Packrafter dies in the Wrangells

[Bushwhack Jack]

http://www.adn.com/article/20140811/...ckcountry-race

Sad story. Condolences to his family.

[mark oathout]

I know a guy who did the Tana, he said that some of the hydraulics are truly monsters, and he barely made it in an 18ft cataraft. I would not attempt it except for lower water conditions, and probably not in a packraft either. When Embick said that death kayakers would avoid the meat of the rapids, I thought it must be ugly considering some of the water he ran.