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Offline LouisD

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Re: The Middle Sat 23
« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2008, 01:24:20 PM »
No cuts. Bad English.
Meant that the wave was difficult; very fast water, weird wave shape, little margins for error and a powerful spanking rotor.

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Re: The Middle Sat 23
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2008, 08:16:03 AM »

Oh, and Butterfly was like a razor; slid along the edge and got a nice stunning cut.



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???? You cut yourself at Butterfly?

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Re: The Middle Sat 23
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2008, 10:16:47 PM »
There was only one vane open when we crossed the dam.
I wonder if this is the major factor.
Felt like someone had pulled the plug from the bathtub.

Phil was definitively wider and looking ugly at the river right; we opted for Sattler (can't spell it though) for an easier way through. Pop, pop, pop.
When we got to "Onion Ring", it looked doable. Posting a rope man (sorry woman), most of us decided to give it a try.
Very happy with my line.
While I was waiting for others to go through, some major whirlpools were forming next to me. Gaps 8 feet wide were forming and closing.
Man, that must suck a kayak wide and high.

It was stunning to see the difference at Angel Kiss. Water was running only through Angel Kiss and nothing through the right side chute anymore; at least 3ft difference from last week and a mere shorty wave left over.

Big change at Lower No Name as well, it looked quite serious, so we had a long scout. I tripled check my line. It looked the most serious part of our run.
??? stress ??? drum roll...
Anticlimax; drum roll dying in the back ground.
Waves were actually 3 times smaller than last week. Happy again with my line, managing around the holes; felt easy.
Boy, Lower Name was so much fun those last couple of weeks.

We skipped Little Trickle, so no chance for my swimming I guess.
Might have required climbing equipment though.

The dropping water levels were stunning. Happy with "Onion Ring".
Oh, and Butterfly was like a razor; slid along the edge and got a nice stunning cut.

LD

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Re: The Middle Sat 23
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2008, 09:10:30 PM »
Wow...what an amazing day we had today. Great weather and company.

When we put on, the level was at 7 1/4, but what we didn't know....It started at 8 a few hours earlier.....after the team ran McCoy's we headed down the middle....Got to Iron Ring and talked to some other paddlers....the level had dropped almost a complete foot (on the gauge)....After a little carnage running "onion ring" (as per Louis) we headed up to angels kiss to find a small, shallow hole and zero wave train.....talked to more paddlers and the level was 5 when they came by....Wow...We kept going down the river and hit upper/lower no name and the level was about 3...definitely a different look for a rapid that has been in the teens for most of the year....When we took off the level was close to 2 1/2....not sure what its at right now, but wow what a change in the river.


Cheers,


Chris

P.S. I was the carnage at "onion ring"....just a swim, but it was fun just the same.


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Re: The Middle Sat 23
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2008, 07:43:37 PM »
Hi guys,

I'm picking Greg up at his place - so we'll bypass Bates Island and meet you at WT.

See you there,
Wendy

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Re: The Middle Sat 23
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2008, 07:29:40 PM »
Kelly and I were targeting Bates Island for 7h30 and no coffee stop on the way to arrive at WT takeout for 9h00.

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Re: The Middle Sat 23
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2008, 05:23:35 PM »
I'm in, but will meet at the take-out (I'm heading to Eganville after the paddle....).

See you at 9am.

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Re: The Middle Sat 23
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2008, 03:52:08 PM »
Who wants to meet at Bate Island to carpool? 7am meet, 7:15am departure.

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The Middle Sat 23
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2008, 03:42:35 PM »
Hi all

For those interested there's a group (small so far) doing the Middle tomorrow. Meet at WT takeout 9:00 sharp.