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CdB Whitewater Paddling Club Discussions => Paddling => Topic started by: Micratech on April 29, 2012, 06:59:34 PM
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The club has managed to negotiate an *excellent* deal for a half day
skills clinic held by the Paddler's Co-op on Saturday, May 26th.
Cost per paddler will be only $25! It is anticipated that the clinic will start
at around 1pm, but let me know what time is preferred.
Instruction will be available for all skill levels - depending on the number
of interested participants, students may be split into 2 groups by skill level.
Since the club is offering a generous 50% subsidy for this clinic, we will need
to limit the number of participants to 20, so please let me know ASAP by either
replying to this post or by contacting me (coordinates below) if you are interested
in participating. (NB. A few members of the executive will likely be taking
advantage of this deal, so in fact there will be less than 20 spots available...)
Mike Rabe
Skills Development Liason for 2012
613-823-4385
rabe123@rogers.com
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Thanks Mike for all the work setting this up. I'd like to lead the way by saying I'm in. I am pretty 'needy' in the skills department. That said, if someone who is more 'needy' than me wants in at the eleventh hour and we are fully booked, I will give up my spot. BTW how do we pay?
Thanks
Kelly Mulhall
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Kelly - Glad to have you on board!
Good question - need to iron out those details. I suppose we could pay thru the club since CdB
will be subsidizing. Or just bring cash to the event or to Whispers on a Thursday sometime in May. Comments/suggestions from the CdB financial director? ;-)
At this point what I really need to know is how many participants so that I can organize and finalize details with the Co-op.
Spots going fast... ;-)
\MR
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In my experience, river-reading and other clinics from Paddler's COOP are very good and can be adapted for any level of student. I would certainly participate, you can always learn something new and practice it. Of course, as Kelly mentions, I will gladly donate my spot if we have a great many people interested in participating!
As usual, I (or any member of the executive) will be able to accept cash or cheque payments during that weekend, or before. We often meet at Whispers on Thursday!
Finally, unless weather is absolutely crap, I will head for Jessup's campground (where we camp) Friday afternoon, and camp two nights! I hope I won't be alone there...
--C.
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Great to hear from you Mike and thank you for organizing. I'm always keen to take a class so please count me in should there be room for advanced group.
Robert
P.S.
Should there be a posse keen On setting up an outing on UP with Billy, I would be intrested too.
Edit:
Ups...I wasn't clear, I meant at some other time for UP ... Sorry
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Thank you Mike for putting all this together! :)
As Kelly and Christian, I am also in.
After this weekends swim..I realized that no matter how much ive progressed in the past year, no matter how comfortable I think I am on the river, there is always room for improvement and technique. Ive been boating lazy the past past 2 weeks and ive paid for it Saturday.
That being said, I could use some tips/technique..but if someone new wants my spot, Ill gladly give it away!
Thanks,
John
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I am interested, if there is still room. I am not sure of the location, though. When it's all arranged, would it be possible to provide directions for newbies?
Janet
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Still plenty of room! So far:
Robert M.
Kelly M.
Christian G.
John C.
Janet H.
Mike R. (probable)
Interested paddlers please reply by adding yourself to this list and specifying your preferred group, either:
a) advanced
b) novice/intermediate
Could someone from the executive post directions to Palmers and pick a suitable meeting spot for the clinic? Thanks - its been so long since I have been there...
If there's no objections I will set the clinic start time at 1PM.
Mike Rabe
Skills Development Liason for 2012
613-823-4385
rabe123@rogers.com
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Hi Janet.
We will officially post all relevant information vey soon, including geographical coordinates and schedule of events. Essentially, we arrive at Jessop's campground Friday afternoon (if weather is nice) and camp there two nights but many will only arrive on Saturday. Friday evening: play in the rapids adjacent to the campground. Saturday afternoon: kayaking clinic with instructor from Paddlers COOP, 25$/person, 20 participants max; meeting place: Paddlers COOP (to be confirmed). Sunday: run the lower Madawaska river then go back home!
--C.
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Mike I am in!
Intermediate not with or like all the expert list before :)
Daniel
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If there is room I also would like to attend.
Thanks,
Marc
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thanks Christian, and to everyone who worked to arrange this clinic. I am b) novice...
Janet
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Still plenty of room! So far:
Christian G. (exec)
Daniel D.
John C.
Janet H.
Kelly M. (exec)
Marc G.
Mike R. (exec)
Robert M.
Exec members will gladly give up their spots, so that leaves 15 spots available...
If you are interested please copy/edit/paste the list to your reply so I don't miss anyone...
Thanks!
Robert - I plan to organize a "Billy session" (Billy Harris - awesome whitewater instructor - see http://www.ottawariverkayakschool.com/) later in the season on the Ottawa when Pushbutton and Garb are in. Let me know what dates work for you.
Also, there was some talk of a potential Wilderness Rescue Training course this summer.
Any interested paddlers please let me know your training/skills development needs for the season - we can typically get a club discount.
Mike Rabe
CdB Skills Development Liason for 2012
rabe123@rogers.com
613-823-4385
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Oops - John C. is an exec member...
Christian G. (exec)
Daniel D.
John C. (exec)
Janet H.
Kelly M. (exec)
Marc G.
Mike R. (exec)
Robert M.
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Meeting place/time for the skills clinic will be at the Co-op at 12:30 to sign the necessary waivers
in advance of the clinic. There is plenty of parking at the Co-op and it is a very short paddle to the
rapid.
Paddler Co-operative Inc.
6535 Palmer Rd.
Palmer Rapids, ON K0J 2E0
(613) 758-2772
www.paddlerco-op.com
Map:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&cp=11&gs_id=z&xhr=t&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1016&bih=572&wrapid=tljp1335887047062018&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=paddlers+coop&fb=1&gl=ca&hq=paddlers+coop&cid=0,0,955273518608431508&ei=zQSgT4q7M8WLgwfol5GaDg&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_BIwAA
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Hehe! Thanks Mike! And If I had to choose a level, id like to be in the expert category.
Oops - John C. is an exec member...
Christian G. (exec)
Daniel D.
John C. (exec)
Janet H.
Kelly M. (exec)
Marc G.
Mike R. (exec)
Robert M.
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Hey... It also turns out that Paddlers COOP is accessible by kayak from the camping ground we'll be staying at, BTW...
--C.
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Hey Mike, Intermediate for me - thanks
Kelly
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Hey there Mike,
Sounds great, count me in for the Novice/Intermediate group.
Christian G. (exec)
Daniel D.
John C. (exec)
Janet H.
Kelly M. (exec)
Marc G.
Mike R. (exec)
Robert M.
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Ok, sign me up for novice/intermediate. Christian, I'd be totally in to go up Friday afternoon. Interested in car pooling? I can pay you for gas of course. My wife would prefer to keep the car but I can definitely take it if needed. She's somewhat used to me taking it. Btw, what time to people usually meet at Whispers anyways? I'd like to go tonight but don't think I'll be paddling.
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I'm in if there is one available
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Selling like hotcakes! If replying with interest, *please update the list*:
Christian G. (exec)
Daniel D.
John C. (exec)
Janet H.
Kelly M. (exec)
Kurt R.
Luc L.
Marc G.
Mike R. (exec)
Robert M.
Tibor D.
Executive members will give up their spots for other members. 20 spots max.
\MR
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Hmmmm well... apparently I'm a total noob. I was just looking up Palmer Fest and it's sold out. I didn't realize it was THAT popular. Holy geez... so I guess you can take my name off since I can't sign up for the weekend. Bummer :( I'll have to register much earlier next year.
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So latest version:
Christian G. (exec)
Daniel D.
John C. (exec)
Janet H.
Kelly M. (exec)
Kurt R.
Marc G.
Mike R. (exec)
Robert M.
Tibor D.
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Great work Mike! I think I need to take a rolling clinic with my track record lately...
Do you know if this only applies to kayaking? I might be interested if there was a spot for ww canoeing, but I wouldn't want to take a spot from anyone.
Sandra
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Luc - the CdB Palmer's weekend is May 26, the weekend AFTER the big Palmer's Fest.
We schedule our event on a different weekend intentionally to avoid the crowds.
Hope you are back on the list, let me know!
\MR
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Sandra - I will ask the Co-op as to canoe instruction and post the response.
Wassup wit dat? Bored with kayaking you ?ber paddler you? ;-)
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Sandra -
I emailed the Co-op and got an immediate response that they can offer canoeing as well.
Should I add you to the list?
\MR
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Hmmmm well... apparently I'm a total noob. I was just looking up Palmer Fest and it's sold out. I didn't realize it was THAT popular. Holy geez... so I guess you can take my name off since I can't sign up for the weekend. Bummer :( I'll have to register much earlier next year.
We are NOT going to Palmer Fest, which is organised by Paddlers COOP. We are going the next weekend, 25-27 of May to do our own thing. We did however secure a deal with the COOP for a clinic on Saturday. So it does not matter whether or not Palmer Fest is sold out, since we won't be there for another week... --C.
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Thanks for clarifying all of this. Man oh man this makes a lot more sense. So count be back in! If I got this right, the up to date list is now:
Christian G. (exec)
Daniel D.
John C. (exec)
Janet H.
Kelly M. (exec)
Kurt R.
Luc L.
Marc G.
Mike R. (exec)
Robert M.
Tibor D.
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I'd like to be there too with all my favorites paddling mates!
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And I'm off once again... this is getting ridiculous. I just got told that I have to go to St-John's for a conference that weekend. Crap. Sorry to do this to you. Here's the updated list again:
Christian G. (exec)
Daniel D.
John C. (exec)
Janet H.
Kelly M. (exec)
Kurt R.
Marc G.
Mike R. (exec)
Robert M.
Tibor D.
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Just updating the list to add Cindy D. Cindy - are your paddling mates on the list already or will you be soliciting them to join? :-)
Christian G. (exec)
Cindy D.
Daniel D.
John C. (exec)
Janet H.
Kelly M. (exec)
Kurt R.
Marc G.
Mike R. (exec)
Robert M.
Tibor D.
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They are on the list, minus Luc and Caro... where is Caro?
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Looks like you can add myself and Barbora to the list:
Barbora D.
Christian G. (exec)
Daniel D.
John C. (exec)
Janet H.
Kelly M. (exec)
Kurt R.
Luc L.
Marc B.
Marc G.
Mike R. (exec)
Robert M.
Tibor D.
Looking forward to the event!
Cheers
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Excellent! But you eliminated Cindy D.! lol! (added her back and sadly removed Luc L...).
Barbora D.
Christian G. (exec)
Cindy D.
Daniel D.
Janet H.
John C. (exec)
Kelly M. (exec)
Kurt R.
Marc B.
Marc G.
Mike R. (exec)
Robert M.
Tibor D.
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Hi Mike,
You can add me to the list too. (although I could probably use a full weekend of instruction) I'm an intermediate paddler. I'm coming from Chelsea so if anyone is up for carpooling, give me a call and we can work things out. I'd be sticking around too for the lower Mad.
Cheers,
Dan Fuleki
819-827-8294
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I plan on being there on the Saturday
Adam
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Oups, I sort of had a brain failure, I will be in Canmore on May 26th, you can remove me from the list. Too bad.
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Well, the list is growing and sadly for me, I have to work on Saturday. So therefore I am out and leaving my space for someone else. I will try and make it for the Lower Mad run on Sunday and bring a newb as well!
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I'll be coming and will attend the Skills clinic.
Emmanuel
Barbora D.
Christian G. (exec)
Cindy D.
Daniel D.
Emmanuel M.
Janet H.
John C. (exec)
Kelly M. (exec)
Kurt R.
Marc B.
Marc G.
Mike R. (exec)
Robert M.
Tibor D.
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Updated list: (please reply/modify if there's any errors/omissions)
Adam N.
Barbora D.
Christian G. (exec)
Dan F.
Daniel D.
Emmanuel M.
Janet H.
Kelly M. (exec)
Kurt R.
Marc B.
Marc G.
Mike R. (exec)
Robert M.
Tibor D.
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Mike,
Another one bytes the dust. Unfortunately I will be on-call that weekend and will need to be near a phone and computer .
Sorry about that I really wanted to attend this training.
Marcg
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Hi,
If there is still room I and my son would like to attend.
Son (14) is a whitewater novice, I will join him as an observer.
---Liam Peyton
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Updated list:
Adam N.
Barbora D.
Christian G. (exec)
Dan F.
Daniel D.
Emmanuel M.
Janet H.
Kelly M. (exec)
Kurt R.
Marc B.
Robert M.
Tibor D.
Tyler P.
If there any any changes, please let me know ASAP! I spoke yesterday with Mike at the Paddler's Co-op, he wanted to have an exact headcount by Thursday so that he can line up instructors. There will likely be 2 instructors with a 3rd on standby. Given that the current headcount (13) looks suitable for 2 instructors, I will be an observer/assistant for this clinic.
See you at the Co-op 12:30 Saturday for the payment/paperwork... Christian - I assume you will be there with club subsidy money... :-) Weather forecast looks excellent!
\MR
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I will be an observer/assistant for this clinic.
\MR
Mike, I see you bailed out. I don't know everyone, but it seems that more advanced skill level clinic will likely not run. No need for me to take up the space (added bonus: easier to split the group too).
Robert
P.S.
Below is updated list:
Adam N.
Barbora D.
Christian G. (exec)
Dan F.
Daniel D.
Emmanuel M.
Janet H.
Kelly M. (exec)
Kurt R.
Marc B.
Tibor D.
Tyler P.
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Robert - sorry to see you bail on the clinic.
The co-op has assured me that their instructors will cater to all skill levels. They will
provide at least 2 instructors, and possibly 3. I have decided to assume an observer role for this clinic in order to:
a) judge the quality/effectiveness of the instructors
b) provide any assistance if possible/permitted
c) lighten the load on the instructors in case there are only 2 of them.
I envision one instructor spending the majority of his/her time with the rookies, so hopefully I can assist on that front.
If I hear back from Mike at the Co-op today or tomorrow, I will let everyone
know how many instructors he is planning to provide.
\MR
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Is anyone still looking to carpool? I'll be driving up for the Friday afternoon, returning after the run Sunday... If in need, give me a buzz! 729-3812
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Robert - sorry to see you bail on the clinic.
Oh...c'mon Mike, I will get to sleep Little bit longer and that can't be a bad thing!
Robert
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Is anyone still looking to carpool? I'll be driving up for the Friday afternoon, returning after the run Sunday... If in need, give me a buzz! 729-3812
Dan F. and I are driving Friday, returning Sunday. --C.
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If there is still room, Lariza will join the Skills Clinic.
Adam
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Adam -
No problem. See you at 12:30 at the Co-op.