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May 10, 2003','',''); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Lovely & Lazy','slideshow/mettawee/may10-2003/class_i.jpg','A put-in in Granville gave us the opportunity to appreciate this lovely but lazy stretch of the Mettawee. The banks were largely unspoiled throughout the trip.',498,197); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 498,197 // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Truthville Drop (Matt)','slideshow/mettawee/may10-2003/MettaweefirstMatt_sm.jpg','Matt demonstrates the conservative route through the class IV-V drop in Truthville, NY. More like "Moment of Truthville" if you ask me...',500,375); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 500,375 // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Truthville Drop (Tony)','slideshow/mettawee/may10-2003/MettaweefirstTony2_sm.jpg','Tony just managed to squeeze this one out.',500,375); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 500,375 // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Truthville Drop (Simon)','slideshow/mettawee/may10-2003/simon1.jpg','PaddlePig.com recommends a boof move here, which Simon graciously demonstrated for the boaters and fishermen looking on.',500,199); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 500,199 // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Truthville Drop (James)','slideshow/mettawee/may10-2003/MettaweefirstJames2_sm.jpg','It would be ugly to get funneled to the left here...and then capsize. Thankfully James didn\'t.',500,375); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 500,375 // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Bad \'Hair\' Day','slideshow/mettawee/may10-2003/eric1.jpg','A Bad \'Hair\' Day. Few boaters are running the \'second drop\' these days, after the fatal pinning of a local boater April 2004 (on the left hand side). The AW website has more.',499,198); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 499,198 // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Triple Drop (Matt)','slideshow/mettawee/may10-2003/MettaweeTripleMatt_sm.jpg','Matt in the Triple Drop (top). The entry ledge is a sloping affair, and not difficult, but the consequences of a flip here could be harrowing.',500,667); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 500,667 // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Triple Drop (James)','slideshow/mettawee/may10-2003/MettaweeTripleJames_sm.jpg','James...waiting to emerge from the second hole.',500,667); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 500,667 // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Triple Drop (Jamie)','slideshow/mettawee/may10-2003/Mettaweetriple_sm.jpg','Simon took some great photos with his digital camera this day. I love this close up of Jamie, setting up for the last high ledge in Triple Drop. It is ill-advised to get caught in the recirculating hole at river right below this last ledge.',500,667); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 500,667 // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Triple Drop (James)','slideshow/mettawee/may10-2003/MettaweeTripleJames2_sm.jpg','James hitting his line, just skirting the nasty keeper.',500,667); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 500,667 // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Triple Drop (Simon)','slideshow/mettawee/may10-2003/simon5.jpg','Another perspective on the nasty keeper below Triple Drop with Simon (trust me) avoiding it.',492,194); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 492,194 // pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Joe\'s Brook
April 13, 2003','',''); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Warming Up','slideshow/joes_brook/apr13-2003/joes9.jpg','The first mile below the power plant is a lovely riffling warmup.',500,197); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Randy Drops In','slideshow/joes_brook/apr13-2003/joes3.jpg','A nice clean line for Randy...',500,197); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Matt looks Ascance','slideshow/joes_brook/apr13-2003/joes4.jpg','Matt looks ascance at the same drop...',500,197); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Strobe Action 1','slideshow/joes_brook/apr13-2003/joes1a.jpg','The Happy Trio..in strobe motion...',800,252); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Strobe Action 2','slideshow/joes_brook/apr13-2003/joes2.jpg','See if you can pick out the mango Outrage...x4. The nasty strainer seen at right needs to be removed.',800,134); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Covered Bridge section','slideshow/joes_brook/apr13-2003/joes5.jpg','The first of many ledgy drops in the Covered Bridge section.',500,197); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Falls 1','slideshow/joes_brook/apr13-2003/joes6.jpg','The only safe route through this drop is far right...',500,197); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Falls 2','slideshow/joes_brook/apr13-2003/joes7.jpg','...if you can call this \'safe\'!',500,197); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Parting Shot','slideshow/joes_brook/apr13-2003/joes8.jpg','Mike marks the end of the Covered Bridge section. Several more miles of ledge drops and easier rapids, as well as a class III-IV gorge lie downstream, continuing almost relentlessly to the Passumpsic confluence.',500,197); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Gihon
May 4, 2002','',''); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('1st Drop - Eric','slideshow/gihon_eb.jpg','The downstream bow ender is an unusual sight. Leave it to Eric! What happened next was, well, ugly. Eric says he won\'t ever try to run the first drop again.',588,321); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 588,321 pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('1st Drop - Dave','slideshow/gihon_ds.jpg','Dave shows how deft paddlers can run the first drop cleanly! Of course, the C1 he paddles takes on no water -- a plus in this instance.',585,268); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 585,268 pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('2nd Drop','slideshow/gihon_ts3.jpg','A fun, straight-forward class III ledge drop at this level.',585,275); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 585,275 pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Spinach','slideshow/gihon_ts.jpg','Tony...in "spinach".',585,383); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('It\'s Low Brace Time','slideshow/gihon_r.jpg','Ruth readies for a timely low brace, half way down "Spinach".',585,268); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 585,268 pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Crrrunch!','slideshow/gihon_bh.jpg','Bruce\'s kevlar "Ignitor" took a beating on the ledgy Gihon this day, but still held together. He\'ll be bringing it to the Grand Canyon, July 2002.',585,270); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 585,270 pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Mystery Move','slideshow/gihon_jw.jpg','Throw in a mystery move or two, like John here, and your day is complete!',585,273); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 585,273 pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Dam drop','slideshow/gihon_ra.jpg','The old dam site offers a choice of lines, depending on the level. Randy took the center route.',585,270); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 585,270 pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Power House: top','slideshow/compress/gihon_ts2.jpg','Tony atop PowerHouse.',585,419); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Power House: bottom','slideshow/compress/gihon_fk.jpg','Faith, in PowerHouse, testing the sea-worthiness of her mango Outrage. OK, so far!',456,349); //ACTUAL DIMENSIONS: 585 X 449 pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('New Haven Ledges
April 20, 2000','','More NH Ledges -- video clips'); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('1st Drop','slideshow/ledg2000/compress/drop1.jpg','Randy, in his customized C1, set the tone for the day, taking the first drop head on.',633,297); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('2nd Drop','slideshow/ledg2000/compress/drop2.jpg','This tricky chute was one we inspected for a long time before attempting it. All who tried ran cleanly.',634,290); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Lost Legs','slideshow/ledg2000/compress/lostlgs1.jpg','Jamie picked a clean entry into the Lost Legs section. The center route gets very pushy in higher water.',632,295); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Chad and Ed lead the way','slideshow/ledg2000/compress/lostlgs2.jpg','Chad and Ed lead the way through Lost Legs.',633,291); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('By The Way','slideshow/ledg2000/compress/bytheway.jpg','This compelling shot inspires terror (in some) and a Pavlovian response (in others). Thanks to Chris Weed for the excellent camera work this day!',633,300); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('The Haystack','slideshow/ledg2000/compress/pretoast.jpg','This drop was obscured by the backwater of the rotten Bartlett Falls dam, until the dam was largely flushed away in the flood of 1998. Avoid the right in high water!',634,291); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Toaster (Ed)','slideshow/ledg2000/compress/toaster1.jpg','Ed managed a shallow entry by boofing off the second ledge at the top of Toaster.',635,299); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Toaster (Jamie)','slideshow/ledg2000/compress/toaster2.jpg','Jamie on his first attempt running Toaster. No problem (just keep your paddle away from your chin)!',634,292); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Toaster (Tony)','slideshow/ledg2000/compress/toaster3.jpg','A roll was required in the pool below, but it isn\'t every day you see an open boat tackle Toaster.',637,303); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Broach City','slideshow/ledg2000/compress/broachct.jpg','This technical rapid below Toaster requires alert paddling at a level of 1 foot.',637,289); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Play Pen','slideshow/ledg2000/compress/playpen.jpg','2 swims at the Play Pen this day attest -- it\'s a tricky little drop.',634,294); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Ledge Drop (Chad)','slideshow/ledg2000/compress/chad1.jpg','This fun 5 footer has a nasty hydraulic below on the right, which the faint-hearted will want to avoid.',633,293); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Ledge Drop (Tony)','slideshow/ledg2000/compress/tony1.jpg','Oh, Boy!',634,297); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Ledge Drop (Randy)','slideshow/ledg2000/compress/randy1.jpg','Randy pulled out after this, as a popped D-ring gave him trouble once again.',634,291); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Seive','slideshow/ledg2000/compress/seive.jpg','An undercut formation below this short drop requires boaters to keep right.',635,297); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Last Shot','slideshow/ledg2000/compress/lastshot.jpg','What a day we had, thanks to our river gods (uh, guides) Chad and Ed. This is a run I look forward to trying again soon!',634,292); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('N. Branch of the Lamoille','',''); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Paul on the slide','kodak/kodak41_better.jpg','Looking upstream from the 2nd covered bridge. Only Paul Carlile attempted "the slide" today, which after much contemplation and readying of throw ropes was (for the onlookers, at least) anti-climactic.',550,240); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Randy emerges from a hole','kodak/kodak44_better.jpg','Randy rides the crest of a Haystack just below a popular summer swimming hole on the North Branch.',550,269); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('No place to hide','kodak/kodak46_better.jpg','This shot epitomizes the North Branch\'s lower gorge: fast and small with no place to hide !',550,290); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Waterville Dam - surgical precision','kodak/kodak52_better.jpg','Paul Carlile runs the sloping remnants of the Waterville Dam with surgical precision.',550,287); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Dam drop - surgical indecision','kodak/kodak53_better.jpg','Tony runs the sloping remnants of the Waterville Dam with surgical indecision.',581,247); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Randy: "What, me worry"','kodak/kodak57_better.jpg','The horizon line from above this drop in Waterville is ominous. From below you can see why. Still, Randy stayed cool, calm, and collected !',550,265); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Waterville staircase - looking back','kodak/kodak59_better.jpg','Looking back upstream the series of class IV drops in Waterville resemble a staircase. In high water this stretch would be absolutely ferocious.',286,487); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Paul: "Good to the last drop"','kodak/kodak61_better.jpg','By the final drop it was evident that Paul tamed, Randy survived, and Tony succumbed to the Waterville gorge...and we\'ll all be back for more !',550,229); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('E. Branch of the Sacandaga (NY)','','4/27/97'); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Tony grinning','kodak/kodak32.jpg','Tony, grinning, drops into a hole on the East Branch of the Sacandaga. At this medium level we were reminded of a run on the Londonderry Ledges section of Vermont\'s West River, April 1996.',435,280); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('George punching','kodak/kodak12.jpg','VPC Elder Statesman George McIntosh punches through a haystack on the East Branch of the Sacandaga. He told tales of the hard-to-access West Branch of the Sacandaga, which we vowed to paddle...some day.',435,280); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Andy cruising','kodak/kodak11.jpg','Here\'s living proof: Andy Meilleur does occasionally point downstream.',434,280); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Mike back-surfing','kodak/kodak22.jpg','Mike Smorgans discovered this unassuming pourover/hydraulic, which proved to be a terrific spot for backsurfing and 360\'s.',435,281); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Tony spinning','kodak/kodak28.jpg','Here\'s Tony playing the same hole
(is that @ 90...or 270 ???)',435,281); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Ricky on the side','kodak/kodak30.jpg','Ricky made me take his picture.',434,280); // pic++; // pixdata[pic] = new Array('Surf\'s up, dude','kodak/kodak39.jpg','Surf\'s up, dude !',256,384); // pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Boreas (NY) Panoramics','',''); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Put in','slideshow/compress/boreas4.jpg','The Boreas R. put-in lives up to its name. We were running the river for the first time May 19, 1996, and were relieved to find it running at a low but boatable -0.5 feet on the painted gauge at the Northwoods Club Road bridge.',576,217); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Lester Dam','slideshow/compress/boreas3.jpg','A couple class II rapids give way to Lester Flow, which is quickwater for a mile or more. Pictured are Wright and Tim, surfing the remnants of Lester dam.',575,218); //pic++; //pixdata[pic] = new Array('Playful whitewater','slideshow/compress/boreas2.jpg','There is a good deal of characteristically playful class II whitewater on the upper Boreas. At a low boatable level this 6.5 mile segment would be well suited to an intermediate VPC trip, including tandem canoes.',576,220); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Eric entering a chute','slideshow/compress/boreaseb.jpg','Eric entering a class III chute on the upper river, which was straightforward at this level. In high water this narrow cleft would be quite turbulent.',576,217); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Serpentine...','slideshow/boreas6.jpg','Finding the "sweet spot" in a serpentine rapid below Rt. 28. Aside from 3 fishermen at the highway bridge, we had the river entirely to ourselves all day.',575,220); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Praying for miracles','slideshow/boreas5.jpg','Tony praying for miracles at the 6 foot drop - Boreas R. below Rt. 28.',573,220); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Stillwater breather','slideshow/boreas8.jpg','Hewitt Eddy offers a stillwater "breather". We were blessed with sunshine and 80-85 degree temps, a rare combination in May in the Adirondacks.',578,218); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('End of film','slideshow/boreas7.jpg','End of film. The rapids below (no pictures) were considerably steeper. Imagine...the Deerfield Dryway...all to yourself !!!',575,218); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Lower Hudson (NY)
and Hudson Gorge','',''); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Randy surfing...','slideshow/randy.jpg','Randy surfing a wave on the lower Hudson. This is among the most popular VPC trips in late spring, and is usually run in conjunction with the Schroon R. above Warrensburg.',435,291); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Ricky surfing...','slideshow/ricky.jpg','Ricky surfing another lower Hudson wave. On this day the group put in at North Creek (higher than usual) for a 14 mile class I-III run.',435,290); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Mike surfing...','slideshow/rockisle.jpg','Caught between blue skies and white water, here\'s Mike in his ME at the Rock Island on the Lower Hudson.',435,288); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Tandem, Hudson Gorge','slideshow/tandem.jpg','Intrepid tandem canoers John Blackmore and Mike Fullerton tackle Staircase Rapid on the Hudson Gorge. Tandem pairs in the Gorge are few and far between...these days.',435,291); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Tony at "staircase"','slideshow/compress/narrows.jpg','Hey...what\'s happening to my boat ??? (Tony at the mercy of the Husdon Gorge Narrows).',435,290); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Mad River','',''); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Mad surfer...','slideshow/compress/rallen1.jpg','This is among the Mad\'s finest surfing waves. Randy\'s Outrage seems to cut through the tongue like a hot knife through butter.',375,300); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Horseshoe falls (river right)','kodak/kodak2.jpg','Here\'s Paul Carlile running the big drop in high water. The hole at the base of Horseshoe Falls is a keeper at some levels. Though Paul ran cleanly on this trip, wary paddlers will run on river left...or carry.',434,280); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Horseshoe Falls (river left)','slideshow/compress/keaton1.jpg','Kevin Eaton nails the conservative route at Horseshoe Falls (it\s still a hoot!!).',375,300); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Lower Moose River (NY)','','Moose River Festival in Old Forge NY, October 1999','',''); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Put-in','kodak/moose1a.jpg','6 and 1/2 hours after he left home, Eric was so happy to see moving water that he snapped this put-in shot. It was a gorgeous 70 degree October afternoon. The drive from Burlington normally takes about 4 hours each way.',500,362); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Iron Bridge Rapid','kodak/moose2a.jpg','Iron Bridge Rapid: The first of 6 named class III-IV rapids in this 12 mile stretch.',500,375); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Tannery Rapids','kodak/moose3a.jpg','Tannery Rapids: Unidentified C1 paddler surfs a wave.',500,362); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Crossing a wave','kodak/moose4a.jpg','Tony tries to keep topside up amidst this imprecise eddy turn (or is it a downstream ferry?!)',500,375); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Eric IN Froth Hole','kodak/moose5a.jpg','Eric drops into (and powers through) Froth Hole, to the cheers of the mainly closed-boat onlookers. The spectator value here is almost as engaging as the West River Dumplings!',500,375); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Mix Master','kodak/moose6a.jpg','Mix Master: A diagonal line, crossing rapidly from left to right, is required to avoid the boat-munching hole evident here. With the correct approach it is easily done.',500,371); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Elevator Shaft','kodak/moose7a.jpg','Elevator Shaft: This abrupt but straightforward drop is exciting to run, but difficult to surf. Eric chose an even more turbulent route further to the left.',500,375); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Fowlers Falls','kodak/moose8a.jpg','As the sun set, I tried to capture a few of the devil-may-care kayakers plunging down the 35 foot Folwer Dam slide. This particular fellow gave bystanders the thumbs up as he rocketed past!',500,358); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Whatever floats your boat...','',''); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('La Platte River tour','kodak/kodak1.jpg','This leisurely evening ascent of the La Platte River from Shelburne Bay rendered sightings of Blue Herons, Green Herons, and Wild Iris (in their full glory).',434,280); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Play Date','slideshow/compress/rod_ender.jpg','Cory Colgan captured Rod Wentworth surfing this sweet hole, apparently after a summer rain. Rod was not forthcoming about where exactly this playspot is. Any guesses?',586,439); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Saranac Rapids','kodak/saranac.jpg','The Saranac above Clayburg holds its water in the spring better than many other VT/NY rivers. Pictured here in April 1998, at a medium level.',440,297); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Boat Breaker -- Ammonoosuc (NH)','slideshow/bbreaker.jpg','Len Carpenter picks his route through Boatbreaker Rapid on the Ammonoosuc River near Bethlehem NH. This May Day weekend whitewater trip is a perennial VPC favorite.',435,291); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Cedar stripper','slideshow/compress/stripper.jpg','The cedar stripper was built by Matteo, Bob, and Marvie Campbell...for Chris.',435,289); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Gallatin R. Wyoming','slideshow/compress/gallatin.jpg','Here\'s a different angle on the red kayak in the last shot, with Teo pointing skyward on the Gallatin R. (Wyoming)',435,290); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Pontook Dam (NH)','slideshow/pontook.jpg','Andy in a zone below Pontook Dam on the Androscoggin (NH). This is the VPC venue for the "whitewater school", a training program for novice kayakers and tandem canoers, held in early summer.',435,289); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Boundary Waters (MN)','slideshow/compress/bwaters.jpg','Marvie and family on aquatic safari (Boundary Waters, Minnesota).',289,435); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('The Dumplings','slideshow/dumpling.jpg','Moments like this punctuate an otherwise copacetic day for Mike Fullerton, paddling at the West River dam release (Jamaica,VT).',435,285); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Kayaker as meal...','slideshow/halfdome.jpg','Kayaker as meal at half-dome rock on the West River (Jamaica,VT).',435,281); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Deerfield Dryway #1','slideshow/taming.jpg','Andy, undaunted, came to tame Dragon\'s Tooth on the Deerfield Dryway...and did!',435,290); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Deerfield Dryway #2','slideshow/skipping.jpg','Tony appears to skip across the waves below Dragon\'s Tooth. Barb Frankowski was behind the lens.',435,290); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Rick Davis -- upper West R.','slideshow/compress/rick.jpg','Rick Davis in a C1 he built plies the clear blue waters of the West River near Stratton VT.',435,285); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Youghiogheny R. (PA)','slideshow/yough.jpg','A downpour en route to the Youghiogheny River in southwest Pennsylvania several years ago brought the river up 2 feet. Mike F. and a sizable VPC ( nee NVCC ) contingent paddled it anyway. Life is short... PADDLE HARD !!!',435,278); pic++; //5 images from ./slideshow were deleted due to disk quota //problems APRIL 9, 2002 (below - triv1, who, ottawa, dead, poplar) pixdata[pic] = new Array('Ottawa R. rodeo','slideshow/compress/ottawa.jpg','Teo Campbell side-surfing a monster at the Ottawa River Rodeo, 1996.',435,290); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('The Dead (Grand Falls)','slideshow/dead.jpg','Grand Falls (a 5 minute paddle upstream from the Dead River put-in) is worth the effort to see.',469,162); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('The Dead (Poplar Hill Falls)','slideshow/poplar.jpg','So many holes...so little time...',469,165); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Grass River NY - Chad','kodak/gras9904.jpg','A balmy April day welcomed Chad and the VPC paddling group he introduced to the Grass River. This section is so steep (and so heavily posted by a fish and game club) that Jamieson doesn\'t even bother to describe it in his ADK Rivers text.',437,286); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Grass River - Wright?','kodak/gras9903.jpg','Not sure, but this looks like a C1 paddler to me (Wright Hartmann?!). Thanks to Carol Maxwell for sending in the pics!',438,301); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Trivia Contest / Hair Boating','',''); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Fall Trivia Contest','slideshow/compress/who.jpg','Name the paddler and the stunt in the Fall ( no pun intended ) trivia contest. - -> Hint: He\'s pictured earlier in the slide show !',435,300); pic++; pixdata[pic] = new Array('Inaugural Trivia Contest','slideshow/compress/triv1dam.jpg','Tim Budell and a friend have plunged down the 65 foot high Winooski River dam between Essex Jct. and Williston VT a couple times each during 1996. Both are still living, but assure me that this stunt requires the utmost precision. Look at the rocks at the dam\'s base from Rt. 2A in low water sometime, and you\'ll understand. The shot was originally submitted to the AWA and posted on their First Descents page.',435,289); // **************************************************************************** // **************************************************************************** function getEl(el) { return document.getElementById(el) } function displayPic03(moveby) { switch (slide+moveby) { case 0: getEl("buttonBack").disabled = true; getEl("buttonNext").disabled = false; slide+=moveby; loadOne(slide); break; case (pixdata.length-1): getEl("buttonNext").disabled = true; getEl("buttonBack").disabled = false; slide+=moveby; loadOne(slide); break; case -1: //show index page break; case pixdata.length: if (cycle) { slide=0; getEl("buttonBack").disabled = true; getEl("buttonNext").disabled = false; loadOne(slide); } break; default: slide+=moveby; loadOne(slide); getEl("buttonBack").disabled = false; getEl("buttonNext").disabled = false; } } function loadOne(n) { if (pixdata[n][1]) { //LOAD A PICTURE AND CAPTION getEl("Picture").style.display="block"; getEl("Volume").style.display="none"; getEl("Picture").src=pixdata[n][1]; var marLeft = Math.max(0,(550-pixdata[n][3])/2); var marTop = Math.max(15,(440-pixdata[n][4])/2); getEl("Picture").style.marginLeft = (document.all) ? marLeft : marLeft + 'px'; getEl("Picture").style.marginTop = (document.all) ? marTop : marTop + 'px'; //getEl("Picture").width=pixdata[n][3]; getEl("frameCaps").innerHTML=(pixdata[n][2]) ? pixdata[n][2]:" "; } else { //LOAD A VOLUME HEADER PAGE getEl("Picture").style.display="none"; getEl("Volume").style.display="block"; getEl("Volume").innerHTML="
" + pixdata[n][0] + "
"; //alert(getEl("Volume").innerHTML); getEl("frameCaps").innerHTML=(pixdata[n][2]) ? pixdata[n][2]:" "; getEl("Picture").src=""; } getEl("Progress").innerHTML = "# " + 1*(slide+1) + " of " + (pixdata.length); } function infiniteLoop() { if (cycle) { //if (!delay) delay=parseInt(prompt("Specify pause (in seconds)",8)); if (!delay) delay=8; //alert(delay); getEl("buttonAuto").innerHTML = "Stop"; //getEl("buttonAuto").innerText = "Stop"; displayPic03(1); setTimeout("infiniteLoop()",(delay*1000)); } else { delay=null; getEl("buttonAuto").innerHTML = "Auto Adv"; //getEl("buttonAuto").innerText = "Auto Adv"; } } function check_break(i,brk,ok) { var ret = ""; if (i==brk) ready_break = true; if (i>=brk && ready_break && ok) { ready_break=false;ret = "" } return ret; } function ndx_code() { ready_break = false; var break1 = parseInt(pixdata.length/2); var ndx_tot ="
"; var ldr = ""; var ldr_on = true; for (i=0;i'+pixdata[i][0]+'
'; ndx_tot += ldr + check_break(i,break1,ldr_on) + ''+pixdata[i][0]+'
'; if (ldr_on) {ndx_tot +="
    ";ldr = "
  1. ";ldr_on=false} } return (ndx_tot + "
") } function showIndex() { getEl("Picture").style.display="none"; getEl("Volume").style.display="block"; getEl("Volume").innerHTML=ndx_code(); getEl("frameCaps").innerHTML=""; }