Eri Ceas wrote: >http://www.stuff.co.nz/3931541a11.html > More about this sad tragedy here: 'Speed of tragedy shocks' http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/3929767a6011.html Squires was an experienced kayaker who wrote two guidebooks on whitewater kayaking in New York State. From the first article: New Zealand Recreational Canoeing Association safety officer Glenn Murdoch said the Waikaia River was known as difficult and challenging because of its steepness and the large number of rocks within it. "Often overseas kayakers come to New Zealand being very experienced kayakers but having kayaked on rivers of quite different types." New Zealand rivers tended to have more large boulders than the bedrock that could be found overseas, he said. The above comments got me curious. So I was trying to find some photos of this "different" type of river and came across this site: http://raftinglife.blogspot.com/2006/10/waikaia-river-nz.html More here (scroll down to 'The Waikaia River, Take 2') http://raftinglife.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_archive.html My question would be... is this really atypical of a narrow gorge in a mountainous region? Or did Squires (aka Whitewater Outlaw) run out of luck? Any ww gorge runners here? 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 17 2007 - 06:47:54 PST
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