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Happy Birthday, Buddy Rich (1917-1987)! 🥁
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And they are paddling real canoes, not the 8-foot, almost-cockpitted, electric-pumped, scarab-beetle-shaped things that pose as open... -
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Freefall carnage and lots of rolls as five open canoeists take on class V+ Chile in 1993. I paddled with Bob Foote in northern...
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The nonpareil Nolan Whitesell runs Bull Sluice at high water in 2004.
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This video has its own thread here but I'll put it in this thread, too, because Nolan Whitesell's 1987 run of the Niagara Gorge, a few...
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Steve in Idaho reacted to MrPoling's post in the thread Videos of open canoes running very hard or big rapids with Like.
I've hiked part of the Gauley at low water. There are gnarly undercuts throughout Lost Paddle. In my view, if you aren't comfortable...
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The Upper Gauley River in 2019 with disaster at the undercut and retentive Room of Doom at Pillow Rock Rapid. Also a very dangerous rock...
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Two right side runs of Lava Falls in tandem canoes in 2016. First, in a tandem with full splash cover: Next, a tandem fully bagged...
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Two solo canoes, an Esquif Extasy (red) and a Covert 10.5 (blue), run the extreme left side "sneak route" of Lava Falls in 2023:
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A solo right side run of Lava Falls in 2012:
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A nice traditional right side run of Lava Falls on the Colorado River in a solo Silverbirch Rebel in 2019:
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This readable explanation mentions frowning holes... Understanding Holes - Lower Columbia Canoe Club
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Steve in Idaho reacted to MyKneesHurt's post in the thread What are your current solo canoes and how do you like them? with Like.
My favorite - and the best - was my most recent skin-on-frame, it was a really great boat. 40 pounds; you could stand up in it, pole it...
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While visiting the Anacortes area last week, I spied these canoes in an open boat shed... Notice the ones hanging from the ceiling...
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Mine is on the bottom of the Rogue River. Crappiest river knife sheath ever, it wasn't the first time it popped off.
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Steve in Idaho replied to the thread Good solo boat for my local Tennessee River reservoirs?.+1 on the Solo 14. I've fought my way through some pretty big wind waves in mine. And good luck finding one. People who have them tend...
