Matt, My Grand Canyon running experience is a bit dated - hmmm, by about 30 years- but I did run it in a hardshell kayak. Pretty sure the model was Lettman Mark IV, but 24"wide x 13'2" long, and home built. What I discovered is that one could only set the general direction - water so immense and powerful you didn't have a whole lot of control over that. I paddled a championship slalom race on the Arkansas directly afterward, so it's not that I didn't otherwise have very good boat control. You're probably no stranger to big water, and at 30,000 CFS I found you typically flush through even some bad looking stuff. I wasn't quite prepared for that size so had more than a few heart pounding experiences. At that level, there wasn't a whole lot of maneuvering to be done, but I suspect you'll have lower flows so there may be some mandatory maneuvering. At high water, sea kayak would have been grand, but I didn't even own one then. Natalie Wiest Houston area Texas - where it will be 75 degrees today! Skiing looked fabulous, but I'll take my whitewater in flowing stage. [demime 1.01e removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had a name of winmail.dat] *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Natalie Wiest wrote: >You're probably no stranger to big water, and at >30,000 CFS I found you typically flush through even some bad looking stuff. I >wasn't quite prepared for that size so had more than a few heart pounding >experiences. > It would be interesting to know what the flow rate is nowadays compared to 30 years ago. Isn't the Colorado quite a bit lower these days? What time of year did you run it? What a trip to remember! :-) Jackie *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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