{"id":19785,"date":"2019-04-27T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T17:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com\/?p=19785"},"modified":"2019-04-26T10:39:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T17:39:53","slug":"the-tongue-and-the-goose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2019\/04\/27\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tongue and the Goose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team NRS paddler Erik Boomer along with expedition paddlers Nouria Newman and Ben Stookesberry take on, what they consider, one of the best domestic first descents they have ever done.<\/p>\n<p>Two drainages on the east side of the Big Horn Mountain Range appeared to have incredible whitewater possibilities but the only information they could get from anyone who had scouted them was to not to waste their time in the Big Horns. &#8220;It&#8217;s all full of sieves and nothing goes,&#8221; they said. But that&#8217;s exactly the kind of beta this paddling dream team uses as motivation to attempt a first descent.<\/p>\n<p>Following their intuition, they decided to give it a go and start with Goose Creek. Goose Creek has steep, complex paddling and portages like a riddle that forced the team to make sketchy ferries and move really efficiently.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"970\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4NjmVFmYRK0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Tongue River, a tributary of the Yellowstone River, rises in Wyoming in the Big Horn Mountains and flows through northern Wyoming and southeastern Montana.<\/p>\n<p>After finding steep creeking gold on Goose Creek, the dream team, decide to up the ante and make another first descent attempt, this time on the Tongue River.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"970\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/agFsfxBBKu0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team NRS paddler Erik Boomer along with expedition paddlers Nouria Newman and Ben Stookesberry take on, what they consider, one of the best domestic first&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13190,"featured_media":19792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[371,487,318,39,33],"class_list":["post-19785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-explore","tag-adventure-travel","tag-first-descents","tag-team-nrs","tag-videos-2","tag-whitewater-kayaking","post-grid"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Tongue and the Goose | Duct Tape Diaries | NRS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Team NRS paddler, Erik Boomer joined Nouria Newman and Ben Stookesberry, for two first descents in the Big Horn Mountains: Goose Creek and the Tongue River.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2019\/04\/27\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Tongue and the Goose\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Team NRS paddler, Erik Boomer joined Nouria Newman and Ben Stookesberry, for two first descents in the Big Horn Mountains: Goose Creek and the Tongue River.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2019\/04\/27\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Duct Tape Diaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nrsweb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-04-27T17:00:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/31170133\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-23-at-10.58.12-AM-1000x558.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"558\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Erik Boomer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@nrsweb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@nrsweb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Erik Boomer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/27\\\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/27\\\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Erik Boomer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9df9de899b5d297d58b94d7184694700\"},\"headline\":\"The Tongue and the Goose\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-27T17:00:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/27\\\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":207,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/27\\\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\\\/duct-tape\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/31170132\\\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-23-at-11.03.43-AM.png\",\"keywords\":[\"adventure travel\",\"first descents\",\"Team NRS\",\"videos\",\"whitewater kayaking\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Explore\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/27\\\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/27\\\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Tongue and the Goose | Duct Tape Diaries | NRS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/27\\\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/27\\\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\\\/duct-tape\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/31170132\\\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-23-at-11.03.43-AM.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-27T17:00:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9df9de899b5d297d58b94d7184694700\"},\"description\":\"Team NRS paddler, Erik Boomer joined Nouria Newman and Ben Stookesberry, for two first descents in the Big Horn Mountains: Goose Creek and the Tongue River.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/27\\\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/27\\\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/27\\\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\\\/duct-tape\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/31170132\\\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-23-at-11.03.43-AM.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\\\/duct-tape\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/31170132\\\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-23-at-11.03.43-AM.png\",\"width\":1893,\"height\":1066},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/27\\\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Tongue and the Goose\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/\",\"name\":\"Duct Tape Diaries\",\"description\":\"Duct Tape Diaries, NRS&#039;s official blog, entertains, educates, inspires and celebrates the paddling lifestyle through compelling storytelling and photography.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9df9de899b5d297d58b94d7184694700\",\"name\":\"Erik Boomer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/57898259986ad7a09955b81414f7bc6746e9d3a0f93dd6d128fd2f1c7d541910?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/57898259986ad7a09955b81414f7bc6746e9d3a0f93dd6d128fd2f1c7d541910?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/57898259986ad7a09955b81414f7bc6746e9d3a0f93dd6d128fd2f1c7d541910?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Erik Boomer\"},\"description\":\"When Erik Boomer was only ten he saved up his lawn mowing money to buy an old Dancer, and from that point on his parents couldn\u2019t keep him out of his kayak. Known for massive drops, arctic expeditions and impressive mullets, Boomer is a former National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. These days, he splits his time between southern Idaho and Baffin Island, the home of his partner, Polar explorer Sarah McNair-Landry.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/eboomer\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/community.nrs.com\\\/duct-tape\\\/author\\\/erik\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Tongue and the Goose | Duct Tape Diaries | NRS","description":"Team NRS paddler, Erik Boomer joined Nouria Newman and Ben Stookesberry, for two first descents in the Big Horn Mountains: Goose Creek and the Tongue River.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2019\/04\/27\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Tongue and the Goose","og_description":"Team NRS paddler, Erik Boomer joined Nouria Newman and Ben Stookesberry, for two first descents in the Big Horn Mountains: Goose Creek and the Tongue River.","og_url":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2019\/04\/27\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\/","og_site_name":"Duct Tape Diaries","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nrsweb","article_published_time":"2019-04-27T17:00:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":558,"url":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/31170133\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-23-at-10.58.12-AM-1000x558.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Erik Boomer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@nrsweb","twitter_site":"@nrsweb","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Erik Boomer","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2019\/04\/27\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2019\/04\/27\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\/"},"author":{"name":"Erik Boomer","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#\/schema\/person\/9df9de899b5d297d58b94d7184694700"},"headline":"The Tongue and the Goose","datePublished":"2019-04-27T17:00:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2019\/04\/27\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\/"},"wordCount":207,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2019\/04\/27\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/31170132\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-23-at-11.03.43-AM.png","keywords":["adventure travel","first descents","Team NRS","videos","whitewater kayaking"],"articleSection":["Explore"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2019\/04\/27\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\/","url":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2019\/04\/27\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\/","name":"The Tongue and the Goose | Duct Tape Diaries | NRS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2019\/04\/27\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2019\/04\/27\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/31170132\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-23-at-11.03.43-AM.png","datePublished":"2019-04-27T17:00:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#\/schema\/person\/9df9de899b5d297d58b94d7184694700"},"description":"Team NRS paddler, Erik Boomer joined Nouria Newman and Ben Stookesberry, for two first descents in the Big Horn Mountains: Goose Creek and the Tongue River.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2019\/04\/27\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2019\/04\/27\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2019\/04\/27\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/31170132\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-23-at-11.03.43-AM.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/d2kl15j267vxtq.cloudfront.net\/duct-tape\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/31170132\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-23-at-11.03.43-AM.png","width":1893,"height":1066},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2019\/04\/27\/the-tongue-and-the-goose\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Tongue and the Goose"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#website","url":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/","name":"Duct Tape Diaries","description":"Duct Tape Diaries, NRS&#039;s official blog, entertains, educates, inspires and celebrates the paddling lifestyle through compelling storytelling and photography.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/#\/schema\/person\/9df9de899b5d297d58b94d7184694700","name":"Erik Boomer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/57898259986ad7a09955b81414f7bc6746e9d3a0f93dd6d128fd2f1c7d541910?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/57898259986ad7a09955b81414f7bc6746e9d3a0f93dd6d128fd2f1c7d541910?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/57898259986ad7a09955b81414f7bc6746e9d3a0f93dd6d128fd2f1c7d541910?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Erik Boomer"},"description":"When Erik Boomer was only ten he saved up his lawn mowing money to buy an old Dancer, and from that point on his parents couldn\u2019t keep him out of his kayak. Known for massive drops, arctic expeditions and impressive mullets, Boomer is a former National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. These days, he splits his time between southern Idaho and Baffin Island, the home of his partner, Polar explorer Sarah McNair-Landry.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eboomer\/"],"url":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/author\/erik\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19789,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19785\/revisions\/19789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}