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Abel Daugherty

UPPER MIDDLES CONSUMNES, CALIFORNIA, USA, MAY 2022 As most kayakers know, when the snow starts to melt, and the rivers come alive in California, you go, and when the forests start to burn—you don't. California's Caldor Fire in the summer of 2021, which burned through three counties and across 221,835 acres, had, unfortunately, taken its toll through the Upper Middle Cosumnes, one of the state's many gems. When spring of 2022 rolled around, and the beloved UMC (Upper Middle Consumnes) came into runnable flows, the question of whether or not the section was ruined needed to be answered. California locals Abel Daugherty and Gavin Reiser decided to go and see for themselves if the natural kayaking skatepark that is UMC would still be one of the best creeks in the…

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Kayak Session (Digital) - 1 Issue, Fall 2022

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