We had a nice turnout for the annual WKC WW trip planning party the last weekend in January.  Some new and not so new faces came by to participate in the festivities!  You'll find new rivers on the calendar along with opportunities to help out the club.  There are clinics offered for surfing and playboating, and skills building throughout the year.  We plan to participate in the annual Green River Clean-up in early May and the Wenatchee River Festival in June though we do need people to lead these activities in order for them to take place.  There are also a number of multi-day trips on the calendar including trips to Idaho (Lochsa), California (multiple rivers), the Olympic Peninsula, and BC.  I will include separate descriptions of these trips in the WW section of the website along with info on the calendar.  Now is the time to plan your paddling vacation!

Along with the planning, the annual drawing for WKC memberships was held for the 2011 trip leaders.  Eligible trip leaders submitted their (properly completed) paperwork to me :)!  Congrats to this year's recipients:  Gayne Williams, Doug Knapp, Kevin Hoffman, Shanna Gachen, and Butch Vision.  Thanks to ALL of our trip leaders for their work this past year! 

Gary Luhm donated beautiful 2012 Paddling.net calendars which were award to guests with correct or closest answers to pop questions.  Do you know the answers to these questions (see end of article for answers)?
1)  How many participants were there on WKC WW trips this past year?
2)  How many WKC WW trips were held this past year?  This means I received paperwork from trip leaders.
3)  How many WKC WW trips were planned for this past year?

It's not too late to add a club trip!  To get it on the calendar, email the date along with the river (and section) you want to run, the Class rating (AW rating), your name and contact info to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .  I will add it to the calendar, contact ACA with the information so that it is covered and send you the information you need to run the trip.

Answers to the questions: 
1) 292 participants (246 ACA members, 46 non-ACA members)
2) 30 ww trips were held by trip leaders in 2011.
3) 73 ww trips were planned for 2011.