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    Posted: 04 Dec 2007 at 5:35pm
is at 7600
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  Quote Kiwi Replybullet Posted: 04 Dec 2007 at 6:07pm
Is it a good run?
i.e. worth it?
a good first time level?
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  Quote RemAcct2 Replybullet Posted: 04 Dec 2007 at 7:29pm
Find yourself a demo boat...
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  Quote Kyle K Replybullet Posted: 04 Dec 2007 at 8:08pm

Preferably with soft edges, such as a Blunt, Huka or Rocker.

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  Quote Tobin Replybullet 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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  Quote Kyle K Replybullet 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.


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  Quote STLboater Replybullet 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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  Quote Ryan Replybullet 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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  Quote STLboater Replybullet 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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  Quote paddlefoo Replybullet Posted: 05 Dec 2007 at 12:53am
Can someone please elaborate on what/where the Super Slides are? The name certainly sounds fun.  Thanks.

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  Quote STLboater Replybullet 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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  Quote Tobin Replybullet 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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  Quote RemAcct2 Replybullet 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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  Quote Kyle K Replybullet 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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  Quote slickhorn Replybullet 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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  Quote James Replybullet 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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  Quote RemAcct2 Replybullet Posted: 05 Dec 2007 at 3:35pm
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  Quote slickhorn Replybullet 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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  Quote James Replybullet Posted: 05 Dec 2007 at 4:43pm
Oh ok... I was about to trip out.... Not the Stiletto!!!!
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  Quote huckin harms Replybullet 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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  Quote jalmquist Replybullet 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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  Quote RemAcct2 Replybullet 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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  Quote James Replybullet 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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  Quote STLboater Replybullet Posted: 06 Dec 2007 at 1:22pm
being stuck in the snow with classical music?  
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  Quote James Replybullet 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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