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STLboater
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Topic: uh super slides Posted: 04 Dec 2007 at 5:35pm |
is at 7600
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Kiwi
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Posted: 04 Dec 2007 at 6:07pm |
Is it a good run?
i.e. worth it?
a good first time level?
I'm a NOOOOOOB!
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RemAcct2
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Posted: 04 Dec 2007 at 7:29pm |
Find yourself a demo boat...
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Kyle K
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Posted: 04 Dec 2007 at 8:08pm |
Preferably with soft edges, such as a Blunt, Huka or Rocker.
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Posted: 04 Dec 2007 at 10:24pm |
Thursday? It is a bit high tomorrow, ,,,
Gordon can I borrow your paddle?
Seriously, I could be game for this! I have no Huka demos, or other demos available for this run! Check out Srk or OAC. If you go, grab me a paddle
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Kyle K
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Posted: 04 Dec 2007 at 11:08pm |
I think Leif was making a funny when he said to take a demo. Any dealer whose demo boat is broken on Super Slides would be totally within reason if they held the customer liable for damages.
This run is a good reason to hang on to that old, cracked creeker you'll never sell for much money anyway. A little duck tape, some extra foam under the seat and off to the Slides you go.
Oh, and take an old paddle you don't mind wearing the edges out on.
Edited by Kyle K - 04 Dec 2007 at 11:09pm
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STLboater
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Posted: 04 Dec 2007 at 11:25pm |
I do not have the surface area to spare on my paddle Tobin. It isn't old, it is just the decrease your risk of shoulder injury paddle. I cannot skip thursday or friday classes, but if it holds till saturday...
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Ryan
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Posted: 04 Dec 2007 at 11:38pm |
I might skip work for this. I've got my old Huka and a back up paddle. I'm set!
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STLboater
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Posted: 05 Dec 2007 at 12:12am |
hmm, i guess i didn't say anything about class tomorrow, is anyone seriously interested in tomorrow?
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paddlefoo
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Posted: 05 Dec 2007 at 12:53am |
Can someone please elaborate on what/where the Super Slides are? The name certainly sounds fun. Thanks.
Paddle Safe Ty
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STLboater
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Posted: 05 Dec 2007 at 4:44am |
http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River_detail_id_3404_
AW has some good stuff on it, pics and movies. I've never done it, but i heard its a good time
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Tobin
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Posted: 05 Dec 2007 at 9:51am |
It is a great run! The beginning sucks, 3 portages right away, but when you get to the Cispus it becomes worth it.
I was joking about taking a demo boat from one of wonderful local dealers.
I would never do anything like that
I might be game for tomorrow, if it holds through Saturday, I am def in!
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Posted: 05 Dec 2007 at 10:05am |
I'd be in for this on Saturday, as well; however, based on the gauge, it looks like it probably won't hold that long. I'd love to run it, though. I wonder what I should demo from SRK
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Kyle K
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Posted: 05 Dec 2007 at 1:49pm |
You might want to check for snow on the road before you drive all the way there. The put in elevation is pretty far up there.
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Posted: 05 Dec 2007 at 2:50pm |
not to mention that the gauge correlations are for snowmelt -- those correlations are notoriously bad at predicting flow on rain events.
that said, if it's really in and a trip happens sat, I'd love to get into this one!
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Posted: 05 Dec 2007 at 3:29pm |
What is white and blue, full of air, and goes PppSssSS all the way down the Cispus?
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RemAcct2
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Posted: 05 Dec 2007 at 3:35pm |
My Ass?
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Posted: 05 Dec 2007 at 3:38pm |
ha, there's NO WAY I'm taking that boat. I've got a couple old beaters for trips like the supa dupa slides
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Posted: 05 Dec 2007 at 4:43pm |
Oh ok... I was about to trip out.... Not the Stiletto!!!!
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Posted: 05 Dec 2007 at 6:56pm |
uh ditto what Kyle said... the elevation at the put in is like 3500' so this was for laughs cause I thought for a moment there it sounded like someone was serious about this springtime classic.
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Posted: 05 Dec 2007 at 9:24pm |
Although I don't have a map handy, it's probably the highest normal PI in WA. I'm guessing over 4000'. And if the Cispus is flowing 7600, don't worry about wear and tear on paddle or boat. It's a classic, unique, and usally either scrapy or scary. When its at a normal flow a lot of boaters classify it as class III slides with potential consequences. At the same time, when the water gets high, a lot of good boaters have hiked off. The normal comments as the levels go up is something along the lines of "too low, too low, too low, oh shit".
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Posted: 06 Dec 2007 at 10:34am |
So, anyone want to see if we can get King Chili stuck in the snow?
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Posted: 06 Dec 2007 at 10:56am |
If you do I can't pull you out, its just to risky these days.
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Posted: 06 Dec 2007 at 1:22pm |
being stuck in the snow with classical music?
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Posted: 06 Dec 2007 at 2:32pm |
At least you would have enough snacks to keep your tummy full for a few days.
That might just be the only way I would ever get sick of Peanuttle!
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