Henry's Fork (island park area)

[Biglew]

Interesting story about that area. We were fishing away, having a good time, when here comes a guy with his 12 yr. old daughter, floating down the river in a 10 foot fibrelgass dinghy. I asked as they floated by, "You're not taking that through there, are you?" I told them there was some really rough water below, and they would be advised to find a way to get the boat back upstream to the campground, cause there ain't no get-out anywhere around here. They moved down a bit and talked to some other people, who evidently told them that they'd be OK. I looked up, and there they went, down into the chute. A while later, a kid came up the bank hollering, asking if someone had a piece of rope. A guy was stranded in the middle of the river, and his boat was wrapped around a rock. The daughter had gotten out somehow. We were getting ready to leave at dusk, and were the only ones left in the area, when I looked up, and here come three teenage boys in a 12 foot aluminum cartopper. I told them that "If you go down there, you're gonna die, and we're the only ones around, and we're leaving." I guess they got out. at least we didn't see anything on the news the next day. Folks, don't float through Coffeepot Rapids unless you're real good with a kayak, or know how to swim in really gnarly water.
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