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missmolly
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06/18/2018 04:37PM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
 
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06/18/2018 07:27PM  
I don't know anybody that crazy! :)

Titled "Why Whitewater Rescue Skills Are Vital" and should be subtitled "Especially When Judgement is Lacking"! :)
 
06/18/2018 09:52PM  
Wow! I used to enjoy going through a few (much smaller) rapids, liked the adrenaline rush and challenge. We knew our limits and abilities, and balanced our want of adventure with a real desire not to get hurt. But that video is insane. Just watching it scares me.
 
06/19/2018 12:34PM  
I know it's a "hits reel" and all but man, kayakers be crazy.
 
06/19/2018 01:07PM  
I would put this on par with slapping a gorilla in the face just to see what happens. Neither are likely to turn out very well.

 
missmolly
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06/19/2018 01:31PM  
nofish: "I would put this on par with slapping a gorilla in the face just to see what happens. Neither are likely to turn out very well.


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Ha! There's just so much chance involved in some of those runs. Did you see when a kayak's bow would hit a submerged rock and pop the boat and paddler in the air? Hit the rock and you might die. Not hit the rock and you might not die. Either way, you can't see it and you're moving too fast to react to it.
 
riverrunner
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06/19/2018 01:34PM  
Looks like a good way to get yourself killed.
 
06/19/2018 01:54PM  
missmolly: "
nofish: "I would put this on par with slapping a gorilla in the face just to see what happens. Neither are likely to turn out very well.



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Ha! There's just so much chance involved in some of those runs. Did you see when a kayak's bow would hit a submerged rock and pop the boat and paddler in the air? Hit the rock and you might die. Not hit the rock and you might not die. Either way, you can't see it and you're moving too fast to react to it. "


That's what I don't understand about this type of activity. In most of the runs they had little power over the outcome. Its not much more than russian roulette with a kayak.
 
moosedoggie
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06/19/2018 07:27PM  
I've run two of these rapids in days past. On various rivers I have run into similar difficulties as seen in many of the clips.

There is a movement within the whitewater tribe to get to the harder stuff as fast as possible and some folks learn the hard way that sometimes you need to take time on the easier stuff to perfect your technique. That being said, some of these guys are going out on the edge I would never have touched.
 
GeoFisher
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06/20/2018 08:55PM  
You should see the Ohio River in Louisville below the Falls. At certain times, when the water is up and they are running all gates, Man OH Man. The Yak guys get out there and it can be deadly.

Kayaking the Falls of the Ohio
 
06/21/2018 10:44PM  
These people are BSC. At least many of them are wearing helmets, but it doesn't seem to protect their faces.

I definitely feel more comfortable running any kind of "rapids" in a kayak, but I'd say I'm going to go with class 2 for my comfort (in a kayak) and zero in a canoe.

Rapids Ratings

Ps. reminds me of the Red Bull people trying to paddle Inga.
 
missmolly
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06/22/2018 07:22AM  
nofish: "
missmolly: "
nofish: "I would put this on par with slapping a gorilla in the face just to see what happens. Neither are likely to turn out very well.



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Ha! There's just so much chance involved in some of those runs. Did you see when a kayak's bow would hit a submerged rock and pop the boat and paddler in the air? Hit the rock and you might die. Not hit the rock and you might not die. Either way, you can't see it and you're moving too fast to react to it. "



That's what I don't understand about this type of activity. In most of the runs they had little power over the outcome. Its not much more than russian roulette with a kayak. "


I interviewed a lifelong, paddling risk-taker once who's buried drowned friends and family and he told me it's chance who lives or dies, that some of the best he's known are buried and some of those with less skill are still breathing.
 
missmolly
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06/22/2018 07:24AM  
MN_Lindsey: "These people are BSC. At least many of them are wearing helmets, but it doesn't seem to protect their faces.

I definitely feel more comfortable running any kind of "rapids" in a kayak, but I'd say I'm going to go with class 2 for my comfort (in a kayak) and zero in a canoe.


Rapids Ratings

Ps. reminds me of the Red Bull people trying to paddle Inga.
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I'd be afraid just standing on the banks of the Inga.
 
06/22/2018 10:55AM  
Yeah, kayakers be cray.
 
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