Re: [Paddlewise] Perfect for slalom races or portages

From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:00:38 -0700
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Mark Sanders <sandmarks_at_ca.rr.com> wrote:

> Last Sunday a bunch of us went to Bowers Museum to watch a movie on the
> kayak expedition down the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet. Death defying seemed a
> good description. Definitely no conveyor belt to the top; just a lot of
> dangerous portages with mutinous porters.


I saw that movie!!! It was awesome.

>
> I've never been in a WW boat; I can't imagine it's as easy as they made it
> look despite monster conditions. Some day I hope to try out the run they
> have in the Truckee in downtown Reno. Luckily, I have an active
> imagination
> and can easily imagine I'm taming the Tsangpo!


The w/w boat you want to use is called a Dagger RPM-Max. They're available
on Craigslist for around $300. If you buy one I want to be around the first
time you try to paddle it in a straight line. <hehehe>

I'd bring mine down but I have no more room on the top of the
Killed-In-Action after the two Mariners.

Craig Jungers
Feeling like Walter Mitty in Moses Lake, WA
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