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Big / Big River to Coast, IV-IV+ (P)

Mon, 2008-11-17 21:02 — jonathan
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Big
Info
Portage?: 
Yes
Class: 
IV-IV+
Gauge: 
Visual
Gradient: 
30m/km
Time: 
1-2 days
Put in: 
Where you can
Take out: 
Lagoon on West Coast
Character: 
Steep, narrow gorges with granite boulders

Write up of first descent in CUMEC Magazine #6, p34-37 by Ben Robson.

Fill: 
62%
History: 
First descent by Nick Gordon, Ben Robson, Ben Cullen and Jono Hay on 19-20 October 2007.
No incidents reported.

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