On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Sisler, Clyde wrote: > I saw a short clip of a US Coast Guard helicopter rescuing some guy from > chaotic waves (dunno what he was doing out there) off the Oregon Coast > somewhere. The commentary included a statement saying something to the > effect that this particular area can be very deceptive because a calm > surface sometimes conceals extremely turbulent waters beblow. > > Does that statement make sense to anyone? > > Clyde Sisler > http://csisler.com unfortunately, we have a piece of the colorado river that looks "deceptively calm" while the current underwater are very strong. this is due to lava having pushed to the surface long ago, and then the river has worn away the rest of the surounding soil. now there are tunnels and"cups" and stuff to create pretty wild channels & shoots, but the surface can be smooth as glass. stick your paddle in deep, and the water forces can be stong enough to flip a fully loaded tandem touring canoe!! and a boy scout or two die there every couple years, swimming in this area, jumping from the rocks. sucked under, and washed/flushed downstream. mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: Nothing pains some people more than having to think. --Martin Luther King, Jr. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Mar 26 1999 - 07:09:01 PST
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