There are easyier options in BC which is one of the reasons why I woudn't choose to do it a second time. Running downstream without a buddy boat in case there was problems was uncool. Keeping fingers and toes from becoming frostbitten was uncool. Going to sleep every night in a motorhome while it was snowing outside not knowing if there was only going to be 1 foot of snow, or whether there was going to be 3 feet of snow and be snowed in the next day was uncool. The grizzly were mostly down for the winter, but there are more grizzly bears in the area than anywhere else in BC, and if you step on one trying to walk out of there they aren't going to care if your waders say Simms. The river was about 36 degrees. Wading in it was uncool. If you fell in for whatever reason you would die of hypothermia before you could get back upstream. Driving there on snow and ice was uncool. Driving home on snow and ice was uncool. Shall I go on?