Where in the World is Nick Murphy

Silver Fork of the South Fork of the American

So we put on this one late in the afternoon hoping to bomb it on the beta that Dustin Marquart had done it really low in a previous season. After a short rally we realized the creek had way too much water for the oncoming 400 foot per mile gorge that awaited us. We chose to hike out, which was a walk in the park compared to the South Branch. The rapids we did run were sweet as they had tons of flow and were rockn down stream.

Dustin Marquart- Scoutin it up!

Dustin Maruart- Firen it up!

Will Pruett- Amongst it!

One sweet campsite with slackline and fire!

South Branch of the Middle Fork of the Feather- Trip 3

Our 3rd trip down the SB was by far our fastest as we knew every line from the previous trips. We were ninja swirl chargen forsho!

Will on something...

LJ Groth- on the 15s

Dustin Marquart and Rodrigo Tuchner- onthe 15's

Will Pruett- 20 above 99 Problems- stompn

Drew Duvall- 99 Problems

Rodrigo Tuchner- entering 99 Problems

Halfway down the portage 100 footer

LJ about to seal launch at the bottom of the portage 100 footer

Dustin Marquart- lowering his boat down the portage

Steep portage!

Good crew atop the hike out enjoying some cold brew!

South Branch of the Middle Fork of the Feather- Trip 2

Running the South Branch day after day Will Pruett and myself felt the need to go faster and push our selves into the familiar Charge. It was a super nice feeling to rally through the many clean steeps the SB had to offer.

Darin Mcuoid- when u hit the boof behind him u could look straight out into the vast canyon as u are right above a 20 into a 50 into a 30 into a 100 into a 50 into a 100 into a 200... wow

Will Pruett- 20 right above 99 Problems and right below the last pic

Me on 99 Problems

Me on the 50 footer

South Branch of the Middle Fork of the Feather- Trip 1

The South Branch is one of the most beautiful runs I have ever had the privilege to paddle. We dubbed it the "Edge of the World" because this place is the definition of clean steeps. From the take out perched above a 100 footer leading into a 200 footer one can look up and down the gorge and see a good 2000 feet of vertical drop- wow! We camped at this run for a couple of days and repeatedly tapped into its goodness before moving on due to its gnarly 1000 foot hike out, which felt straight up and made that cold beer at the car taste oh so good. So enjoy the photos and expect many more from the 2 month cali trip as I will be updating frequently now that I have returned to the South East.

Jakeb Nemec- on one of the first of the goods