Tina wrote: } Subject: [Paddlewise] accident scenerio > What troubles me most about Mark's unfortunate accident is the fact that he > was paddling a 14+ foot touring kayak on a class 3 - 4, 825 cfs, rocky > whitewater river. When queried, he responded that he'd taken it on class 2 > rivers, and his friends paddled the same boats through the Grand Canyon, > (8,000 to 40,000+ cubic feet/ second). ... > I've heard several sea kayak on ww river disaster stories over the years, > (a Folbot totalled on a class 2 run, Boy Scouts badly bashing up a troop > of borrowed glass sea kayaks on the Deschutes), but haven't heard any > successes. Is this a common practice in some areas? Some years ago, Roger Schumann wrote an interesting article for Sea Kayaker about taking full-length sea kayaks down the Grand Canyon. Ravens, I think they were. I think this is the reference: Roger Schumann, "A Grand Idea: Sea Kayaking the Colorado River", _Sea_Kayaker_, August 1995, page 50. It sure sounded like a real success. Roger, are you reading this? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Aug 11 2000 - 14:46:39 PDT
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