding bank. Mohawk was still flowing later that evening, but by morning, it was no longer flowing.

u) Others Kayaking - Wesley took a turn in my Jefe and flipped when he hit an eddy line after going through the first riffle that he came to. I don’t know if he tried to roll up, but he pulled the skirt, swam and was rescued by Ted and some of the rafts. It was during this rescue that the whirlpool flipped Ted and Ted rolled up on his second try. Ted had been holding Wesley’s (my) paddle as well as his when he went over, but dropped my paddle so he could roll up with just his. Ted or someone picked up my paddle again after Ted rolled up. My upside down kayak got stuck under one of the rafts and there was some confusion for a period of time while we were looking for it. I lost the drain plug while draining the Jefe after Wesley’s swim, but I made a temporary plug with a piece of a stick and some gorilla tape. Tom also took a turn in my Jefe and capsized and swam at the first riffle he came to. He was also quickly rescued by Ted and the rafts. Tom said the Jefe seemed a lot less stable than his RPM kayak that he uses on the lower Salt. After that, Tom paddled his Strike once or twice and was more successful, but then put the IK away and focused on helping to row rafts between rapids. David paddled his Strike for a few rapids. He swam in Ruby rapid after successfully running the biggest wave and flying through the air before landing again in the IK. He didn’t get the IK out again after that. Maya did a few rapids in the IK and did not swim. Ted and I stayed close to her in our kayaks. No one else opted for a turn in a kayak. Generally, we were sufficiently entertained and got enough exercise rowing the rafts.