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NutAgain!
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South Pasadena, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 20, 2016 - 04:49pm PT
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Phil_B with the shizzle hookup! That site is the motherload of info dude- so many things not on my radar.
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LuckyPink
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the last bivy
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Jun 20, 2016 - 08:02pm PT
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I have just one question for you NutAgain... have you ever rafted or kayaked before this boat? ?? Those tomcats are a watery hell in open water. fyi
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NutAgain!
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South Pasadena, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 20, 2016 - 09:16pm PT
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I'm pretty close to a whitewater n00b, but I've done it enough to know I love it. The only unguided whitewater I've done is Cache Creek a handful of times, and felt confident rescuing my friends that got high-sided or taco'd around rocks, stuck in tree branches, etc. Did some fast flat water in Knight's Ferry area in a canoe a few times, rescued a kid who got pinned underwater when his canoe flipped in the tree branches. Did some pretty rough spots through Arroyo Seco (near Soledad) with inner tubes. Canoed around the coast guard island in Oakland Harbor from Jack London Square dealing with wind swells and tidal changes, similar stuff in Morro Bay, stuff like that.
The kids and I did a 3 or 4 day trip down the Rogue River with guides a few years ago. Boring sitting on the paddle boat, fun in the duckies going through all but the biggest rapids. Really fun to stand up in them and surf down the easy ripple rapids. I rowed the big raft with all the bags (oar and frame setup) for a chunk of the time just to get familiar with that skill, but I basically know nothing about that. I did some guided Class IV paddle trip a bazillion years ago, maybe somewhere on the American.
That's about it, except I grew up boogie boarding and surfing, getting pounded in winter waves. One day during college I paddled my boogie board from Black's Beach straight across the bay to La Jolla Cove and back, maybe close to a couple of miles each way.
I intend to be very cautious in what stuff I do with the kids because I still don't know what I don't know, and especially in the kayak setup it has to be at a level that the kids can handle it without me doing it for them. I will be looking for other folks to have adventures with and if I'm on my own with the kids I will keep it on the super mellow side.
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Flip Flop
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Earth Planet, Universe
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Jun 20, 2016 - 11:08pm PT
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[quote]I'm pretty close to a whitewater n00b, but I've done it enough to know I love it. The only unguided whitewater I've done is Cache Creek a handful of times, and felt confident rescuing my friends that got high-sided or taco'd around rocks, stuck in tree branches, etc. Did some fast flat water in Knight's Ferry area in a canoe a few times, rescued a kid who got pinned underwater when his canoe flipped in the tree branches. Did some pretty rough spots through Arroyo Seco (near Soledad) with inner tubes. Canoed around the coast guard island in Oakland Harbor from Jack London Square dealing with wind swells and tidal changes, similar stuff in Morro Bay, stuff like that./quote]
You're so Fukien gonna die.
This is a formal intervention. I've got a new used 10' bucket boat. Come play
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