Re: [Paddlewise] YouTube - Crazy whitewater kayaker beatdown

From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk_at_rockandwater.net>
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 21:03:46 -0500
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:09:14PM -0500, rcgibbert_at_aol.com wrote:
> What's not to love about class 5? Jim, I don't know how old you are but I do paddle with a few *geezers* in their low to late 50's.

As a geezer, I'd like to use this article as an explanation for why
I paddle whitewater:

	It's behind you!: The amazing moment a couple had a close encounter with a humpback whale
	http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=524069&in_page_id=1766&ito=1490

My idea of the kind of "whale" I want to encounter is Whale Rock
in Upper Keeney in the New River Gorge.  As far as I know, it's
very very stationary.  (And the eddy behind it is a good place to
take a good look at Middle Keeney.)

---Rsk
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