Hells Canyon-Backcountry Flying with all sorts of new friends

This is the short form version of the episode. For the long form:    • (Long form) Hells Canyon-Backcountry ...  

Some new (and old) friends fly in from all over the west coast to meet at Wapshilla on the Salmon River but quickly head downstream to play on the airstrips in Hells Canyon along the Oregon/Idaho border, the Snake River.

Thanks to ‪@TrentonPalmer‬ for the invitation and to Joe, Chad, Aaron, and Ty for teaching me along the way. I'm still learning not only how to takeoff, fly, and land short, but also how rich of a culture this backcountry flying thing is. Don't tell Trent, but his videos inspired me to get into this in the first place, so you can image what a treat it was to fly with him. Here's to many more adventures in the #backcountrybogey

Last, thanks to Mike of the Idaho Fish & Game for sharing only some of his lifetime of great stories about wild Idaho. Idaho State Treasure!

By the way, this is probably Trent Palmer's final adventure in the Freedom Fox. He's listed it for sale at https://www.barnstormers.com/classifi...

If you're curious about how I shot the video from in front of the wing, see:    • How I Shot This.  

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0:00 Intro
1:12 Approach & Landing into Wapshilla I45
4:37 Salmon Bar O48
5:56 Swimming at Dug Bar OR8
7:14 Pittsburg Landing O29
8:12 Big Bar 1DA
9:36 Memaloose 25U
10:39 Broken Tailwheels!
12:44 Enjoying the Salmon River
13:48 Departing Wapshilla

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featuring Trent Palmer, Ty Ferkin, Aaron Greear, Chad Patterson, Joe Rusciuto, Steve Cox, and Mike from Idaho Fish & Wildlife.