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BANKSIDE IN A TENT, STAKING YOUR TURF IN A CROWDED RV THE BACK BED OF A LUXURIOUSLY DECKED-0UT.PICK-UP NO MATTER WHAT THE ACCOMMODATIONS (OR LACK THEREOF), YOU KNOW THAT YOUR SOUL SLEEPS MORE PEACEFULLY ALONGSIDE THE RIVER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE UNIVERSE. WE KNOW THE FEELING. IN FACT, WEW DEO~CAKD OURSELM&O IT. AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN OUR WHITEWATER BOAT DESIGNS. BOATS LIKE THE NEW AMP- A REVOLUTIONARY NEW DESIGN THAT ALLOWS YOU TO PLUG DIRECTLY INTO THE CURFENT OF THE RIVER. THIS SERIOUSLY ADVANCED WHllEWATER SCENARIO WILL PUSH.KAYAKING TO A NEW EXTREME. SO WHEREVER YOUR SOUL SLEEPS, MA& SO% IT GETS -A GOOD NIGHT'S REST. BECAUSE, THANKS TO NEW BOATS LIKE THE AMP, ITS GOMNA-NEED IT FOR'A FREE CATAL~1-wss-KAYAK O R W.WYAKER.COIU ! forum ...................................... 4 r Whitewater Love Touble by Bob Gedekoh Director's Cut .................................. 16 by Rich Bowers , Conservation .................................. 22 .I American Whitewater Has Come a Long Way r Members Tell off Congress on Fee Demo r Flow Studies on Chelan and Cheoah r Top 40 Riwr Issues Access .......................... ...... 42 r Why American Whitewater Sued the Grand Canyon IDon't Park on My Frouerty Events ..................................48 INOWR Events News and Results r Schedule of River Events 2000 Safety .........I..................I.....** 92 % r Whitewater Fatalities Drop Slightty r Kayaking is Safer Than You Think River Voices ....................... .. ......... 102 r Losing Your Fear of Holes E The Biflh of Tude / r The Rayaking Image .I Whitewater Injury SuMeY Briefs .................................106 r Announcing WWW.Amertcan Whitewater.org F r Emergency Rebreather SUN~Y Cover Photos : Back: Tom Vickery freewheels fourth drop of Eagfe Falls on the Beaver, NY. Insets left to right: Lars Peterson runs slide above Rainbow Falls on M. Branch of Oswegatchie. Leland Dave is during f~rstdescent of Hlgh Falls Gorge on Ausable. Caron Koll lmes up for the sluice at the top of the final rap~dof the Independence. Photos by James Swedberg Ptwp&anhy Publication T~tle:American Wh~tewater Issue Date: SeptemberIOctober 2000 Statement of Frequency: Published bimonthly Authorized Organization's Nar Amer~canWhitewater P.O. Box 636 Pr~ntedon Recycled Paper Margretville, NY 12455 ~mericanwnire water Sepremoer October 2000 all know how worthless they are!) I was you've been spending entirely too much time about to give up when I chanced upon Pro- in your kayak, Miss Digere. fessor Juste Kantgettenuff, Ph. D., Director of We all know that it is far easier to avoid the Division of Interpersonal Relationships entrapment on the river than it is to extri- within the Department of Nuclear Waste Dis- cate oneself once it has occurred. The same posal at the University of Helsinki, Poland. is certainly true for affairs ofthe heart. Dr. Kantgettenuff comes to us with excellent Granted, there might be a one-in-a-thou- credentials, which include a Noble Prize in sand chance that this is not a ruse and that Whitewater Piecemaking. Dr. Kantgettenuff's notable the fellow in question really does have a conquests include the Class Vt genuine interest in whitewater. So, ifyou feel Scaresahelloutame and ldonwannagothere the imperative to pursue this fantasy ofgos- Love Trouble Rivers in Finland, as well as a number of in- samer drifting in the wind, this is what the credibly famous and fabulously endowed Love Doctor recommends. Next Saturday Swedish film starlets. escort your Love Candidate to the nearest Editor's note: Over the years I Class IV river, wedge his sorry ass into a have received many letters from Starting with this very issue, Dr. kayak, andshove it into the current. You will Kantgettenuff's column will address specific find out soon enough how strong yourpoten- desperate and forlorn white water whitewater love trouble questions submitted tial paramour's commitment to whitewater by readers. Our new Love Doctor will be is. boaters, bemoaning the difficulties available for ongoing consultation, assuming The Love Doctor acknowledgesthat there he survives the publication of this issue. So, is the slight, but undeniable, risk that this they face in reconciling their love if you are a whitewater boater having difficul- young man will morph, within a matter of ties with affairs of the heart, please submit weeks, into a Class V+ boater, and demand of whitewater with their need for your questions to the good doctor through that you accompany him on a dangerous romantic companionship. It has me, the editor of this magazine. (8245 Men- hair boating spree. The end result could be tor Road, Elizabeth, Pa. 15037) death, or perhaps even worse, humiliation. become increasingly apparent to It is hard to imagine anything more devas- Be sure to include your name and address tating to a relationship than teaching a nov- me that many of the readers of so that I will know where you live and how ice to kayak, only to have his ability and pathetic you are. I promise we won't print daring surpass your own!But fear not, this is this magazine, who may even be your real name and address in the Love most unlikely. Doctor's column. Really! Scout's honor! The odds are overwhelming that this taste competent to tackle turbulent ofwhitewater will be more than enough for Class Vt whitewater, are com- Bob Gedekoh this New Yorksissy boy. Once you are rid of Editor, American Whitewater him you will be free to pursue more appro- pletely at a loss when it comes to priate suitors. Like the smelly, loutish scum that frequent river festivals, like the one to negotiating the treacherous waters be held on the Gauley this very month. Per- haps the good doctor will see you there. of romance. To put it bluntly, A LOT TO LEARN when it comes to love, a lot of you Dear Dr. Kantgettenuff, people need help! Last night I met this really great guy at a bar in the Village. He paid his way through THE TROUBLE I considered addressing these whitewater Harvard by posing as a model for Esquire. WITH THE TRUTH Now he's a Porsche-drivingventure capitalist love conundrums myself, but decided against Dear Dr. Kantgettenuff, it. It is no secret that I am single and I with a penthouse in Manhattan and a beachfront cabin in the Hamptons. Best of The other night my wife of seventeen quickly realized, on that basis alone, that years and I were having a terrible argument. many of you needy souls would scorn my ad- all, he says he wants to learn to kayak! What do you think? Suddenly she broke down into tears and said, vice, saying, "What does a single person "Sometimes I think you love that damned know about love and romance?" I could ar- kayak more than you love me." How should I gue that the very fact that I am single is the Goldie Digere New York, New York have responded? (I think I may have said the best evidence of my expertise in handling af- wrong thing.) fairs of the heart. To my mind, asking a mar- ried man for romantic advice is like asking a My Dearest Goldie, The Love Doctor wishes he had a nickel Herman Nomore man on death row how to rob a convenience Omaha, Nebraska store. But that is just my opinion, and what for every time one ofhisstarry eyedpaddling do I know? companions has exclaimed, "Imet this great gallguy in a bar the other night. Andshelhe Dear Herman, There are critical times in every mar- So, in the end, I decided to look for a real wants to learn to kayak!" Now, really! At the risk of stating the riage when it is absolutely imperative to tell expert to address these issues for you. The the truth. Times when honesty is the best search for such an authority was difficult; obvious, the Love Doctor must point out that individuals do NOT go to bars because they policy. Times to look your partner in the eye there just aren't very many psychosexual and bare your soul. psychologists with Class V boating skills in want to learn to kayak. Individuals who want to learn to kayakgo to kayak schools! Indi- This was definitelynot oneofthose times. the world. (Admittedly, there are a lot of Surely you were not foolishenough to admit psychos with Class V boating skills, but we viduals who go to bars want to.. Well, if I have to tell you what people go to bars for, to your wife that you cherish your boat more American Whitewater September October 2000 than her! No one could be that stupid! Here is my expert advice. First, you "James. "Talk to James in hushed tones forat But you were that stupid... weren't you, must convince your wife that you want to go least a halfanhour. Then rejoin your wife in Herman? to Hulga Joy's nuptials more than anything the living room with a deeply troubled look Well, then you have two choices. in the world. Express a great deal ofinterest on your face. One, get your boat out of the garage in the event. Ask what type of dress Hulga Whensheasks what is wrongsay, "Noth- immediately and hide it at a friend's house, will be wearing.. What type offoodthey will ing, really.. I'm just concemedaboutJames. then find a very talented divorce attorney. be serving.. Whether Uncle Bosco andAunt He's only been boating for five months and Or two, grovel. Get down on your worth- Hildegarde will be making the trip from his roll isn't very solid. And he's never less belly like the snake that you are and Upper Sandusky.

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