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Gear Garage Live Show | March 4th, 2025

Courtney Sweeney / Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Gear Garage Live Show
Gear Garage Live Show
Gear Garage Live Show | March 4th, 2025
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This podcast is the audio version of the Gear Garage Live Show, where we answer submitted questions and talk all things whitewater.

Topics and links that Zach talked about in this episode

  • River Hardware
  • Answer Questions

Some of the Questions that Zach covered in the Q&A section of this episode

Topic: Selway Low Water Boat Selection

Does your "bigger is better" advice for the Middle Fork Salmon also apply to Selway low-water trips? Is a 16 or 18 foot boat still ideal, or is the nature of the river different enough to change the advice?

Also, what is a general rule for the cut-off flow to switch out of rafts and into IKs and packrafts?

Love the show, and thanks for all the advice and entertainment!

Topic: Whitewater Helmets

Zach, I'm looking to buy a new helmet for rafting. Can you talk about a few hemlets that you have tried and what would be your top 3 recommendations?

Topic: Cat Frame

I was wondering if you had any recommendations for a day frame for my 12x22 cat, I am looking for something lightweight but durable that’s narrower than 68 inches.

Topic: SPORT LINES!!

Mayhaps you could add your take on a lingering question within the rank and file of the rafting community;

Sport Lines only count if you call them out beforehand correct?
Otherwise it’s just a blown line??

Author

Courtney Sweeney

Courtney Sweeney grew up in Texas, and has spent the last decade living in different areas of the Rocky Mountains and on the West coast. She enjoys both melted and frozen water, rafting in the summer and skiing in the winter.

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