On 06/16/2012 at approximately 03:03 PM Operator was kayaking with a group of nine friends on the Little White Salmon River in Skamania County.  This section is rated a Class V (5) run.  At a point about 1 mile above the fish hatchery, she was either pulled into an eddy or chose to enter an eddy.  At that point, she "went under" or capsized, and then her boat popped up but she was no longer in the kayak.  A member of her group plus several others from a separate group following the first group were able to pull her to shore where CPR was started.  After two hours a doctor who was also paddling the river pronounced her dead.  She was removed from the area and the sheriff's office was contacted.
Stevenson                     