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Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

The class III Green Eggs marks the approach. Once you enter Ham, big boulders and a constricted channel require some precise maneuvering. Don't dump your boat and loose your dinner ham! Ham Rapid was named on the second descent in 1961. On the first of two trips in 1961, in a moment of indecision, Malcolm Coulter ended up on a midstream boulder dumping the contents of his raft including the dinner ham that promptly sunk to the bottom of the river. The group did without their ham on that trip. The following week the group returned for the second run, this time bringing along a mask and fins. The ham was recovered and the group enjoyed extra portions. Thereafter the rapid was known as Lost Ham, shortened to Ham today.