{"id":955,"date":"2012-09-11T17:16:13","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T17:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danceonedge.com\/?p=955"},"modified":"2013-09-22T11:45:46","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T18:45:46","slug":"the-little-north-fork-of-the-middle-feather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/?p=955","title":{"rendered":"The Little North Fork of the Middle Feather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAnd forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the wind longs to play with your hair.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2014 Kahlil Gibran<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_205\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danceonedge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/calpz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-205\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-205\" title=\"California kayaking_Adventure travel_Adventure travel books\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danceonedge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/calpz-300x222.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/calpz-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/calpz-404x300.jpg 404w, https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/calpz.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Z in action on one of the Sierra classics&gt;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The late Paul Zirkelbach (also known as Pablo) was talking very excitedly on his cell phone as we cruised along Route 50 in the spectacular Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. \u201cLars just told me about a new run that isn\u2019t in any guidebooks yet. It sounds really good, so I think we should do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow hard is it?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sounds hard, but he said it was really good,\u201d he replied. \u201cThe takeout is the same as Devils Canyon, and that is one of my favorite runs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure, sounds good, why not? Let\u2019s see if the rest of the group wants to join us,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>We had been paddling for a couple of weeks in the Sierras and were feeling quite confident.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/?page_id=1555\">The rest of the story:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Table of contents\" href=\"https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/?page_id=22\">Table of contents:<\/a><a title=\"Table of contents\" href=\"https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/?page_id=22\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAnd forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the wind longs to play with your hair.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2014 Kahlil Gibran &nbsp; The late Paul Zirkelbach (also known as Pablo) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/?p=955\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[127,208,209,395],"class_list":["post-955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dancing-on-the-edge","tag-adventure-travel-books","tag-california-kayaking","tag-kayaking-photos","tag-kayaking-stories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=955"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1559,"href":"https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions\/1559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danceonedge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}