RE: [Paddlewise] Perfect for slalom races or portages

Rob,

I agree the skills you learn in WW can only make you a better sea kayaker.
Just not many rivers in my neck of the woods! I'll have to look into taking
a course sometime.

Mark
  -----Original Message-----
  From: rcgibbert_at_aol.com [mailto:rcgibbert_at_aol.com]
  Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 12:25 PM
  To: sandmarks_at_ca.rr.com; paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net
  Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Perfect for slalom races or portages


  Mark,

  If for no other reason than it improving your sea kayak performance, you
should sign up for a basic whitewater instruction course. It is an
incredible experience and you may quite likely find that it is much more
than a good overall kayak primer.

  Cheers,

  Rob G

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Mark Sanders <sandmarks_at_ca.rr.com>
  Cc: paddlewise <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net>
  Sent: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 6:23 pm
  Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Perfect for slalom races or portages


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'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!

Mark


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