All Honesty - The Gorge Has Been a Disappointment

isobans · Joined: 08 Aug 2010 Posts: 82

In case you hadnt noticed, these are MYTHS about the Gorge:
1. It blows every day.
2. It blows at least 4 days a week.
3. It blows at least one day every week every July.
4. The average wind => a 4.5 sail.
5. Its no longer crowded.
6. Its swim suit time in July for the average sailor.
7. A person can catch most of the wind by sitting in ANY one spot and waiting for it to come through.
8. Driving wont double ones quality shred time.
9. The swell swamped a barge out east.
10. Celilo is always chop and never fun.
11. The wind at Swell City and The Hatch are always equal.
12. Theres not much else to do thats active, challenging, and fun.
13. This year (i.e., EVERY year) is weird.
14. The coast is not a GREAT trip unless its windy.
15. Clatskenie windsurfing is not worth the drive. (Fact: its the finest BEACH and often the steadiest wind on the Columbia.)
16. Theres not much wind appropriate for sails over 6 meters.
17. This was a bad wind year for people wllling to actually LOOK for the wind.
18. Any place ever lives up to its reputation.
19. Only i live up to my reputation. (the most informative Wser journalist ever)

billgfc · Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Posts: 226

well if you only ski on a powder day and only sail when its 4.5 and below you miss the experience.

Why insist on drinking only the best wine? The best car? The best whatever?

No wonder you are frustrated. I d suggest no buying into all this nonsense.

Ski when there is snow, take it for what it is: fresh air, friends , scenery.

Sail on regardless , all conditions all weather,

Breath, use your eyes, Your board and skis go where your eyes go:) ad breath and you discover the moment and savor.

Evolve, enjoy, breathe be happy

Bond1 · Joined: 25 Apr 2000 Posts: 168

seabrookuk · Joined: 22 Mar 2000 Posts: 17

rowenaman · Joined: 18 Apr 2000 Posts: 63 Location: Da Gorge

ebrent · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 4

What's to bad is your disappointment is all based on you not getting what you can FROM place. I think you will be happier overall if you GIVE to a place as well. Those of us that love it here definitely enjoy the beauty and the sports but that is a small piece of a happy pie. Get involved in your community...give and don't just take and you might find yourself some peace.

airtime · Joined: 22 Feb 2000 Posts: 38

Please, everyone quit responding to this clown...just go back to where you came from..bye..plain and simple...once again...bye.....

nada · Joined: 21 Apr 1994 Posts: 27

Given that you are citing sports that are, ahem, "highly weather dependent," I'm not sure what your beef is in terms of the location.

Really, are you pissed at "the Gorge" or Ma Nature?

I've been here for more than a decade. The first year the sailing was meh and the snow was about the same. To be fair, I too thought "what's all the noise about?"

The next year it took until August for me to even think about my 5.0 and it snowed something like 800" up on Hood. It was full on almost all the time - I was either hanging on to a 3.7 and bug-eyed or trying to pick a path through a blinding whiteout - and I couldn't believe it. Bliss City.

Agreed that this past winter sucked - I got most of my days in March/April - and that this was probably the worst sporing wind-wise in 20+ years. So it goes, but I know someone who showed up in early June and sailed 31 straight and my wife has posted an easy 20+ over the last month.

Methinks the real question is whether your problem is with "the Gorge," your expectations of it, or the way you choose to engage life?

I just dig driving along 14 on a sunny day and looking at the drama of the scenery and thinking "Man, am I glad i don't live in someplace like, you know, Kansas."

Just sayin...

tetiaroaxx · Joined: 06 Oct 2015 Posts: 225

sissybar · Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Posts: 53

It appears that this thread is from 2005?

Why/how did it get resurrected? RIP