{"id":6060,"date":"2013-08-26T13:49:57","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T20:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/?p=6060"},"modified":"2021-08-04T17:32:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T00:32:28","slug":"rim-fire-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/rim-fire-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Rim Fire: AO Rafting&#8217;s Front Row Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>This is what AO Rafting experienced as the Rim Fire began\u00a0a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/RimFire_blaze.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6062 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/RimFire_blaze.jpg\" alt=\"RimFire_blaze_AORafting\" width=\"268\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a>On Saturday, August 17, a small fire started in the\u00a0Clavey River drainage, a few miles north of the starting point for All-Outdoors&#8217; Tuolumne Class IV trips and the ending point for Cherry Creek Class V trips.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, August 18, Scott Armstrong, myself, and 10 outfitters from around the country entered the canyon. We were planning a 3-Day Tuolumne River\u00a0trip beginning on Monday, August 19.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As we passed the Rim of the World vista point on Hwy 120 that afternoon (where the fire got its name) we noticed a small amount of white smoke rising from the Clavey River area. The fire did not look very threatening (see photo from my phone below right). Three planes were flying in circles dumping retardant on the smoky areas and it seemed to all of us that this fire would soon be under control.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We spent the night at the\u00a0Yosemite Riverview Inn near the rim of the canyon. The roads into the Tuolumne were closed on Monday so that fire crews could go in and out without delay. On Monday morning the fire reached the north bank of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/RimFire_dayone.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6064\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aorafting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/RimFire_dayone.jpg\" alt=\"RimFire_dayone\" width=\"340\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a>the river and unexpectedly jumped to the south side. This is when things began to heat up. There&#8217;s much more fuel (trees) on the south side, and by mid day the sky became dark and orange from the smoke and fire and ash was falling on us and the surrounding area (see photo from my phone at top left).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Inn we were staying\u00a0in was on the south rim. It did not take long to realize we were in the fire&#8217;s path. We immediately began to evacuate.\u00a0 After we were\u00a0packed and out, Scott headed to our warehouse at Casa Loma, 4 miles west on Hwy 120 with one of the outfitters from North Carolina to remove gear and vehicles, and water down buildings before the fire arrived. One of our competitors has their headquarters\u00a0at the same location and\u00a0we wanted to help him evacuate as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I headed to Sierra Mac&#8217;s warehouse (another\u00a0competitor)\u00a0a mile\u00a0west\u00a0on Hwy 120\u00a0with 9 of the other outfitters to help him evacuate as well.\u00a0This location was in the immediate path of the fire and it was moving so quickly that we only had minutes to get out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By the time Scott got to our warehouse, the fire had reached Hwy 120 and jumped the road. We would be separated by the fire for the next two days. A few minutes after we got to the Sierra Mac warehouse, a Cal Fire Firefighter drove up and told us we had 5 only\u00a0minutes to pack whatever we want and get out of there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Scott was able to get everything out of our\u00a0warehouse and we were able to get\u00a0the most\u00a0valuable things\u00a0out of\u00a0Sierra Mac&#8217;s warehouse.\u00a0I, and the folks I was with,\u00a0drove\u00a0out of\u00a0the &#8220;closed&#8221; area to the\u00a0Cal Fire blockade on Hwy 120\u00a0and watched the blaze continue up the canyon toward Yosemite. The fire was so hot that it created its own rain clouds that produced ash-filled rain drops and loud thunder above us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Scott left our warehouse to move gear and vehicles further away from the fire that had changed direction and was\u00a0concentrating most of\u00a0its force\u00a0toward us. 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