Re: [Paddlewise] Who Paddles the Columbia River Bar?

From: Doug Lloyd <dalloyd_at_telus.net>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 23:39:20 -0800
Dave replied (snip):
>Those areas can be completely unpaddleable, also, but in the right 
>conditions are demanding but fun.  Here is a link to some photos from 
>Jonathon Walpole taken in the latter area, under very mild conditions, 
>unfortunately: http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~walpole/AOC.html

Yeah, too bad we couldn't see a rougher day with some carnage photos.. Maybe 
Duane should send his crew up to shoot the Shellbacks in action. I image the 
Cape must have wild days, though I still feel Cape Beale on a big day is 
simply an outrageous spot, as deep water waves barrel right in - no river 
bar slowing the swell here. Likewise, Race Rocks on a truly bad day can be 
heard two miles away with a vastness few enthral with. So far, no 
out-of-bounds signs at any of those spots, though a Fisheries vessel has in 
the past attempted to dissuade further passage out of Port Renfrew with a 
hurricane due very soon. But hey, this is Canada, and we were very polite 
about it, though I remained dissuaded.

Doug Lloyd
Victoria BC 
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