[Paddlewise] Canoeing the Grand Canyon

Fellow paddlers,

I am including the links to all of the mentioned videos below.
Paddling a canoe through the Grand Canyon is a pretty incredible feat.
A big Congrats to Bonnie again. She also mentioned a couple other
videos, as well as the ones I found to compare. Hers is a 40 second
clip.

The very last video is quite interesting, with a jet Kayak. I watch
Top Gear on cable, and they do some very interesting things. This one
was a bit off the wall, but the paddler is a 9 times Whitewater
Freestyle Champion, so it does lend some credibility to the clip.
"Car shooting" was also pretty funny.

Mark

Scott wrote:
 >
 >    Since Bonnie won't brag about it I'll do it for her. Bonnie
 > (and Don from Idaho) ran the Grand Canyon in their solo canoes.
 > Bonnie swam several times in the first half of the trip but none
 > in the second half, including Crystal and Lava Falls.There is a
 > video of her running Lava on YouTube.com. The search words canoe,
 > Grand Canyon or whitewater will get you there.
 >
 > Yeeha!!
 >
 > Scott

mark wrote:

 > Pretty incredible!!!
 >
 > For a contrast, watch "Canoeing Hell's Half Mile" [long 9 minutes]
 > and they have a bunch of swimmers, and the water is nowhere near as
 > rough as Lava Falls. "Maury Devils Kitchen" is pretty good for
 > kayakers.
 >
 > The Moron of the Week would be the canoeist:
 > "Joseph Runs Devil's Jump" with no flotation!!
 >
 > WAY TO GO BONNIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
 >
 > mark


Bonnie wrote:
 >
 > Mark,
 >
 > Thanks for the Congrats!  I was so excited to have made that run....
 > it was the only run that someone videotaped and I made it!   I also
 > ran successfully in Crystal, Hermit, Upset, Dubendorff to name a
 > few.
 >
 > I rode the raft on Granite and Horn.  I swam Sockdolager and Hance
 > to name a few.  My swims were all at the top before I figured out
 > How to do it!

[snip-aroni the Colorado Treat]

 > Scott and Connie were over for dinner last week.....and I showed
 > them my video and the one in Hell's Half Mile.....maybe you could
 > send the link out for the Hell's Half Mile video?   The other
 > quick link to a cool video is called Flip in Hermit....tags are
 > Grand Canyon and White Water... it shows a raft flipping in an
 > instant.
 >
 > Good to hear from you.
 >
 > Bonnie


Bonnie [Canoe in Lava Falls in the Grand Canyon]:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CLOipoP8qw

Raft Flip in Hermit Rapid, Grand Canyon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUee-80n3xY

Canoeing Hell's Half Mile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S777wGcAKII

Maury Devils Kitchen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPl8qH3z0Eo

Joseph Runs Devil's Jump
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5Og_yVhdwA

Sitting In A Hole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GioUlPHh8Ww

Top Gear - Jet Kayak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToUK6uEK6PI
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