The big event - The Black Hole! Originally conceived as the start of the Freeze Fest, done primarily for its perversity, the second year we found The Hole choked with wood and rather serious. The pull cord I brought along to pull any slowpokes through some pools was put to use to rappel off the top of an unstable wood pile. It was my first time swimming through log soup. In the icy waters of January, it was just plain perverse to be swimming with all my might and energy, quite chilled from the waist down where my body was immersed, and blowing steam out the top - all the effort causing massive overheating on all body parts not in the cooling water. But the floods have chewed away at the wood piles, and the several freight-cars of stacked wood have been reduced to ONE freight car. Sometime this spring, the Hole might even clear out. The local SAR team (Sheriff's office) put up a couple warning signs, to discourage the casual visitor.

The signs up by the highway tend to be vandalized by the local yahoos, so the Sheriff put one down a ways in the approach canyon - SMART! (Here with Wyoming Dave, who came down (with Graham and Jubie) to see us off).

An hour downcanyon, and a pool appears across the width of the canyon. Time to suit up! Jeez, these old wetsuits have a whole bunch of holes in em. Roy applies a little duct-tape to Ram's uh.... wetsuit, to slow the flow of icy water.

The Group Picture: (from back, left to right) Scott Patterson, Steve Ramras, Aaron Ramras, Denise Manweiler, Randi Poeri, Ryan Hull, Rob Heineman, Rolynn Serati.

Black Hole, New Year's Day - The High Life!