Millner Mile in a Canoe

2opnboat1 · Post by **2opnboat1** » Tue May 31, 2011 12:14 am

has anyone done it

Larry Horne · Post by **Larry Horne** » Tue May 31, 2011 1:01 am

yeah, probably back in the 90's

..what is it?

ncdavid · Post by **ncdavid** » Tue May 31, 2011 1:07 am

http://www.adventure-journal.com/2011/0 ... lner-mile/

SkeeterGuy86 · Post by **SkeeterGuy86** » Tue May 31, 2011 1:08 am

looks intense ... that is a run i would install a pump in my boat

... it would be interesting to see a canoe run it

2opnboat1 · Post by **2opnboat1** » Tue May 31, 2011 1:24 am

in 99 i hadn't been ran I looked at it and put it on my bucket list. The locals told me I was stupid and that I shouldn't even consider it but times have changed.

Smurfwarrior · Post by **Smurfwarrior** » Tue May 31, 2011 4:06 am

My buddy just ran it in a buttboat. You'd be a bit nuts to try it in an open boat, IMHO, but hey... Nolan ran the North Fork Payette in an open boat I guess this could be done. Its an absolute huge mess in there.

TheKrikkitWars · Post by **TheKrikkitWars** » Tue May 31, 2011 1:43 pm

Smurfwarrior wrote:You'd be a bit nuts to try it in an open boat

Does this mean it's time for craig to make a l'edge which accepts a spraydeck?

It looks like it'd be a goer in a C1; Definate case of retrospective enjoyment though.

the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Tue May 31, 2011 1:59 pm

Maybe I am completely delusional, but judging by the pictures I would say that, for the right boater it is a go in an open boat. Forget about a pump, you will just have to deal with a full boat for the entire run.

TGG!

TheKrikkitWars · Post by **TheKrikkitWars** » Tue May 31, 2011 2:20 pm

the great gonzo wrote:Maybe I am completely delusional, but judging by the pictures I would say that, for the right boater it is a go in an open boat. Forget about a pump, you will just have to deal with a full boat for the entire run.

TGG!

If such a person exists, I presume they're currently too busy wandering around the pacific northwest ripping trees out of the ground with their bare hands and debarking them with a potato peeler to be watching c-boats.

That's going to take exceptional strength and endurance...

the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Tue May 31, 2011 2:57 pm

Well, how much harder than the North Fork of the Payette or the Niagara Gorge, which both have been run by Nolan, is the Milner Mile? I may be way off base, but I think that someone who can run those two might be able to run the Milner Mile as well.
But then again, the only one of these 3 runs that I have seen in person is the Niagara Gorge.

TGG!

2opnboat1 · Post by **2opnboat1** » Tue May 31, 2011 4:10 pm

the same year I was looking at Milner i hoped on the NFP and it was way stout. I have had this one kicking around in the back of my head sense. In person it is way huger then in vid. but I saw a line thru most of it then again I was way younger and dumber back then.

Larry Horne · Post by **Larry Horne** » Tue May 31, 2011 4:19 pm

it's always hard to judge by looking at a vid. especially helmet cam footage. But I didn't see anything terminal. Just gigantic crashing waves. Hey diddle diddle, right down the middle.

north fork payette, to me, looks much more damaging.

2opnboat1 · Post by **2opnboat1** » Tue May 31, 2011 4:27 pm

larry most diff Millner looks like if you do swim it is just going to suck and scare the sheiiit out of ya if ya swim NFP you have rock and road work boulders that could eat you alive

Craig Smerda · Post by **Craig Smerda** » Tue May 31, 2011 4:37 pm

anything is possible

big holes can wreck anyones day regardless of what kind of boat they are in

laughably... sometimes having a boatload of water has one advantage... more momentum for smashing through stuff head on... unless of course you're sideways... then you're fubar'd

Smurfwarrior · Post by **Smurfwarrior** » Tue May 31, 2011 7:20 pm

Richard- ref NFP, what part did you run or did you do the whole thing and what was the water level? I go up there about five times a year, love that area of Idaho.