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What makes March Miracle a Miracle?
2020

What makes March Miracle a Miracle?

ByMatt Volpert May 13, 2020November 9, 2022

1991 Revisited At the end of February, you could categorize the 1991 California winter as abysmal. There was practically no snow. Ski resorts featured the…

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Let’s get vertical: The biggest drops on the Kern River
2020

Let’s get vertical: The biggest drops on the Kern River

ByPatrick OConnell May 6, 2020December 1, 2022

Another guide trapped in our guidehouse, Patrick O’Connell takes to the keyboard to gush about his favorite drops during quarantine What makes a whitewater rapid…

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Are the days of 5,000 CFS over on the Lower Kern?
2020

Are the days of 5,000 CFS over on the Lower Kern?

ByMatt Volpert April 14, 2020March 18, 2023

Something amazing happened in 2017. Our California winter, which had practically abandoned us the past five years, roared to life. It wasn’t a comeback in…

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Quarantine Movie Review – From the guidehouse
2020

Quarantine Movie Review – From the guidehouse

ByDillon Cole April 9, 2020February 19, 2023

This is part two of Dillon Cole’s guidehouse quarantine series Here’s a question for you: When you’re checking movie reviews online, which weighs heaviest? Do you scope…

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Quarantine Book Escape – From the guidehouse
2020

Quarantine Book Escape – From the guidehouse

ByDillon Cole April 3, 2020November 5, 2022

With most of us currently doing our part by sheltering in place, the one thing we all suddenly find having on our hands is time….

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What did my guide just say?
2020

What did my guide just say?

ByMatt Volpert March 20, 2020November 10, 2023

It’s not code, but it sort of is Your first english teacher may have told you that Eskimos have 50 different words for snow. And…

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The longest rapids on the Kern River
2020

The longest rapids on the Kern River

ByMatt Volpert March 4, 2020November 10, 2023

The Longest Rapids on the Kern River Growing up, my Mom and Dad would load my two brothers and myself up in the family Suburban…

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Where does the Kern River begin?
2020

Where does the Kern River begin?

ByMatt Volpert February 20, 2020November 9, 2022

Mount Whitney Standing at 14,505 feet, Mount Whitney is the tallest mountain in the Lower 48. It’s also the general area of where our drainage…

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How long is the Kern river?
2020

How long is the Kern river?

ByMatt Volpert February 10, 2020November 9, 2022

An exact answer is hard to find The consensus is that the Kern River is 164 miles long. This simple question is actually quite hard…

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Basketballs and Cubic Feet per Second
2020

Basketballs and Cubic Feet per Second

ByMatt Volpert January 30, 2020November 9, 2022

Picture this Describing ocean waves is easier. Overhead, double overhead, triple (!) overhead. It’s pretty simple to grasp the size of the wave. Double your…

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