SUPer trip on Spokane River
Jed Conklin, Allison Roskelley and Grace Robison made the first known descent of the entire Spokane River by stand-up paddleboards (SUP) on Aug. 4-7, 2017. They ran the 112 miles of flatwater and rapids, including seven portages, six of which were around dams. The river begins at Coeur d'Alene and ends at the confluence with the Columbia River in Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area.
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Grace Robison, Allison Roskelley and Jed Conklin navigate their SUPs on a flatwater stretch of the Spokane River on Aug. 5, 2017, during a four-day trip to paddle the entire 112 miles of the river.
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Grace Robison and Allison Roskelley ride their SUPs into a boulder-strewn stretch of the Spokane River.
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Jed Conklin leads the group into a boulder section of the Spokane River uptream from Barker Road Bridge.
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Jed Conklin kneels forward to rock his high-centered SUP off a boulder in the Spokane River during a four-day trip to paddle the entire 112 miles of the river.
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Grace Robison, Allison Roskelley and Jed Conklin move their SUPs late into the first evening in skies filled with smoke from the region’s wildfires on Aug. 5, 2017, during a four-day trip to paddle the entire 112 miles of the river.
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SUPer Jed Conklin runs his board under Barker Bridge, with fire smoke engulfing the Spokane River, and heads toward Flora Rapids.
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Grace Robison, Allison Roskelley and Jed Conklin navigate their SUPs on a flatwater stretch of the Spokane River on Aug. 5, 2017, during a four-day trip to paddle the entire 112 miles of the river.
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Grace Robison, Allison Roskelley and Jed Conklin navigate their SUPs on a flatwater stretch of the Spokane River on Aug. 5, 2017, during a four-day trip to paddle the entire 112 miles of the river.
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Allison Roskelley drags her SUP out of the Spokane River for a portage around Upriver Dam.
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Grace Robison suffered bloody scratches on her knee from thorns during a portage around a dam will SUPing the length of the Spokane River.
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Jed Conklin pulls his SUP out of the Spokane River for a portage around Upriver Dam.
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Grace Robison suffered bloody scratches on her knee from thorns during a portage around a dam will SUPing the length of the Spokane River.
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Allison Roskelley portages her 30-pound SUP with her other gear in a pack on her back.
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Grace Robison, Allison Roskelley and Jed Conklin portage around Upriver Dam on the Spokane River on Aug. 6, 2017, during a four-day trip to paddle the entire 112 miles of the river.
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Grace Robison, Allison Roskelley and Jed Conklin rest during their SUP portage around Upriver Dam.
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Jed Conklin encounters poison ivy while portaging his SUP around Upriver Dam during a a four-day trip to paddle the entire 112 miles of the river.
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Allison Roskelley pauses on a portage on Aug. 5, 2017, during a four-day trip to paddle the entire 112 miles of the river.
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Staying hydrated was a full time job as temperatures soared into the 90s on Aug. 5, 2017, while Grace Robison, Allison Roskelley and Jed Conklin worked their SUPs down the Spokane River.
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Jed Conklin enders the Spokane River's Devil's Punchbowl Rapids on his SUP in Riverside State Park.
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Allison Roskelley runs the Spokane River's Devil's Punchbowl Rapids on her SUP in Riverside State Park.
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Grace Robison runs her SUP on the Spokane River past the Bowl and Pitcher basalt formation in Riverside State Park.
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Grace Robison runs her SUP on the Spokane River past the Bowl and Pitcher basalt formation in Riverside State Park.
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Grace Robison, Allison Roskelley and Jed Conklin navigate their SUPs on a flatwater stretch of the Spokane River in Riverside State Park on Aug. 5, 2017, during a four-day trip to paddle the entire 112 miles of the river.
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Grace Robison, Allison Roskelley and Jed Conklin navigate their SUPs on a flatwater stretch of the Spokane River in Riverside State Park on Aug. 5, 2017, during a four-day trip to paddle the entire 112 miles of the river.
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SUPer Jed Conklin scouts Devil's Toenail Rapid on the Spokane River.
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Grace Robison suffered portages her SUP around Devil's Toenail Rapid while paddling the length of the Spokane River.
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Grace Robison portages her SUP around Devil's Toenail Rapid on the Spokane River.
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Grace Robison portages her SUP around Devil's Toenail Rapid on the Spokane River.
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Jed Conklin portages his SUP around Devil's Toenail Rapid on the Spokane River.
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Grace Robison, Allison Roskelley and Jed Conklin portage his SUP around Devil's Toenail Rapid on the Spokane River.
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Jed Conklin, Grace Robison and Allison Roskelley camp on a beach on the Spokane Arm of Lake Roosevelt on the last night of their four-day quest to SUP the 112-mile length of the Spokane River.
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Grace Robison, Allison Roskelley and Jed Conklin go under the Highway 25 bridge near Fort Spokane on Aug. 7, 2017, near the end of their four-day trip to paddle SUPs the entire 112 miles of the river.
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Grace Robison, Allison Roskelley and Jed Conklin reach the Columbia River on Aug. 7, 2017, and the end of their four-day adventure to become the first to paddle the entire 112 miles of the Spokane River on stand-up paddleboards.
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SUPers Jed Conklin, Grace Robison and Allison Roskelley celebrate their 112-mile descent of the Spokane River near the confluence with the Columbia.
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