O. AUTUMN, 1968 VOI. XIV, N 2 * , Nancy Southworth, Mascoma Slalom, 1968 Photo by Bart Hauthaway

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156 December 27, 1968 ing of confidence is much faster. I re- Dear Mr. Whitney, member what Walter Kirschbaum once [In the Summer Issue] you request said: "When you begin, you want the some indications from members about boat to hold you up, but soon you hold AWA undertaking to sponsor a US. up the boat." River Guide. I would favor such activ- My Missouri [river) guidebook is go- ity as it appears to be urgently needed. ing into a third edition (very little Donald Tall change except for some corrections and 100 Braemar Drive additions) which will bring the num- Chesire, Conn. 06410 ber of copies printed up to 30,000. It (Ed. Note: Thank you for your support. The is obvious that there is a demand for original proposal assumed that the River guidebooks and I think your suggestion Guides would be done separately, by individual that AWA get behind and coordinate states, and would be coordinated and standard- a nation-wide guidebook project is a ized with AWA inspiration, follou&zg Inter- timely one. We certainly should be the national Touring specifications.) ones to do it but we will have to act fast if we are going to have any effect. December 17, 1968 Peter D. Whitney: Many states have already come out with them including Illinois, Indiana, Re: Your note in the Summer Journal. Iowa in addition to those you men- Standard symbols would be great. tioned. However diversity of format, etc. leads Peekna's guide is better than the to new ideas for future guide editors state publication for Wisconsin even and this leads to better guides in the though it does not cover a lot of the future. Let's not stifle ingenuity. rivers. Kentucky is doing a guide (Ray Bruce Sundquist Mischon); Arkansas has a guidebook Canoe Guide Editor project going (farmed out to many Pittsburgh Council, AYH Ozark Society members) under the 6300 Fifth Ave. leadership of Ken Smith who wrote Pittsburgh, Pa. 15232 "Buffalo River Country" and he has (Ed. Note: Standardization is a perennial foe them using mine as a sort of pattern; of originality, unless creative persons find it I hear Texas is also working on one possible to ujork within standardized system. and God knows how many other states. e.g., the alphabet.) Is it time that we have an inventory Dear Peter: of these again and publish it in AWA? I think there is a need for an article We need a guidebook chairman. which explains why it would be better I'm not really sure we can adopt in- to start kids in a proper boat. Who ternational symbols, though, except for could write such an article? Someone white-water streams with rather de- who knows more about boat design and tailed maps. I wanted to do that with training than I, that's for sure. I can my guidebook, and did use several of certainly say, from just our spring the symbols, but for various reasons "white-water school" here that I much they did not work out, and the Con- prefer to have beginners in properly servation Dept. had to change them on designed boats. Progress and develop- our rather small-scale maps. I did use

American WHITE WATER international stream ratings, and hope- fully others will follow on that. AWA Training Film Sincerely, Oz Hawksley Route 5, Warrensburg, Mo. The AWA training film will be cir- culated henceforth by Ronald Shafer, January 7, 1969 Chatsworth, Ill. 60921. This 16 mm. color Dear Pete: film with tape sound is primarily for By means of this letter I would like canoeists but has interest for all begin- to express my sincere thanks and grati- ning white-water paddlers. It makes a tude to all of you in the American good feature for club meetings. Whitewater Affiliation who have been Donations of film or funds to make so helpful over the past four years in films for future training, should be sent white-water sport. As National Slalom to Business Manager Charles Smith, Chairman it was my privilege to work 1760 Walnut St., Berkeley, Calif. 94709. with many members of AWA, and to- Meanwhile Walt parvest, former Na- gether we have observed the exciting tional Slalom K-1 Champion, will be growth of white-water sport in the'6Os. production boss for new instructional Personally it has been a privilege for films. me to serve the needs of this growing sport and I'm proud to have been a part of its development. the AWA to suport Mark in every way This past fall Mark Fawcett of pcssible. Those of us who agree to take Chadds Ford, Pa., was duly elected as on volunteer jobs find out very quickly my successor as ACA National Slalom the frustrations, disappointments, and Chairman. Mark has been active in inertia necessary for us to overcome. white-water racing for many years and His job won't be easy, but I'm sure all brings to the sport a wealth of experi- of us in the AWA will be glad to pitch ence and enthusiasm necessary to move in and help. this sport ahead in the next decade. I Sincerely, (Jay) would like to call upon all members of JAY EVANS Assistant Director of Admissions WHITE-WATER Dartmouth, College Hanover, N.H. 03755 (Ed. Note: Sorry we are to lose Jay ulhose Buy Them Through AWA term as Chairman and Editor has been trdy brilliant. But we welcome aboard a fine com- Bookseller's profit goes to the petitor in Mark Pmucett). Affiliation's fund for projects like Guidebooks, etc. Available: "White-Water Sport," by Peter Whitney $4.00 Don't Lose Your Boat "Fundamentals of Kayaking" For Lack of Flotation! (Fourth Edition) Harvest by Jay Evans $3.00 "The Exploration of the Form-fitting flotation bags for kayaks ," Approx. 4.5 cu. ft. ea. Major Powell's diaries $3.75 20-mil. vinyl Send orders, with checks made out to per set: $1 1.54 f.0.b. Alameda A WAGuidebooks Committee, to: ED ALEXANDER Set for C-1 $1 2.54 6 Winslow Ave East Brunswick, N. J. 08816 HARVEST ENTERPRISES Books will be seat Postpaid. No COD'S. 3976 East Ave. Hayward, Calif. 94542

VOL. XIV / 2 Skidding the boats down among snakes, scorpions. Photos by Don and Ann Schafer The Colorado Below Hoover Dam By Ann Schafer

Most of our paddling involves a 650- straight, wide highway through the mile round trip to the Colorado, al- empty desert that brings out the racing though our local river has an interest- drivers in the gambling set. Perhaps ing drop of some 900 feet in its 40-mile they are merely impatient to take ad- course and an average flow of 35,000 vantage of the cultural benefits of cfs. One must admit, however, that this "Lost Wages," as it is known locally. average flow is based on the five days Some of our gang do stop there briefly, a year when the Los Angeles river has usually for the buffet, not gaming, water. The other 360 days we bicycle tables which are abundant, delicious, in the river, because a dry concrete and cheap, qualities dear to the heart channel, no matter how tastefully deco- of the paddler. Art Vitarelli and Bob rated with storm drains, is not kind to Hariston once paused in Las Vegas long tender foldboat bottoms. enough to visit each of the dozen or so Valley Canoe Club paddlers are noth- Strip hotels-by swimming across their ing if not devoted. On Friday nights a pools, strolling through the gardens to hardy band of the faithful will leave the next hotel, and repeating the pro- the metropolis to fight the sybaritic Las cedure all the way down the Strip. Vegas-bound traffic for 305 miles to It's a tiresome six-hour drive in con- Boulder Beach Campground, near stant traffic from Los Angeles to the Hoover Dam. The monotonous freeway campground at , which is is enlivened by frequent accidents. perpetually filled to capacity. The There is something about that long, Hoover Dam run was our first river

American WHITE WATER trip two years ago, although we had no beach. The geological formation was some experience on saltwater; and Don volcanic, andesite breccia, which was -my husband-and I were eager to try another way of saying darn hard rock. a river. We pulled in about 2:30 a.m. The easiest way down was by the time- and finally found a cluster of canoe- honored method of bottom bouncing, and kayak-laden cars parked in front but unfortunately this was not compat- of the restrooms, a convenient if not ible with carrying a boat and gear. The quite esthetic location. We collapsed indigenous population included rattlers near other semi-comatose bodies scat- and scorpions, so we watched our steps. tered hither and yon amongst the cac- Lining Down tus and boulders. If one is sufficiently Our leader had two lengths of %" x tired one conveniently forgets about 50' manila or nylon line and an 8' x 8' the snakes, scorpions, vinegarroons, and heavy tarp for the lowering operation. centipedes. They were quite welcome to The gear was packed in large sturdy our travel-weary bodies. bags with no loose odds and ends. The- Fierce Sunrise oretically, happiness was few bags to The brilliant desert sun leaped over lower and lug. Happiness was also not the purple mountains across belonging to the red canoe that was Lake Mead at a sacrilegious hour. dropped from the bridge. Everyone was There was no question of lingering a expected to do his share, as this was little longer in a cozy sleeping bag very strenuous and hot work, and no when that desert sun appeared. Instant- one felt slighted. Children were carried ly it was hot, and the light and heat down piggyback. Sadly enough, this penetrated the nether regions of the courtesy was not extended to wives bag. with tired blood. We met at 7, the traditional hour, at The women drove the 45-mile shuttle the parking lot at the dam on the Ne- to Willow Beach, Arizona, as every man vada side. Security guards in a truck was needed for portage duty. The sec- led us to a locked gate barring an in- ond time I ever drove our stick-shift conspicuous road about 1% miles west spx-ts car was up this nightmare road. of the dam. Speed in unloading and There were tears in Don's eyes as I good brakes were said to be essential, lurched off, forgetting as usual about and we soon found out why. Our con- the clutch. I don't think the tears were voy hurtled down the version for me. The Grand Prix de Colorado of the Burma Road, an engineering roared across the dam and along high- marvel dropping too many hundred way 93/466 in Arizona, crossing the dry feet into the Black Canyon Gorge. The arroyos cutting down to the river, engineering marvels do not extend to which was occasionally visible below superfluous touches such as guard rails. in its deep canyon. The road terminated in a bridge to a The Spaniards called the river red locked tunnel in the cliffs giving access for the silt it carried, but below Hoover to the turbines. The guards wore side- Dam it was deep blue and beautiful. arms, but did not inspect our equiw- Fifteen miles from the dam we turned ment for bombs and explosives. This right on the side road to Willow Beach, road is quite wide enough for an ex- in a National Recreation area. This is a perienced midget car driver to reverse favorite resort for fishermen and power on. We literally tossed our gear and boaters, being situated at the upper, boats from the cars with all haste. narrow end of Lake Mojave, formed by Before we could put our boats on the , 67 miles below Hoover historic waters of the Colorado there Dam. There is a clean campground with was the little detail of getting them a store, cafe, and other facilities. It is down there. Everything had to be lnw- advisable to lock everything in the cars, ered about 35 feet from the bridge to including removable racks, if possible. a very steep slope, then carried by Be Kind to the Guards beaver line down that slope several We picked up the guard again at the hundred yards to the river's edge, dam, who escorted us back to the which consisted of jagged rocks and bridge, then followed our driver to the

VOL. XIV / 2 Letting the gear down from the bridge. dam parking lot where he left his car, dam, seen closely from below, was a and then drove him back down to the rare sight. It rose 726 feet from bedrock bridge. (Permission to launch in the in an immense white sweep with huge Restricted Area just below the dam spindly towers tilting at crazy angles must be secured in advance from the from sheer black cliffs, ugly but im- Project Manager, Bureau of Reclama- pressive. The river was 100 yards wide, tion, Boulder Canyon Project, Boulder very deep, clear and cold, with a swift City, Nevada 89005. We appreciate the current. privilege of launching at the dam, and The first landing was less than a mile the special efforts involved, and try to downstream, on the right or Nevada cooperate fully with the officials. Be side, and was easy to miss, as most prompt, polite, don't litter, don't waste landing spots were cramped. A dry their time, and don't wander around in creek bed led up to a hot spring with the Restricted Area. Safety equipment fragile mineral formations which had is inspected and must include approved been protected until recent political life preservers or cushions, and lights. pressure opened this area to power We are undoubtedly a nuisance to the bcats coming up from Willow Beach. dam officials, so we are careful to play Two men in a canoe missed this landing fair with them to insure future runs and were unable to overcome the cur- through this magnificent canyon.) rent and paddle back up, so they landed The shuttle took over an hour, which at the next gulch downstream and in- was about the time required to get the dulged in some rock climbing to get gear down to the river. Everyone suf- back to the group, most of which was fered from Paddlers' Neurosis-the fear collapsed on the sand. The heat was not of being the last boat on the water. The exactly dissipated by the towering dark

American WHITE WATER The view of the dam from below.

cliffs. The summer temperature in the involving a race to the shadiest spot in canyon can reach 125 degrees, so this a canyon, reclining on life preserver stretch is run from September through cushions against the banks until every- June. It's really not hotter in July and one was scorching in the full sun, then August, but it makes our psychiatrists coming on to the next side canyon feel better. The heat was intense; the downstream. river level must have dropped from our Someone had neglected to tell us constant consumption. As one man about Ringbolt Rapids. The river more dryly said, "I've never drunk more and than exceeded our expectations, and gone less." just as Don and I were renouncing har- We drank water straight out of the bor paddling, an ominous rumbling river until we passed the first power from downstream reached our ears. The boat, then thoughtfully added a puri- group landed on a cobble beach on the fier to the canteens. Special equipment Arizona side, at White Rock Canyon. suggested for this run included sun- The inexperienced paddlers in canoes glasses, brimmed hats, iced-tea mixes lined down the rapids, but after our even without ice, and long sleeved leader, Art Vitarelli, assured us the white shirts, worn soaking wet. Mary Klepper could manage the rapids side- Perkins wore a bikini, as her husband ways, we decided it was the only way Bruce claimed he needed all available to go. There were no rocks or problems, room for his cameras. just perfect, regular waves, an ideal in- 1 This was a mini-trip, 11 miles in all, troduction to white water. Art passed extended into a two-day run by the us, paddling back up the rapids, which - arduous put-in, and much exploration made us feel rather less intrepid. Two and resting. It has been run in less than open canoes shipped water and went two hours by some of the more restless over, causing us an anxious moment, souls, however. Resting was a fine art, for we knew nothing about rescue pro-

VOL. XlV / 2 7 A cold river in a hot canyon. cedure, but several experienced pad- Southern went on and off. dlers were on the spot, and the only Two couples chose the seclusion of a loss was a sneaker. narrow little beach just below the main Ringbolt is named from the old iron camp and awoke in the middle of the ringbolts driven into the canyon walls night with cold, wet legs. generations ago when a few poled rafts We set up camp and helped wring out came up the river to the Mormon set- wet sleeping bags-apparently the girls tlements on the . They had in the two canoes were conscientious to warp up past the rapids. Crosscur- objectors to waterproof coverings for rent Rapids, Big Sandbar, Horseshoe, their bags. The other paddlers seemed Crane's Nest, and Indian rapids show to have disappeared, but we doubted on the charts, but they have long since they had evaporated in the extreme been submerged- by the waters of Lake heat as we could hear faint sounds of Mo j ave. merriment up the nearly dry creek, so Denending on the water level, there we clambered up its narrow bed. This is anAeddyand a big white rock to con- is no place to be in a flash flood. Some sider when landing at Ringbolt Camp, distance up the steep path we came Arizona, just below the rapids on the upon a scene of Bacchanalian revelry. left. Green willows and tamarisk mark The hot spring at the top of a fall had this good beach and "unimproved" been dug out, and delightfully warm camp. Boats were tied to large rocks water showered down the cliff to drop well above the water, as the level into a twenty-foot-wide shallow pool, fluctuated. where approximately twenty bodies City Power Demands were lying like so many friendly sar- This was the week end of the World dines. We promptly joined them, re- Series in Los Angeles, and the river moving our shoes to use as pillows. It went up and down as the TV sets in was extremely relaxing to lie limply in

American WHITE WATER the warm pool, and some of the gang port more than a few token cacti, but even fell asleep. Ladies: you won't float food scraps we had put out the night away if you put a big rock on your before were gone in the morning. chest. (The men seemed to have no dif- ficulty staying put.) We Reach Lake Mojave The camp cooled off when the sun The second day was slow and re- slid behind the Nevada mountains laxed, with more canyons to explore, across the river. Bats flitted out of in- bird-watching, swimming, and no short- numerable holes in the cliffs above the age of peaks to climb. Two very low camp, and at sundown we saw two des- flying jets from Nellis AFB near Las ert bighorn sheep silhouetted against Vegas screamed overhead, just above the golden sky on the ridge just up- the cliffs, and after they passed coyotes stream. They frisked down a nearly on the rimrock howled in protest. vertical trail, apparently to water near White Rock Canyon. The current slowed down and finally Desert stars are justly famous for was lost in the deep waters of Lake their brilliance, and we lay on top of Mojave, so the last few miles were lake our heat-radiating down bags admiring paddling. There were several water the Milky Way, and thinking about the caves to explore, and a high catwalk 45,000 lbs. per square foot pressure on clinging to the cliffs near the gaging the base of the dam. The comforting station, on the Arizona side, invited murmurs of the rapids lulled us to climbing. Black Canyon Gorge gave sleep. Those murmurs are always more way to more open country as we ap- comforting when they're upstream. proached our takeout, and we could It was strangely quiet when we now see the desolate Eldorado Moun- awoke at dawn, then we realized the tains of Nevada and Malpais Mesa, geo- river was up several feet and the rap- ids were drowned riffles. They are usu- graphically dissimilar, on the Arizona ally covered in the spring months dur- side. It had been a short but beautiful ing high water. This area is a desert's and unique trip. desert, too rocky, hot and arid to sup- As always on the Colorado, one could not help but think of Major Powell's lonely trip. This country, rugged as it was, must have seemed tame indeed after emerging from the greater can- yons upstream.

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VOL. XIV / 2 Nominations, 1969-70 Board of Directors

American Whitewater Affiliation

The following ten AWA members have been nominated for the four ~acancieson the Board of Directors of the American Whitewater Affiliation for 1969-70. Please follow the voting instructions on the separate ballot enclosed with this copy of "Americm White Water." Only paid-up members may vote; paid-up affiliate clubs cast two uotes. The order in which the biographical sketches are printed below a~asdetermined by lot. On the ballot, they are printed in reverse order. Your ballots must reach the Elections Secretary before Febr~ary15, 1969. Tom Cooper, Denver, Colo. vorite river pastime is floating Class Active C-2 canoeist who has recently I1 and I11 water in an open canoe. also taken up kayaking. Served two Dean Norman, Bloomfield, Iowa years as Pres. of Colo. White Water AWA member since 1960. Has writ- Assoc.; 1968 Regional Slalom Chair- ten articles and drawn cartoons for man for ACA. Owner of plastics plant American White Water (Dean's Car- in Denver. Has many friends in boat- toon) and various newspapers and ing circles both east and west. Has magazines. Member of affiliate OW- encouraged new groups in Santa Fe, WC; Wilderness Society, Audubon Aspen, Los Alamos. Entire family ac- Society, American Museum Natural tive in cruising, camping, racing. History, Cleveland Natural Science Wife is C-2 partner; three children Museum. Has lived in Missouri, N. all competent in canoes and kayaks. Dakota, Ohio and Iowa and paddled Wife first woman canoeist to run on rivers from Pennsylvania to Idaho Royal Gorge and family plans river and from Arkansas to Manitoba. Now trip in mountains of Mexico's west devoting full time to free lance writ- central coast. Is convinced that best ing, cartooning and lecturing on ca- thing for the sport is to effect a co- noeing. Trained in ecology, he is es- hesive friendship among various pecially active in an effort to save clubs. the upper Missouri, and a number of Donald A. Bodley, Chattanooga, Tenn. other wild rivers. Co-founder & Pres. of Tennessee Val- Bart Hauthaway, Weston, Mass. ley Canoe Club, a new AWA affiliate Incumbent Director, AWA; former oriented to family recreational pad- exec. Sec.; co-founder KCCB; Vice dling. Pres. of Tenn. Scenic Rivers Commodore Cochituate Canoe Club; Assoc, which contributed to enact- Member KCCNY, ACA, AM; mem- ment of both the State Scenic Rivers ber U. S. team, competing at 1965 Bill and the national Scenic Rivers World Championships; Eastern Div. Bill in 1968. Member Smokey Mts. Slalom chmn. 1967 U. S. Team Fund Hiking Club. Past Chmn. White chmn.; ex. comm., ACA Photographer Water canoeing Committee of Am. & contrib. AWW jrnl.; boat & paddle Youth Hostels (N.Y.C., 1960). Oper- ates small, part-time canoe outfitting maker. business. Automotive engineer em- Edgar Alexander, East Brunswick, N. J. ployed by TVA. Member Soc. Auto- Incumbent director & Secy. AWA: motive Engineers, on SAE national Guidebook Chairman, AWA. Charter Transportation and Maintenance Ac- member & former pres. KCCNY; 1st tivity Comm. and current chmn. SAE recipient Jack Goldstein Award for national Transportation and Mainte- distinguished contrib. to KCCNY; nance Technical Comm. Age 34. Fa- Editor KCCNY Newsletter; Chief

American WHITE WATER Gate Judge for several National Slal- founder, Pacific Invitational Slalom, oms; Race Secretary Esopus Slalom 5 Feather River. Co-founder East Ten- cons. yrs.; Chief Scorer, '68 & '69 nessee White Water Club, Oak Ridge, West River Races; rep. of KCCNY at which explored many rivers never Eastern Whitewater Clubs Conf. '68. before run and pioneered efforts to With wife Miriam, active boaters and conserve them. Coordinated AWA administrators. Children Audrey & training film program. Electrical en- Robert have grown up with KCCNY, gineer with Kaiser Engineers. Born are strong junior competitors. Traffic Holland, emigrated U. S. 1956. Found- manager, importer; has helped im- er of canoe club of 70 members, Till- port AWA members' boats and ship burg, Holland. As an engineer, is con- boats to Europe for U. S. team at vinced that nearly all the presently World Championships. proposed dams are not economically Eric Olsen, Madison, Wisconson justified and that the AWA can be Avid cruiser and regular competitor an extremely successful instrument in all classes of white-water craft. in the preservation of our natural Secretary, ACA Western Div. Slalom rivers. Comm.; Director of National Slalom Andres Peekna, Omro, Wis. Training Center No. 4 (midwest). Incumbent director, AWA; Safety Racing chmn. Hoofers Outing Club; Chairman. Wisconsin Hoofers. 1962- recent chmn. Wolf River Slalom & 63. ~uthor,"Guide to White witer in slalom training clinics. Past Pres. U. the Wisconsin Area," which has been Wis. Outing Club; past V. P. of through 4 editions and still being ex- Hoofer General Club. Has presented panded; instrumental in launching continuing series of conservation-or- Wolf River Slalom and Downriver iented films and talks with Hoofer Races, 1964 (course-setter). Started Conservation Group. Favors union of white-water canoeing 1960, switched the three major national canoeing to kayak and decked C-1 in 1964. groups (AWA, ACA, USCA) to pro- Born Estonia, 1937; naturalized U. S., mote & standardize competitive 1958 Teacher physics at Wisconsin events and present a united front State University at Oshkosh. Served against further destruction of the the short term on AWA Board in '68 natural environment. Biologist, can- and as V. P. of Board. didate for Ph.D. in Limnology. Liz Hull, Suffield, Conn. Bob Harrigan, Washington, D. C. Chairman AMC Interchapter Canoe Incumbent director AWA. Founding Committee; Co-chairman AMC Conn. member Canoe Cruisers Association Chapter Canoe Committee; Member: (currently on steering committee) & AWA, ACA. Author of canoeing ar- West Virginia Highlands Conserv- ticle "Sacandaga Saga" in Appalachia ancy; organizer Potomac River White Magazine. Worked with Conn. River Water Race. Former director C & 0 Watershed Council on narration for Canal Ass'n.; officer Citizens Council white water film. For five years has for a Clean Potomac. Pioneer C-2 been continuously involved in white slalomist & cruiser in difficult rapids. water novice instruction programs, Has paddled stern for national not- cruising, slalom and wildwater rac- ables, e.g., Secretary of Interior ing, and wilderness canoe travel. 11- Udall; organizer of Robert F. Ken- lustrator for The Herb Grower Press. nedy trip down upper Hudson. Re- Age 38, with two sons, one a slalom cently appointed to Ad Hoc Congres- racer; and a cruising husband. sional Advisory Committee on the Environment. Zoologist; Vice Presi- dent, Fisher Scientific Co. Dues for 1968-69 John Bombay, Oakland, California $3.50 Former AWA Safety Chairman & Pres. Sierra Club RTS. Has explored If you are not now a member, send in $3.50 and run many rivers in California, with ballot; your vote will be counted. Idaho and in the Smokies. Co-

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Competing on the Isere, 1968. This year's course may be the hardest ever. Photos by Ted Young. RACING REPORT The 1969 World Championship Course By Ted Young You can have it one of two ways, or Val d'Aoste. The village itself is the any place in between. Either you like center of skiing and mountaineering cruising on a quiet river enjoying the activity in the Tarentaise region of the scenery or you can't keep away from French Alps. The ski slopes of Val competition - against rivers, people, d'Isere, where the French ski team anything. If you go to Bourg Saint trains in the summer, are just minutes Maurice to race in the World Cham- away. It is only a short walk from the pionships in Slalom and Wildwater in village to the slalom site, which is con- 1969 you should prefer the latter. We venient if you prefer to stay in a hotel went to both last year and this (1967 or pension rather than to camp. Camp- and 1968) to size up the river and the ing is available (free in the past) either competition to see if they were up to along the river or on the meadows just our mettle. They were. In the process above. It is much more convenient and we learned a few things about the pleasant than the camping sites for the course which we can pass on to the 1967 World Championships in Czecho- aspirants to the 1969 US. Kayak Team. slovakia. The Place The Slalom Bourg Saint Maurice lies at the foot An International Slalom and Wild- of the Petit Saint Bernard Pass leading water Race was held on the Isere River to Italy via the beautiful and antique at Bourg Saint Maurice in early Aug-

VOL. XIV / 2 ust, just following the French Cham- pionships which were held on a short- Group Flights to Europe, 1969 er, easier version of the International course. Thus, the French had two weeks Again in 1969 group air flights to Eu- of training on the stretch of river to be rope will be arranged for those in- used for the next year's World Cham- terested in competing in and watch- pionships. These are scheduled from ing the World Slalom Championships. July 27 to August 4, 1969, with condi- However, anyone may go regardless tions expected to be very similar to of his European travel plans. those at this year's International Races. There will be two flights, both round Teams representing all of the coun- trip New York to Zurich, Switzerland. tries expected for the World Champion- The six-week flight (44 days) will ships were present with the exception leave June 23 and return from Zurich of Canada. I was the sole U.S. repre- on August 6. Those on this flight will sentative. Most of the teams had been be able to take in the International training on the river during the French Slalom at Tacen, Yugoslavia, site of the National Championships the preceding 1971 World Championships. week, and were already very familiar The four-week flight (30 days) will with the river. leave New York on July 7 and return The slalom course was considerably from Zurich on August 6. more difficult than 1967's, both techni- Fare for the round trip flight will be cally and in the grade of water, a mat- $283 (50 persons) or $360 (25 persons) ter accomplished simply by moving the plus a tax-deductible contribution of start upstream about 200 yards, and $10 to the U.S. Team fund. Children damming the river in one plale to make 2-12 are accepted at half fare for both a short, steep drop. In 1967 several of items. us commented on what a fantastic slal- For information call or write the om those two hundred yards would flight organizer, David A. Kurtz, 623 make. We may have to eat our words W. College Ave., State College, Penna. in 1969! The upper part of the course 16801, Area 314-237-7727 (night) and was characterized by traverses through Area 314-237-1496 (day). heavy water into very small eddies which, if missed, were gone forever. Big boats with lots of buoyancy seemed, in general, to be the most manageable, since with the gates hung close together although some of the West Germans in as they were, you had to think two their Bone Mini-Slaloms did very well. gates ahead just to stay even. The Swiss The English team especially seemed at Touring and River Sport magazine said home in their very buoyant KW boats. it would be the most difficult World The boats with more volume, besides Championship Slalom yet run. I believe handling better in the heavy water, them. seemed faster and came out of eddies The Wildwater Race more quickly than the smaller boats, This race course is very different such as by Mendest 401, which tend to from that set for the World Champion- become submarines in heavy water. ships in Czechoslovakia at Splinderuv The river, regulated by a dam, was Mlyn in 1967. There the race was won flowing at 600 cubic feet per second for in the men's K1 class in about ten min- the slalom, not a large volume, but the utes. The course at Bourg Saint Mau- drop of the river over the 800 meter, rice was won this year in about forty 25 gate course I estimated at about 20 minutes, is 5.6 miles long, and is more feet, most of which is in the upper consistently difficult, with several long third of the race. Because of the speed stretches of Class V water. The course of the river and the numerous drops, for the women and C-2M teams is 3.7 a misjudged gate was lost. That is, the miles long. A good comparison might eddies had to be entered high, right be the Upper North Fork of the Feather next to the gate, if they were to be River in Northern California, from the made at all. This also meant that the dam down to the site of the slalom. I river had to be known extremely well, never thought I would want to race on

14 American WHITE WATER teredu observations, The first and most important thing is to come to the site of the Championships well in advance of the races and train there on our own slalom course, and on the wildwater course, from say July 12 to July 20. This, I feel, would be much more likely to put everyone in his top form, both physically and psychologically, than driving all over Europe to compete in other races. The time allowed for train- ing (one timed run) on the official slalom course is never enough to allow a competitor to familiarize himself so that he feels really comfortable on that stretch of river. For this reason teams come from all over Europe to the site of the next year's World Champion- ships to achieve exactly that familiar- ization which is impossible for most American competitors to gain. The only way at present to reduce this handicap is to practice at the site of the course several weeks in advance of the Cham- pionships. This is not always possible, as it was not in Czechoslovakia in 1967 or in Dresden in 1961, but it certainly For years Klepper has been should be next year at Bourg Saint headquarters for the nation's Maurice. most complete selections of Whether held on the Isere or else- white-water kayaks - both fibre where in Europe next summer, the training should be well organized, in glass and Foldaway types. . . contrast to past chaotic attempts. As a minimum there should be three people Klepper has also specialized present to aid the competitors in this in racing boats of extreme de- regard, only one of whom should be a sign-for advanced white-water competitor himself. First, there should be a coach, appointed by the National competion. These include the lat- Slalom Committee; second a team man- est championship models, such ager, the function capably handled by as SL 5, Mick and Spider. . Bill Riley in 1967; and third, there . should be a team captain, elected by Write for FREE Color Catalog WW6 the entire team, not selected by admin- istrative fiat. This is not meant to cast HANS KLEPPER CORP. any aspersions on past team captains, 35 Union Square West, notably Tom Southworth who per- New York, N. Y., 10003 formed such an admirable job in 1967, but only to make his job easier and

VOL. XIV / 2 give his mandates a broader support. events; study the techniques of the In practice, of course, the coach should Germans and Czechs, coax our girls in the future have more of the duties into training in more difficult water at carried out by the Team Captain, since home, and gain more experience in the latter is and should be a compet- canoes in heavy water. itor. The coach should be conversant Getting There with the language of the host country, if at all possible. However, it is more The most convenient way to get to important that he be a good coach than Bourg Saint Maurice from the U.S. is an excellent diplomat. to fly to Geneva, Switzerland, and then Under the direction of the coach and rent a car and drive the 80 miles from team captain, and with the aid of the Geneva to the site. We are spending team manager, the competitors should two years in Geneva; anyone who is train hard for a week or ten days be- stopping over there is welcome to come fore the Championships, ending about and camp in our orchard for the night. four days before the latter. The train- Just write us at: Le Tilleul, Bardonnex, ing should be through courses equal in Switzerland. length and difficulty to the courses used in the Championships. That is 25 gates and 3.5-4 minutes for the slalom, and 6 miles long for the wildwater. The The Fish-Pole slalom training should be timed (part of the 1969 team funds could be used Slalom Gate to buy stopwatches for this purpose) and recorded, so that each racer can check his progress from day to day. The emphasis throughout should be on speed, precision being learned at top speed, not in slow motion. After the mornings of slalom training, the after- noons should be used for training on the wildwater course. There should be two runs: the first to limber up and become accustomed to the downriver boat, the second against the watch. Spe- cialists in one event should help time the other. The training could include another International race, but only as part of the overall training program, and not as an end in itself. Particularly good this summer were the Interna- tional Slalom and Wildwater races on Gate details the Muota River in Switzerland. It is my impression after watching By Jay Evans the Americans in 1967, and the Euro- One of the major problems in con- peans in 1967 and 1968, that in the structing a course for white-water sla- men's K1 and C1 classes in slaIom lom is the setting of gates. To extend a there is not a great deal of differ- rope or wire across a hundred yards of ence between the technical ability of roaring rapids is no mean feat. Usually the best Americans and the best Euro- the river is too wide simply to throw peans, the Europeans having the edge the line across - cowboy style. And in precision and concentration while ferrying a line over by kayak, if not paddling hard in difficult water. How- done with great caution, can be danger- ever, in all the canoe classes, in wo- ous. In some areas special marine 'line- men's K1, and in all classes in wild- guns' may be used this spring to shoot water, the Europeans are clearly tech- a light line across which could then be nically better than we are. This simply used to pull the wire over. But line- means we have to train harder in these guns are expensive, and I suspect your

American WHITE WATER colleague waiting on the far shore will hope that your aim is not too accurate. In many instances a "fish-pole gate" can be used effectively with a mini- mum of fuss, bother, and expense. For the fifth annual Frostbite Slalom for beginners, held on the White River in Vermont last September, members of Dartmouth's Ledyard Canoe Club devised a fishpole gate that worked very well. Earlier in the summer six 30-foot alder bushes were cut down, debarked and allowed to dry in the sun. Remov- ing the bark and moisture reduced the weight of these alder sticks by almost 50%. Three metal screw eyes were at- tached near the light end of the stick, through which cord could be run to The Frostbite course hold the individual slalom poles in place. By using three screw eyes it was crew suspended six gates from a bridge possible to devise either a narrow or a in regular fashion while the other two wide gate. set up the fish-pole gates to complete Halfway down the length of the stick, a twelve-gate beginners' course. In a on either side, two more screw eyes mere 43 minutes, everything was ready were placed opposite each other for the to start on time. It was a good thing it cord to run through so it would ride was, too, because over 100 racers came up and out of the way of the paddler. to the Frostbite Slalom that day. Finally, about 3/4 of the way toward the butt end of the alder stick two more screw eyes were placed to act as an- chors for the cord. In every case these Zoar's Gap Training Camp screw eyes were placed so that a gate watcher could, without even getting National Slalom Training Centers No. his feet wet, make a perfect adjustment 1 and 2 got together and held a train- on either slalom pole. ing camp for kayakists in northwestern A dozen shorter ski slalom poles of Mass. in late June. A week of heavy bamboo were set up in pairs as support- rains preceding the training session ing legs, fastened by rope to the six made the upper Deerfield River at alder sticks. The butt end of the alder Zoar's Gap a challenge to the 25 pad- sticks was wedged between rocks along dlers on hand. Emphasis was on im- the shore, or, in one case held down proving technique during the initial by a rope tied to a piton driven into a day of the in-boat training session held crack in a ledge. under the able coaching of Jay Evans, Erection of the fish-pole gate is or- Bart Hauthaway and Guy Newhall. dinarily accomplished by two people - Starting at the verge of non-naviga- one to hold the 30-foot alder stick in bility the course eased slightly as 12 place, and the second person to slide gates were strung down the river to the bamboo A-frame under and fasten provide training opportunity for the it. Finally the poles are hooked and varying skills of the paddlers. Most adjusted for height. found that a reliable Eskimo Roll was At the Frostbite Slalom last year useful (if not essential) during the racers who arrived early on Sunday week end. Some neophytes relied on morning wondered where the course the one-armed sidestroke while clutch- was. Nothing had been set up. Finally, ing paddle and bow line. about an hour before the scheduled The more advanced boaters used the race time, three two-man crews from upper part of the course in strong class the Ledyard Canoe Club arrived. One I11 water under Jay Evans' watchful

VOL. XIV / 2 eye. Here they completed a number of level, two-toned pavilion. 4-5 gate sequences and were constantly Sunday's 14-gate 4-run practice sla- exposed to the merciless stopwatch. Be- lom was divided into groups A and B. low, Buy and Bart worked with the less Selection of the latter was determined experienced boaters and concentrated on the basis of some mystical Hautha- on fundamentals. way formula related to the degree of A fireside bull-session in the forest flutter in a paddler's posterior. The "A" Saturday night served to air a variety group consisted of those who dared to of organizational problems of the sport challenge the class I11 water of the up- and, hopefully, solutions to match. Lin- per course. The results were significant iment was applied internally and ex- in terms of competitive championship, ternally, as age and inclination indi- enthusiasm and skills learned. Zoar's cated, under the hospitable spread of Gap proved to be lots of fun as well. Holyoke Whitney's exclusive, split- -Rod Aller

- - Race Results Fifth Annual Frostbite Slalom Salmon La Sac Wildwater Race October 6, 1968 K-1 K-1 Beginner Ron Bohlender ...... 21.46 (Field of 43) Peter Hales ...... 22.29 Tom Hyer ...... lo5 Scott Patrick ...... 23.03 Charles Porges ...... 110 Don Wertz ...... 114 Loyalsock Scout Junior Slalom K-1 Inkmediate Worlds End Park, Pa. (Field of 19) April 6-7, 1968 Dennis McAllister ...... 103 K-1 Bill Riley ...... 104 B. younkin ...... 70.7 Peik Larson ...... 105 S. D~~~~~ ...... 74.1 C-1 Beginner S. Bortree ...... 120.3 (Field of 10) K-1W Eric Mink L. Ashton ...... 83.3 Jeff Bock ...... 150 C-2 ...... Chuck Bent 154 Draper-Bortree ...... 91.6 C-2 Intermediate Armstrong-Burgess ...... 151.3 ...... Andrews & Wilson 163 ~~~~ki~-~~h~~~...... 163.3 Gebe & Wear ...... 222 C-2M .... Wilson & Woulfe ...... 329 Alters-Gordon ...... 111.6 C-2M Intermediate Shirey-Draper ...... 130.8 Dugan & Wright ...... Abrams-Bortree ...... 176.7 Green & Gebe ...... 216 Bonney & Bonney ...... 267 St. Francis Slalom K-1W Beginner St. Francis River, Missouri Sue Ballam . 176 March 23, 24, 1968 Judy Sandick ...... 188 K-1 Nan Ashley ...... 198 Will Provine ...... 552.5 Salmon La Sac Slalom Peter Carey ...... 660.5 July, 1968 Eric Olsen ...... 855.0 K-1 K-1W Harry Burlingame ...... 198.6 Marie Provine ...... 571.3 AI zob ...... 218.5 Marty Funderburgh ...... 590.3 Ron Bohlender ...... 6.0 Cindy Woodside ...... 1.313.9 C-1 C-1 Rick Rigg ...... 351 Joe Conrad ...... 812.6 A1 Zob ...... 575 Eric Olsen ...... 825.7 Scott Alright ...... 730 Ian Richards ...... 1345.3

18 American WHITE WATER Norman Holcombe. Penn State Outing Club. West River. 1968. Photo by Roland Palmedo C-2 Dartmouth Indoor Slalom Haug-Conrad 839.2 March 9. 1968 Olsen-Ransburgh ...... 912.2 K-1 Expert Schevers-Riek ...... 2154.2 Jo Knight ...... 76.9 C-2M Olsen-Woodside ...... 864.7 Conrad-Longtin ...... 1001.8 K-1 Intermediate Withers-Wallis ...... ~ ...... 1135.0 Ted Rhodes ...... 98.0 New England Intercollegiate Put Blodgett ...... 113.8 Indoor Slalom T. Southworth ...... 114.4 (M.I.T. White Water Club) C-1 Feb 10, 1968 . Tom Southworth ...... ~ ...... 88.6

K-1 John Burton ...... ~ ...... ---89.0 T. P. Tot. Wick Walker 97.8 Tom Wilson ...... 60.1 0 60.1 K-1W Bart Hauthaway ...... 67.1 0 67.1 Lucile McKee ...... ~ ...... 103.6 Bill Carson ...... 75.3 0 75.3 K-1W N . Southworth ...... 110.0 Peggy Nutt ...... 146.2 Earle Hanson ...... 107.0 30 137.0 Sonja Kalckar ...... 106.5 60 166.5 C-1 KLEPPER FOLDING BOATS Tom Wilson ...... 90.1 0 90.1 Chuck Kaufman ...... 113.0 0 113.9 OLD TOWN CANOES [7 J. Braquemond ...... 101.9 30 131.9 KAYAKS SAIL BOATS Team Write for catalogs 1. M.I.T. CLYDE R. SEELINGER 2. Rhode Island Dept . AW. 21 1 1 Erie. North K. C., Mo. 641 16 3. Harvard

VOL. XI11 /4 A White-Water Park

By Jay Evans Retiring Racing Editor Suppose money was no problem; let plays it (in slow motion, if desired) the imagination run wild. What would with a stop action camera. Thus, after be the greatest way to develop white- every run, the racer and his coach may water sport and, at the same time, train go over the performance in minute de- white-water racers for international tail. This pool is also equipped with competition? soft rubber bumpers along the edges. This is what I propose: and several high pressure adjustable First, an indoor training facility con- underwater hoses to create a variety of sisting of two large pools 50 meters currents, boils, and eddies. Movable long by 50 meters wide with several ad- cherry picker cranes also extend out joining smaller pools. No need for any over the pool for direct overhead ob- of these pools to be more than five feet servation. deep at any point. The smaller pools Dry-land Facilities (minimum size 15 meters by 10 meters) A seating capacity of 1500 would be are to be used for teaching beginners ideal for an indoor slalom and under the Eskimo Roll and the English Gate. the stands space will be available for One large pool is reserved for gate both men's and women's shower rooms, sequence practice in which a variety of locker rooms, saunas, training tables, gates (perhaps 8-1.2) are permanently video tape library and projection room, strung across the pool. Each gate is reception room, boat storage, repair electronically sensitive and connected shop, weight training room, and a snack to an electric scoreboard which in- bar. cludes a large timing device. Whenever The second large pool is designed a racer completes a gate sequence he specifically for Kayak Polo. It, too, has looks up at the scoreboard to find out rubber bumpers along the edges of the his time, number of penalties and final pool, a goal at each end and stands for score. The scoreboard compiles cumu- spectators right close to the action. If lative scores in rank order per class money is a problem just one large pool and has them printed out for each racer could do for slalom and polo. to take home with him to study after A "modest facility" such as this the practice session. shouldn't cost more than a million dol- Down at poolside a life size video lars to build and could be run with a tape screen automatically records from staff of 6-8 people including coaches, several angles each racer's run and re- assistants, technicians, riggers, janitor

2 0 American WHITE WATER and a secretary. It could operate on a TV Again - and Reruns! total yearly budget of $100,000 or per- Wooden gate-judge platforms extend haps less. But, after all, it is as Mr. out over the water-each with a video J. P. Morgan said, "If you ask the cost tape camera connected to a central con- of a yacht, you can't afford one." trol unit, and command posts (first aid If it were located near a college or stations located underneath) would be university, a constant supply of young built at the start, half way down, and talent would be available for training at the finish. in the basic fundamentals during the On one side of the river a sightsee- off-season months prior to the outdoor ing electric (no smog) trolley departs racing season. Several such establish- at periodic intervals down the river on ments in various parts of the country race days, while on the other side of would broaden the sport's base even the river a Boatmobile on a track re- more. turns the racer, accompanied by his A White-Water Park boat, to the start. The day of the "boat- lift" is coming! Make 30 runs a day The second facility is a little more instead of five. Overhead lights, of complex. Basically, it is a white-water course, for night racing as well. park complete with a large lake alive With a three-mile stretch of rapids with landlocked salmon, a water-con- available an almost limitless variety of trol dam, with a three-mile stretch of individual slalom courses could be set rapids below. up from beginner to expert, as well as The drainage basin into the lake an excellent wildwater race course. By would have to be sufficient to assure using the expandable pneumatic tubes enough water in the lake during the in the river bed it is possible to create summer so that as much as 2,000 c.f.s. a new, different and challenging course could be released at regular intervals every weekend. down the rapids. Thus, with both an indoor facility The park itself is primarily a camp- such as the one described and an out- ground with tent sites, lean-tos, wash- door training area, white-water sport ing and toilet facilities, and a sandy could truly become a safe and exciting beach. The lake area near the beach is new development open to thousands. measured off in lanes of various dis- Our racers could be superbly trained tances for flat water sprints. A flat and a world championship title would water slalom course is also permanent- most assuredly follow. ly set up there. Outdoor English Gate In 1984? or before- stations in adjoining coves, and a kayak (Ed. note: See also Eliot DuBois' dream of polo arena complete with out-of-bound #addling in the far future-"Nor Any Waters markers, goals, and stands for specta- Flow7'-Vol X, No. 1). tors complete the upper section of the park. Now, for the race course itself: Below the dam all brush is cleared away on either side for the three-mile stretch of rapids. Permanent gate lines CANOE & KAYAK PADDLES are placed across the river. Every rock or obstacle of any size in the river re- SPRAY SKIRTS to fit any boat ceives a thick coating of protective rub- ber, and, at strategic points down the made in U. S. or Canada course, special multi-shaped hard rub- ber expandable pneumatic tubes, an- Please write for new brochure chored in the river bed, could be pumped up to create "variety" in the STEWART T. COFFIN rapids. Telephone lines are run along either bank with outlets at 100-yard RFD 1, Old Sudbury Rd. intervals, and three foot-bridges span Lincoln, Mass. 01773 the river at equal intervals down the course.

VOL. XIV / 2 New Products Klepper's Rigid Kayaks Ever since the decline of the foldboat, the true kayak upon whose sturdy vir- tues our sport was largely founded, the home-made or club-cooperative fiber- glass kayak has been predominant among most of us. (Few are those who, like your Editor, have never used one of the beetle-skinned jobs, but that is neither here nor there, as Kipling re- marked). It is no secret that a large number of the amateur monocoque jobs have been taken directly off the designs of com- mercial firms, small and large. Baschin, Mendesta, Klepper, and the smaller manufacturers such as Paris, Hautha- way, Coffin, have all been pirated. The current Sierra Club RTS mold, now a gun-blown travesty of chopped fiber, was blithely lifted off the earliest Klep- per SL. The Baschin that knew its par- ent was rare indeed by the banks of the nation's slalom courses, five years ago. So the firm of Klepper, original manu- facturers of the foldboat, deserves more than usual credit for sticking to the thankless job of offering higher-priced, but meticulously manufactured fiber- glass rigids. Klepper bought out Basch- in some years ago. Without losing its cool, Klepper has yearly offered new refinements for the sporting elite. Thanks to the firm's per- sistence, it appears possible that our sport will have the equivalent of Head skis, fine Italian climbing boots, Swiss ice-axes, etc. Here are the latest Klepper designs in action. In addition, as we mentioned in the last issue, there is a new kayak, the "Minor," for youngsters 7-13 years of age.

JR. SIZE K-1 -MINOR All other Klepper models in stock; com- plete line of accessories, paddles, and Trabant (Standard Slalom) Sawyer canoes. WOLF T and A 109 E. Superior Ft. Wayne, Ind. 46802

22 American WHITE WATER Above, the "Fighter," latest downrirr~,UL~,; below, the specialists' Slalom 8. Note low freeboard. PRfS DENT'S SOAP BOX A Report from the Nominating Committee By OZ HAWKSLEY Pres. pro tern, AWA The Nominating Committee it. Suggested nominees must be is supposed to have nearly a checked to see if they are cur- year in which to do its work rently members and he is the but because the board year in man with the most up-to-date 1968 was only about five information on that. You'd be months, the committee had surprised how many people only about two montha to se- who are no longer members or lect board candidates. There who have never been mem- was no time to publish the bers are suggested as nominees names of the members of the for the Board! Nominating Committee and no You will note that the four opportunity (other than the incumbent Board members ap- Editor's column) to request pear on the ballot. This was suggestions from members. In not, as a few might fear, an 1969 this situation should be attempt by the Board to per- rectified. petuate itself. These men had To help offset the above un- served for only five months desirable and, we hope, unus- due to the late start on the ual situation, the Board of Di- 1968 "board year" caused by rectors gave careful thought to reorganization. Whether or not the selection of the non-mem- they are re-elected is up to the bers of the Board who would membership, but it was felt serve on the committee. They that they should at least have pretty well complemented the a chance to be re-elected. regional representation fur- nished by the Board members There was considerable dis- on the committee so that we cussion as to whether a Cana- had wide distribution of com- dian should be nominated. It is mittee members over the optional and may be done "if United States. The members of the size of Canadian member- the Nominating Committee ship makes this seem desir- were: Oz Hawksley, Missouri; able." While all agreed that Bill Bickham, Pennsylvania; keeping close ties with Canada Peter H. Richardson, Massa- through Board representation chusetts; Ron Mason, Colorado; was desirable, since Canadian S. Henry Hall, Tennessee; membership hovers around 30 George Laren, California; An- and since there are areas in the dre~Peekna, Wisconsin; Ed U. S. with considerably more Alexander, New Jersey; Bob members which are not repre- Burleson, Texas; Peter D. sented, e.g., the whole South- Whitney, California. east and Southwest, a Cana- Many things were learned dian was not nominated this by the committee as it worked. time. One notable lesson was that it This brings up a possible sit- expedites the work of the com- uation on which we should mittee if an active and respon- keep an eye, namely balance of sive Circulation Manager is on representation on the Board.

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The Constitution provides that there informed on this. It might be quite use- shall be at least one but not more than ful to publish a short tally of members two nominees from each of the six ma- by regions from time to time. jor membership areas in the country As things now stand, it is the respon- but it is not mandatory that the Board sibility of the individual member to see show equal regional spread. The broad that regional balance is achieved on the regions are not specifically defined be- Board. Before voting, he will have to cause membership constantly changes in them. A Nominating Committee can look at the make-up of the Board (page usually obtain recent figures on the 1 of each journal) and give thought to number of members in each region but the rounding out of regional represen- it is harder for the membership to be tation as he votes.

VOL. XIV / 2 Conservation Comment

areas have an eye on this revenue for their own uses, and threatened to sabo- tage the bill in that form. At least there should now be money to supplement the completely inadequate funds ob- tained through the Golden Passport recreation fee system. By Hawksley The significance of all this to scenic Oz rivers is that the Land and Water Con- In April, Tennessee became the first servation Fund provides allotments to state to have a Scenic Rivers Act. Al- the states, and that money may be used though it is merely an enabling act, for purchasing scenic easements along with no funds for implementation the rivers, buying land in fee for river ac- first year, it is basically a good bill cess points and camping facilities and which classifies rivers into Natural, many other uses. How much of your Pastoral and Developed categories. A state's allotment goes for rivers will total of nine rivers, or parts thereof, depend on how much "noise" you and are included in the initial act. The bill your local boating groups can make. should be useful as a model for other The "public recreation" crowd will be state groups wishing to promote such right in there promoting funds for a bill. The Tennessee Scenic Rivers As- every conceivable type of development sociation, P.O. Box 3104, Nashville, from lakes down to playgrounds, some Tenn. 37219, was formed to promote the of which may even be detrimental to bill. I believe this group and the Ten- wilderness values. The next few years nessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning will not be a time to sit back. We'll are still active because they now have have to fight for every foot of wild or to promote funds for scenic easements. scenic river that we get from now on, Correspondence with them for advice but at least Land and Water Conserva- (also see American White Water for tion Fund money is one answer we can Winter '67-'68, page 26) should prove give legislators when they ask their useful to other state committees or as- standard question, "Where is the money sociations. If your state doesn't have coming from?" such, better get busy. Tennessee has The news is not so good, however, on proven that it can be done! developments concerning Kentucky's On July 15, President Johnson signed Red River Gorge. A House-Senate con- the Land and Water Fund Bill (Public ference committee has decided that the Law 90-401) which supplements income upstream site which would destroy the to the Land and Water Conservation gorge is the best location for construc- Fund. The law will allow the allocation tion of the Red River Dam. However, of $200,000,000 per year for five years the committee asked for a re-study of for outdoor recreation programs fi- the project's storage requirements and nanced by the Fund. If regular sources directed the Chief of Engineers to re- of income to the Fund do not provide view the plans in light of preserving $200 million, receipts from the Outer "to the maximum extent feasible, the Continental Shelf may be used. Orig- Red River Gorge." The Chief of Engi- inally, this bill provided that most of neers was also directed to limit con- the supplementary funds should come struction to such work as would not be from the Outer Continental Shelf but affected by changes in the reservoir states bordering those oil-producing size.

American WHITE WATER Help in Buying Eastern Slalom Course (Ed. Note: 1Ve commented recently on a of its spectacular scenery and excel- KCCNY project to buy a stretch of Neversink lent fishing. Park at the lower Salmon River rapids. We report an even more ambit- Hole, now a State Park, and walk up- ious purchase, this time the acquisition by a stream along the old railroad bed. non-profit society of 4 substantial part of the West River Watershed Project famous Jamaica, Vt. slalom course. Afiliates In cooperation with the U.S. Corps interested in key river stretches might well turn to foundations for "matching money" or of Engineers, (who control the Town- holding loans. The Journul and the AWA Con- send and Ball Mt. Dams and rights to servation Committee would be an ideal clear- the banks of the West River), and pri- ing house for such proposals, even if the actual vate property owners along the entire funds have to be locally raised.) watershed, the Society is hoping this An excerpt from "The Conserver", Summer to begin a program of river publication of The Conservation Society and stream improvement under the ex- of Southern Vermont. pert guidance of State biologists and noted university authorities. Last Fall, the Society rescued a The work will involve every phase choice piece of West River property be- of modern stream improvement and tween the upper and lower Salmon management technique, from the con- Holes near Jamaica. The property has struction of holding pools and the chan- become famous as the site of the Na- nelling of stretches of presently shal- tional White Water Kayak and Canoe low flow, to purification and beautifi- Championships. Because the property is cation. downstream from Ball Mountain Dam, It is honed that volunteer labor will the level of water can be controlled to be employed wherever possible to keep the great advantage of the White Water costs down and generous offers have Racers, and also, to the trout, which already been received. The West River have grown uncommonly fat and sassy. Watershed Project will entail years of These brown trout benefit as well from summertime work and should provide the fact that during the hot summer participants in the Stratton Conserva- months, water flows from a level well tion School with a unique educational below the surface of the lake upstream project. and is therefore much cooler than is Before long, it is hoped, the West found elsewhere on the West River. River system above Jamaica will be The State of Vermont had agreed to suitable for extensive stocking of game purchase the 279 acres but at the last fish. minute could not. Bart Jacobs, Presi- (The address is Stratton Conservation So- dent of Vermont Ventures, Inc., the ciety, Bondville, Vermont 05340. Contributions owner, was forced to place it on the are tax deductible for the following classifica- open market. Bidding was brisk from tions: the start. Aware of Mr. Jacob's interest Founder, $100; Patron, $50; Sustainer, $25; - to preserve the property as a recre- Fellow, $1 0. ational preserve - and aware of the (KCCNY has led the way by taking an or- unique value of the property for out- ganization membership. door recreation - the Society offered (Execzltive secretary of the society is John Stevens, president of the Vermont Guide Ser- its services. vice.) Accordingly it was purchased under favorable terms becoming the Society's first land acquisition. To complete the Klepper Folding Boats purchase, it was necessary to borrow Enjoy Western rivers, $27,000 from the Vermont Bank and lakes and waterways. Trust Company of Brattleboro. Any Many models to choose from! Write for free catalog. help that can be offered to meet this THE obligation would be apreciated. SKI HUT 161 5 University Ave., The land will be held in public trust Berkeley 3, California and all are invited to take advantage

VOL. XIV / 2 27 Safety- as We See It By John S. Young Reprinted from Canoeing (England)

(Ed. Note: Thir British rescue method ap- (7) The rescuers turn over the kayak pears to be a refinement on one used by Sierra by one raising and one lowering his Club RTS at the Feather River slaloms and hand. probably by many other clabs. The "H" meth- (8) The rescue is completed by the subject climbing into his kayak by od has been shown in canoeing manuah, prin- vaulting in with one hand on the bot- cipally as a method for dumping water from tom of his own boat and one on the swamped boats.) deck of the adjoining one. He then re- I have never been convinced that the ceives his paddle from the shoulders "H" method of rescue is suitable in of his rescuers rough conditions. This doubt was large- Advantages ly based on the fact that I, and my At no time is there ever a sense of kayak, were thrown bodily onto the insecurity since the kayaks are closely fore deck of the starters' double at an knit i;ito a raft. S.C.A. championship on Lcch Lomond. They are not likely to drift away The lesson I learned from this was, from the capsized boater since he need "never get one boat at right angles to not at any time take his hand off his another in rough conditions." own kayak. The "Young" rescue has been dem- The person in the water acts as a onstrated before the public with great sea-anchor and keeps the boats end-on success and everyone who has seen or into the wind or tide. used it has declared it to be better than It is possible for the rescuers to take the "H" method. a rest by resting the upturned kayak I shall be delighted to hear of criti- on their decks. cisms or developments from the basic method. The person in the water only has to The "Young" method or if we must move half the length of his own boat. stick to alphabetical symbols "YY". The time taken (this is most impor- (1) The upturned kayaker should tant) is less than 3 minutes. hold onto the stern of his own boat and It is possible for the rescued person his paddle. to aid the lifting by putting his head (2) The two rescue craft should come inside his own cockpit and his hands on along either side, preferably facing in the decks of the other kayaks. This different directions. might be necessary if the overturned (3) The subject of the rescue should kayak was heavy, or the rescuers weak. pass his paddle to one of the rescuers, Note: It is not necessary for the res- then hold onto one rescuer's bow with cuers to face each other, nor for the arm and legs and the stern of his own rescued to hold his stern, but this, to boat with one hand. my mind, is the ideal situation. (4) The rescuers place all three pad- dles across their outside shoulders and lean on them with one arm. (5) The rescuers grip the upturned cockpit and lift. HAUTHAWAY KAYAKS (6) The subject can help by lifting 640 Boston Post Rd. and lowering the stern of his own kay- Weston, Mass. 02193 ak. If there is a considerable amount Touring, Slalom, Downriver and Junior Models of water it may be necessary for him to keep the stern up while the others Paddles Spray Covers Life Vests lift. Flotation Bags Canoe Paddles

28 American WHITE WATER VOL. XIV / 2 From Your Editor Once again, a slate of nominations is By-Laws is for a special Washington presented to you-and once again, a chairman for conservation. This post Nominations Chairman, our hard-work- can be of the greatest importance. The ing pro-tem. President, has found the activities of some Washington white- constitutional procedure to be some- water enthusiasts in enlisting Secretary what time-consuming. Result: the late- of the Interior Udall and the late Sena- ness of the issue that ought to have tor Robert F. Kennedy in the cause of been in your hands one season earlier. river conservation have probably been The magazine ran into the Christ- the most valuable this Affiliation has mas mail rush last time, and there may ever seen. have been further delays. The Post Of- * * * fice has curtailed the rail services, on The winter issue upcoming depends which bulk mailing like ours depend. on contributions of articles, drawings, It's obvious that the new circum- and photographs! Please look through stances will mean a heavy flow of in- your negatives from last summer's quiries and complaints to add to the cruises and competitions, and let us harassment of our Circulation Manager have a look at some of your writings- and Membership Chairman. You are Letters to the Editor would be highly asked to be patient, to refrain from acceptable, if nothing longer comes eas- complaint until a reasonable time has ily to you. elapsed, and to assume that the couri- Perhaps it's necessary also to remark ers are making their appointed rounds that, even in times of shortage, sub- --only at a more leisurely pace than missions don't always get printed, and they did of yore. (This is progress?) some of them sit in the ice-box for If you do have to ask about your quite a few issues before they're used. magazine, send a stamped, self-ad- The reason for this may have nothing dressed envelope! to do with the quality of the article. And remember, too, that it will be Sometimes, on the contrary a piece may more important than ever for you to be too good for the slot available and notify the Circulation Manager well thus be saved for another time. Most ahead of time of any address change. frequently, an article is so good that it It costs us ten cents every time we get ought to be illustrated, and the Editor a magazine back, plus eight cents more sends out for photos or cartoons. to send it out to your new address in a Another cause for the deep-freeze new envelope. This is all dead loss, treatment is frequently that an article since the magazine only breaks even is untimely - duplicates or parallels financially. something else recently printed; or The Post Office supplies little cards overly regional - doesn't take into ac- for notifying publications of your ad- count things going on elsewhere in the dress change. If you can clip out and paste on the label from your last maga- white-water Nation. And often too, an zine, it will be a help. Our professional article is promising but obviously could mailers can more easily find and lift be made so much better by revision your old plate, and punch a new one. that it gets sent back with suggestions. For non-permanent absences from "American White Water" is going on home, we urge that you instruct your fourteen years now, and naturally all mailman to hold your magazines, or the easy, gee-whiz articles were long even forward them. To be sure, you'll since written. We know a lot more pay the forwarding fees, but since it about boating now, and the kind of costs us 14 cents every time an address water that is run routinely today would is changed, the Affiliation will be the have been the preserve of experts, healthier for it. mostly European, back in the epoch of And use Zip-Code! Vol. I, No. 3. * * * (That issue was one of the two, that An interesting provision in the new first year, that had to be printed by

American WHITE WATER mimeograph for economy reasons, and most spectacular feats of derring-do, in it is long since out of print. It contained perfect focus and with beautiful print an article on designing a "superboat" gradation. That is why pictures like by our friend Eliot DuBois, another those by Bart Hauthaway, particularly on a "Revolutionary Fiberglass Canoe" in the last two issues, are so outstand- by Larry Moninger and Roy Kerswill, ing. His photos are also tough pace- and a brief lexicon of "Boating Termi- setters for the other photographers. nology" by Wolf Bauer.) We particularly need cruising photos Writers in these more sophisticated in black-and-white. Competition is ob- days have to dig deeper for material, viously much easier to photograph- but probably the rise in standards of there are cameras on every rock during photography has been even more spec- a slalom. Cruisers, however, have to tacular. It is hard to make the blase dig their cameras laboriously out from reader even slow down for any but the waterproof bags, persuade their impa- tient comrades to wait while they get set at some spectacular chute, and then as likely or not they will just miss the greatest picture by snapping too early or late. Finally, of course, most cruisers are loaded with color film, which seldom can be turned into acceptable black- and-white. If you do take Kodachromes, how- ever, or Kodacolor, have black-white prints made to send in. The Editor hates to be responsible for transparen- encies. A good cruising picture, or better a set, should have a story with it. A fairly short "story caption" will do very well. Don't forget to identify all pad- dlers by name, and caption every pic- ture! Write on the back gently with soft pencil or use the professional paste- on caption than can easily be detached for the printer. Action shots are preferred for Ameri- can White Water! Beautiful scenery is fine, but try to get a canoe or a kayak FLOTHERCHOC into the foreground. French type life jackets in all sizes with or with- At their best, cruising photos are bet- out collars have extra flotation added to them. ter than those taken at competition, for the latter get stereotyped very White Water Plastic Helmets adjustable to any quickly. head size in 3 models, also elbow pads. -P. D. W. KLEPPER boats and tents SPORTS & CYCLES International Expeditions 31 81 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, Virginia 22201 River and Trail Trips Phone 703 525-41 15 P. 0.Box 261 (A) Flotherchoc life jacket recommended by AWA Safety Chairman, John Bombay. Park City, 84060

VOL. XIV / 2 The New River of West Virginia By Gerhard Mueller When you are looking for some chal- nose-like rock covered by water and lenge for your boating ability and for thus not fully revealing its size. We all your guts-pick the New River in West passed this nose on its right and Virginia some time in summer or fall dropped down ten feet or so into a when boating is fun. featherbed of white water. Our boating trip started at Thur- The second drop after this is a real mond, a very small town 6 miles off doozy. The river is confined to half its route 21, under the leadership of CAA's width and forms a 45-degree down- Swede Turner and Carolee Lewis. grade for about 60 feet with big bould- There we met the guys with the boat- ers on the left and one shallow, barely ers' know-how, viz, Bickham, Sweet, covered rock on the right, and in the Sullivan, Fawcett and many new faces, middle the biggest haystack or rooster- some of whom were real experts and tail I have ever seen-a sure stopper, if daredevils as well as many other so-so's it were not for the fast downgrade pro- like myself, the first time on the New. viding such great speed. While we were The trip was over 15 miles, had quite still scouting, Bickham ran it just right a few long pools and enough nice rap- of that big haystack and still left of ids, formed by eroded ledges, almost all the barely covered rock; he got himself of them well covered with enough a rough long rodeo-ride. After some water so that bottom scraping was no good paddle strokes he wiggled himself problem. The riverbed is deep and car- out of the ups and downs holding the ries plenty of water, and is about as paddle over his head. wide as the Delaware at the Mongaup Follow the Leader Rapids. It was amazing how nicely every That Thrilling Roar boater followed his trail and how well The roar ahead warns you of ap- they all paddled. When the big wave proaching rapids. You aim for the was passed there was no more real places where you can see the white danger-high surf, big water to play in, water in front of you, avoiding the mir- nice and warm, sparkling like cham- ror-clear calm stretch where the water pagne. is held back by wide rock ledges, form- There are more respectable rapids ing water-covered steps descending ahead, but you do feel great having several feet, and which are rarely ap- conquered Class V water for the first praisable from the upper level. time. Every such drop is followed by On Sunday most of us ran the same plenty of aerated white water and deep stretch again while some boaters ex- souseholes with high haystacks behind, plored the river section above Thur- making for real stoppers which try to mond which reached grade I11 water. suck your boat back. The high standing On each day we had some flips and not waves remind me of being in the outer all, especially the C-2's, made the roll. ocean surf, the water high over your We enjoyed our perfect week end head-and practically no danger of any and had more than 20 boats on the rocks ahead. These high waves give river. Boaters came from Penn State, everyone a real western rodeo-ride on Buck Ridge, CCA, KCCNY. a bull. Next year I hope to get more of you About two-thirds of the way down down to the New-and what about the are two severe drops. A big roar and trip out to the west? Running western the inability to see what is ahead make rivers-going by school bus day and scouting necessary. The first drop forms night-but go! Please think of it and one solid step over the entire width of plan ahead-even if people call you a the river with, on top, a protruding fool-GO!

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