Foldboaters ride ff haystacks" on the Yakima, north of Ellensburg. 



Foldboating: West 



by Norma Spring . . . photographs by Bob and Ira Spring 



THOLDBOATERS think the Cascade Mountains are terrific terri- 

 JL tory. To the devotees of the collapsible kayaks, the region has 

 everything, and a good week end will include lazy drifting on a 

 placid stream, nervy maneuvering down a "horizontal water- 

 fall," and pleasant yachting under sail on a mountain lake in 

 other words, the best that the talented craft has to offer. 



The Seattle Foldboat Club capitalizes on this splendid set of 

 circumstances, with the result that it is one of the most active 



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