IMAGES / Brook's path-- Ely Spivack pictures 1999/2000

The truth: totally onshore, a surging tide, and lots of current, a few of us caught some protracted rinsings. And the walk back upstream was evil after the deluge had done it's thing. Brook here picks a path uphill, and hopefully beyond several layers of whitewater to the outside, with a marginally powered 5.7.

After a couple of successful rides and a sequence of beatings culminating in a trip downcurrent towards Cedar, I eventually bagged it and went to Heckscher for a way more relaxing and far less strenuous 4.5-5.0 bump and jump session! But Gilgo, this day, was it's own reward for those who stayed.

Gilgo, April, 2000"