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NEW GSF TITLES SOMEWHERE IN IDAHO- An in depth look at what might be the finest white- AVAILABLE FALL '85 water drainage in North America. The 85 WHITEWATER HIGHLIGHTS- South Fork of the Salmon; includes the During the spring and summer of 1985, first filmed raft descent of the South we travelled to 8 Western States, and Fork overnight, the East Fork of the filmed 18 different rivers, including the South Fork, the South Fork Daily, and Grand Canyon, Forks of the Kern, South the Secesch. RP/32 35 minutes $39.95. Fork Salmon, Animas and Chilibar A WEEK IN COLORADO- A whirl- Rodeos, windsurfing at the Columbia wind tour through some of the south- River Gorge, the 1985 North American west's best whitewater; Pine Creek and Telemark Championships, and Fat Tire Royal Gorge stretches of the Arkansas, ~ikeWeek at Crested Butte. Basically the Piedra, and the Animas River Days this is our fall video catalog showing Rodeo. RP/33 35 minutes $39.95. highlights from our most recent produc- GRAND CANYON '85- Our first look tions. We didn't get enough footage at all at the world's most famous river trip our stops, so this will be your only since the floods of '83. This footage is chance to get a look at some of these taken from three different trips featuring rivers (Forks of the Kern, Salt, Virgin, rafts, kayaks and the legendary "little Westwater) ... until next year! RP/30 50 dories". See a totally new Crystal rapid! minutes $35. Unquestionably the most complete CHILI BAR/SNAKE DANCE- two video available of this incredible river different videos on one tape! See some journey. RP/34 40 minutes $39.95. of the most famous paddlers in the Don't forget that you can design you West's richest rodeo at Chili Bar, South own two hour cassette. Pick out all the Fork of the American. Some unbeliev- titles you want, and we'll put them on the able moves in rafts and open canoes! same tape. We require a minimum order Then journey to Alpine Canyon on the of $39.95 for any cassette purchase, with Snake River in Wyoming to watch some a maximum price for any two-hour tape of the world's best surfers shredding it of $135. For orders: Contact AWA up at Lunch Counter rapid. RP/31 30 Box 273 minutes $39.95 or $25 each if ordered Powell Butte, OR 97753 separately. (503) 447-6293 WHITE WATER Z PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN WHITEWATER AFFILIATION I- JANUARY-DECEMBER Vol. XXXI, No. 1 ,,,-I

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Dear Editor, Myers to come to the Nantahala Out- m I would like to respond to a letter door Center fortheir staff training on the written in your Sept.-Oct., 1985 issue of Chattooga River. If she and the Carbon- the AWA Magazine by Kate J. Myers, dale Ambulance Crew can do good, EMT, Carbondale Ambulance Crew, efficient CPR on a Recording Annie, P.O. Box 1103, Carbondale, CO 81623. while evacuating her around 7 Foot Hooray! To Kate J. Myers, EMT, for Falls, and then maintain this good CPR speaking out against inaccurate and for the next 2 miles up-river, over rocks, misleading information about CPR. You around trees, if they can run me a good see it all the time on TV where an actor tape off that recording Annile while tries to do CPR. As a CPR instructor, you doing all this, I will stand corrected and could teach a class on everything that is will take the entire crew to the Dillard done wrong. House for the best "crow-eating supper As an ex-EMT Instructor for South- in the Appalachians. The point is that I western Technical College in Western don't believe they can do it. A well- North Carolina, I agree, theoretically, trained, much practiced, paid, profes- with everything Ms. Myers says. sional ambulance crew might be able to "Prompt, accurate assessment of the move someone up and down stairs while situation and a prompt attempt to get doing CPR, but they would not last long your patient further help" are vital on a class V portage and a 2 mile carry. concerns. However, this theory is great And remember, these are professionals, for the city, but not practical in a wilder- Can you expect the average paddler to ness situation. "Getting him out or be able to do all this? bringing a more qualified crew in," is So where does this leave the average easier said than done! paddler? Because CPR will only keep Having worked on the Instructional 25-35% of normal carotid artery flow and Guide Staff of the Nantahala Out- circulating, provided the rescuers are door Center, I've had the opportunity to doing technically perfect CPR, due to get first hand information concerning this low efficiency, I feel that it is more the drownings that have occurred on the important to stay put and do good CPR Chattooga, what was done, what was for the next h ourthan it is to worry about not done; and I have read the Accident getting the person out and doing sloppy, Reports. From this information and inefficient CPR during the evacuation. experience, I would like to make some Hopefully, by the end of that hour, suggestions for the average paddler. outside help would have arrived, as in a Some of what I have to say is in direct helicopter or an Advance Life Support opposition to what Ms. Myers has writ- team. ten, mainly because in a real-life, wilder- Another reason for this 1 hour of good ness, river rescue situation, you are CPR is the possibility of the Mammaliam dealing with paddlers, who are lucky if Diving Reflex associated with Cold they have taken a CPR course in the past Water drownings. As far as I am con- year or two, and to expect him to be a cerned, in any water situation, if the card-carrying Standard First Aider is water temperature is around 70 degrees, even more doubtful. the approximate temperature at which The first statement that I must take the body can no longer offset the heat issue with is that ''if taught correctly then loss to the water, the average paddler a rescuer will know how to move a should always think-COLD WATER, patient while performing CPR accur- MAMMALIAN DIVING REFLEX! This ately." I am a skeptic! I won't believe it dive reflex buys the first aidertime, up to until I see it! I would like to invite Ms. 60 minutes according to the Dive Spec-

Vol. XXXI, No. 1 ialist of the University of Michigan. when you may happen upon the scene There have been dramatic rescues of a river accident, or worst, be that where people have been revived after accident! Then who will be there for prolonged periods of submersi'on in you? cold water. The protective MDR stops Sincerely yours, once the victim is removed from the David W. Mason water and is less operative the longer the Vice-Commodore, Dixie Division . person has been out of the water (1 hr. EMT, U.S. Team '84 limit). Therefore, because of the lack of efficiency while evacuation a person and because the MDR is operative within the first hour after a person has been Hydra Tuf-Lite removed from the water, STAY PUT! Donates $25,000 Have as many of the odds as possible working for the victim. Give them that To Festival first good hour of CPR, then go to Plan B, getting the victim out if help has not On May 7, 1985, Bob Grossman, arrived within that first hour. Chairman of the Board of Rotocast As to what Ms. Myers says about Plastics, donated $25,000 seed money to starting CPR "as soon as possible" with get the Knoxville Canoe and Kayak the possibility of the MDR reaction, with Festival off the ground. In making his the slowed and weak heartbeat of a cold contribution, Mr. Grossman said, "It's water drowning victim, is it asking too my hope that this Festival will do for much of afirst aider to be able to detect a canoeing and kayaking what the lndy heartrate of 5 beats per minute, 1 beat 500 did for auto racing. This region (the every 12 seconds, a task that would Knoxville area) is God blessed with the normally be left up to advance life greatest network of rivers for canoeing." support equipment? Do we now want Hydra Tuf-Lite, a division of Rotocast first aiders hesitant about doing CPR in Plastics, recently completed construc- Cold Water situations because they are tion of a plant in Knoxville. The company worried that the victim might have an makes several lines of rotationally undetectable heartrate of 5 beats per molded boats, including canoes, kayaks minute? Is this rate enough to sustain and dingies. life, even with the body's diminished needs for oxygen? I don't know! I think we can ask paddlers to think about cold water survival. In a cold waterdrowning, North American I think we can also teach first aiders and CPR's to take 15 to 30 seconds to check Whitewater Rodeo pulse (not 5-10 sec. as Red Cross May 31 teaches) due to the possibility of the MDR, to make sure in their own minds that there was no detectable pulse; "Enders", "pirouettes", "surfing", and however, any more than this, I would "handrolls" will be the order of the day rather have them start CPR as soon as on May 31 at the North American White- possible once they have completed the water Rodeo. The rodeo, to be held in above checks as opposed to wasting conjunction with the Wildwater Na- valuable time wondering whether or not tionals, will include competitions for they missed a heartbeat in their pulse kayaks, open canoes, and a Rapid Race check or wondering whether or not they for downriver enthusiasts. Dr. David would be doing more harm than good. Jones, a member of the U.S. Whitewater . It is easy for us to sit behind our Team and Mike Miller of Go With The typewriters and make all these good Flow, Roswell, Georgia, are co-chair- suggestions. What is obvious is the need men of this event. for all people who are around water or More than 150 competitors from play in thestuff to be trained in CPR. The throughout the East are expected forthe ability to do good CPR on cue takes free style competition. Open boat surf- practice, just like that river roll, practice, ing and a "squirt contest" are also practice, practice! You can never tell planned.

Vol. XXXI, No. 1 Slalom & Wildwater Nationals to Attract World Class Competition June 13 The Ocoee River will once again host athletes make the Pan American Cup a major national whitewater racing Championships one of paddling's most championship in 1986. The National exciting events. Teams representing Slalom Championship will be held on Canada, the U.S., Mexico, and several the Ocoee June 1-3 as part of the South American countries will compete Knoxville Canoe and Kayak Festival. in the 1986 Championships scheduled The nation's best whitewater racers, for June 7-8 at Melton Hill Lake. An including several current and former Olympic event for 39 years, canoe and world champions are expected to com- kayak sprint racing features head to Pete in the event. head competition over 9-lane flatwater Doug Cameron, former chairman of course. Race distances are 500, 1,000, the American Canoe Association Sla- 5,000, and 10,000 meters. Classes in- lom and Wildwater Committee, is man- clude single (C-1) and two-person C-2) ager of the national championships. canoes; single (K-1), double (K-2), and "The slalom course will be designed by four-person (K-4) kayaks. The K-4's are Kent Ford, member of the world champ- powerful enough to pull a water skier. ion US. Team, and itwill betough,"says A group of the world's finest competi- Cameron. Slalom racers compete for the tors are expected to compete in the best time by maneuvering through 25 to event. Several olympic medalist from 30 gates suspended over '/imile of Canada and Greg Barton of Homer, crashing whitewater. Cameron expects Michigan, winner of the Bronze Medal in World Champions David Hearn and Los Angeles, and current world champ- former Champions John Lugbill and ion in the 10,000 meter event are among Kathy Hearn to compete in the slalom the prospective competitors. race. John Fishburn, who placedthird in Charles Dambach of Columbia, South the World Championships in 1985, will Carolina,,Chairman of the National lead the competition in the wildwater Paddling Committee of the American race on May 31. Canoe Association, is manager of the The Ocoee River, located 24 miles 1986 Pan American Cup. The Melton Hill east of Cleveland, Tennessee, is one of Aquatic Center is cooperating with the few world class whitewater racing sites Knoxville Canoe and Kayak Festival in in the US. It use for the Nationals is hosting the event. The Melton Hill made possible through the cooperation course is regarded as one of the finest of the Tennessee Department of Con- Olympic flatwater racing sites in the servation, the Tennessee Valley As- nation and has been the site of many national rowing competitions. servation, the Tennessee Valley Au- thority, and the U.S. Forest Service. The Atlanta Whitewater Club and Ocoee Safety Modifications River Outfitters are also assisting in producing the event. For Kayaks Pan American Cup by Joey Buddenberg - If you paddle a kayak with a roto- Championships molded plastic wall, you might be inter- ested in a modification I have made to Scheduled for June 7-8 my boat that I think greatly reduces the danger of foot entrampment in a pinned Multi-boat photo finishes, olympic or broached kayak. One of the dangers medalist and a cast of international in a broach or pin is that the wall could 6 Vol. XXXI, No. 1 be crushed to one side and trap your population access to public lands, while foot or leg against the boat, preventing denying others the same right. On you from wet exiting. This danger can be Independence Day, 1985, myself and greatly reduced by securing the wall to twelve other white water enthusiasts the hull and deck of your boat. entered the Rogue Rivers' Wild and A method of doing this that seems to Scenic Systems without government work well is to glue and or bolt polyethe- permission. We were fined $100 each. lene strips to the inside of your boat that That same day several hundred other attach to the hull (deck), go around the Americans entered the same Wild and bottom (top) rib of the wall, and attach to Scenic area without permits. These the hull (deck) on the other side of the people were not fined. They included rib. The materials I used to modify my down river commercial trips, up river jet boat were from a Coleman canoe patch boat boat traffic and entry by trail. kit. (About $22) Do the hull (bottom) first The government is discriminating because its easier. against the private boater. The implica- First, cut one of the pieces of poly- tion of this act is far reaching. It trans- ethelene lengthwise. Second, LIGHTLY lates tot he bureaucracties' ability to heat the ends (about 1% to 1% inches) deny Americans equal access to public and bend them in about 90 degree angle. lands. This power is unjust, unfair and I used an acetylene torch, but any clean unconstitutional. flame should do. Third, heat and bend Apathy has placed us in a precarious the middle of the strip. The strip should position. We must challenge the system now look kind of like a "W". Fourth, in court. The legal fees necessary to test lightly sand the inside of your boat the Constitutional issues cost thou- where you plan to attach the strip, sands of dollars. WE NEED YOUR FI- making sure the placement of the strip NANCIAL HELP. doesn't interfere with the placement of Sincerely, your feet. Put the strip in the boat and Jim Quinn make sure the ends you bent in step one I want to become a member and con- touch the hull where you've sanded it. tribute to: Fifth, heat treat the surfaces of the strip that are going to touch the hull accord- Americans For Fair Access To Public ing to the instructions in the kit. The Lands, 20021 Badger Rd., Bend, OR instructions in the kit say to heat treat 97702. the boat too, but I didn't like the idea of Name climbing around the inside of a kayak with a torch, so I substituted sanding Telephone (see step four) and didn't have any problems. Sixth, mix the glue (see kit Address instructions) that comes with the kit, and glue the strip in place. I used some big City chunks of angle iron to hold the ends of State Zip the strips down while the glue dried, but anything heavy would work. Seventh, let the glue dry overnight and do the same thing for your deck tomorrow. This article isn't intended to say that your boat isn't safe just like it came from the factory. This is just a way to buy yourself a little time at a time when you may need it. Americans For Fair Access To Public Lands The various governmental agencies "Qu:cK! FIND THE ARTICLE ABOUT HOW 70 ~*CI-PADDLE!* are allowing select segments of the I Vol. XXXI. No. 1 RIVER ACCESS: THE REAL ISSUE

by Kirk Jonasson

The controversy over permit alloca- The statistics and data just obscure tion on wilderness rivers gets hotter the larger issues, such as: why is wilder- every year. Commercial outfitters want ness set aside in the first place-and to maintain the split allocation system what level of activity should receive used on most wilderness rivers which priority when access must be restricted? guarante their clients' passage on the These are explosive questions but river of their choice at the time they want must be answered by managing agen- it. This guaranteed access on most cies, or they will just continue toset their permitted rivers represents roughly 50 sails in the direction of the strongest per cent of the total user days allowed political winds. during the season. The rest of the public What is wilderness? The standard competes for their launch permits in a dictionary definition (uninhabited land lottery drawing or are put on a waiting or region) does not begin to describe the list, currently more than ten years long ecological and scenic value of wilder- for the Colorado River through Grand ness or the psychological impact it has Canyon. Much of this non-commercial on many people who seek it. Wilderness public supports an open lottery system provides opportunities for experience in where all boaters, including commercial unspoiled areas where the only control passengers, would compete for permits. of the elements is supplied by mother Those people without boating skills nature. This lack of man's influence is could hire themselves a guide after what sets wilderness apart from a city receiving a permit, much like the elk tag park or even a downhill ski area. The system works for the hunters. challenge and risk in confronting nature Many outfitters claim that this would on its own terms is the reason many are force them out of business, feeling their attracted to wilderness. The benefits to potential clients would not even get to society of preserving these opportuni- the stage of filing an application, much ties for natural challenges are a large less have the knowledge necessary to part of the reason these areas have been hire an outfitter. Non-commercial boat- set aside for the public. ers counter than an open lottery, by The commercial passenger is in- forcing everyone togo through thesame sulated from this risk and challenge by competitive process, would even the the expertise of his river guide. The odds which are prohibitive (8-1 on the intensity of the experience and involve- Rogue River, 16-1 on the Middle Fork of ment with the environment is diminished the Salmon and 30-1 on the Selway by comparison to someone who outfits River) against them getting permitted himself. This fundamental difference in under split allocation. the commercial and non-commercial Lots of statistics and historical use experience should be recognized by data have been cited in support of each river managers. They should ask them- system. Unfortunately, statistics can be selves which activity best fits the con- made to support your viewpoint, and cept of wilderness. Then they should historical use does not measure the decide which activity should receive demand for access represented by priority under a restricted access sys- rejected permit applications. Further- tem. more, historical use patterns on per- The assertion by the commercials that mitted rivers are pre-determined by the this is an elitest attitude held by non- access previously alotted to each group, commercial boaters trying to luck up the instead of being a true picture of free- wilderness for themselves is the same flowing demand. thing that James Watt said about back- packers. Backpackers and whitewater

8 Vol.XXXI, No. 1 boaters are no more elitest than those 2. Dr. Sandy Campbell M.D. an ortho- who choose to spend their leisure time pedic surgeon who was a members of perfecting cooking, knitting, skiing or the US Olympic Kayak team, will speak badminton skills. Boaters have simply on SHOULDER DISLOCATION IN decided to develop boating and camp- KAYAKING. ing skills. That choice isopen toanyone, 3. Dr. Philip Goodman M.D. will speak including the least inclined commercial on WILDERNESS MEDICINE, this passenger. lecture will be based on Dr. Goodman's Juding by the preponderence of split article in the Spring 1985 issue of the allocation on permitted rivers, com- National Ski Patrol magazine. mercial operators and their passengers The participant are flown from Boise are now receiving preferencz. This is at to Salmon the day prior to their trip and the expense of literally thousands of will return to Boise on the 27th via a boaters capable of handling themselves charter bus or ldaho Afloat will shuttle on these same rivers. Hunters, fisher- vehicles for those who drive to Idaho. men and backpackers who are self- Also it will be possible in Salmon to rent sufficient, should ask themselves what kayaks for this trip. this means for the future of their favorite This will be the perfect vacation forthe activities as pressures on recreational kayaker who can now have their family resources approach their limits. This join them in their boating activity. Thrill issue just may go beyond the sport of to the rapids, watch Bighorn Sheep from whitewater rafting. the boats, enjoy great meals plus relax in Let the commercial operator on our a riverside Hot Springs! There will also rivers run his business so that pas- be paddle rafts available for the guests sengers can enjoy the scenery. But besides our oar powered rafts. when access to the wilderness must be The cost for the trip, seminar, C.M.E. restricted, distribute access fairly credits and all the transportation once in through an open lottery. Those who ldaho is $845. have prepared themselves to tackle the ldaho Afloat whole wilderness experience deserve at P.O. Box 542 least that much of a chance to enjoy it. Grangeville, ID 83530 Phone (208) 983-2414 Big Ed's Glossary Wilderness Medical In which the CCA's own Edward Seminar Evangelidi makes paddling terms clear to all Permit me to introduce you to ldaho Airbag-paddler who talks too much Afloat a licensed whitewater rafting Airbrace-excellent way to cool off outfitting service on the Salmon River Aluminum canoe-type of craft used to through the 2.2 million acre "River of No make rock music in low water Return" wilderness area, the largest in Bailer-person who springs you from the Lower 48. jail after you run Ohiopyle Falls With Dr. Philip Goodman M.D. of the 'Biner-what happens when you forget University of Nevada's School of Medi- to take the carabiner off the throw cine ldaho Afloat has developed a rope before throwing it unique seminar during the August 22-27 Brace-what everyone needs to do trip on the Main Salmon River. when rounding a sharp turn in a The speakers and their topics are: shuttle car loaded with six boats 1. Dr. Martin Neimroff M.D. of the US Bull Run-talkative paddler recalling Coast Guard, and their specialist on past trips NEAR DROWNING and HYPOTHER- Canoe-support barge for kayak trip MIA, will speak on these problems for Canoe rack-tool used to stretch out a the whitewater/wilderness user. wrapped canoe

Vol. XXXI, No.1 AWA FINANCIAL CRUNCH As a result of its diligent work to save our endangered rivers, AWA iscurrently in the grips of a financial crisis. Of necessity, there has been a $2 increase in AWA dues. In addition to upping the membership fees, PeteSkinnerhassimuItaneously launched an all-out campaign for contributions to further fuel AWA's efforts. Please do what you can to help.

AWA RIVER RESCUE PROJECT APPEAL Dear Claire, I'm glad I'm not spending my nights like Pete writing testimony and fund raising letters. I'll kick in some cash to help AWA wage these river wars. Win a rapid for me! Enclosed is my check for a tax-deductible contribution* of: $500 $100 $35 $25 Other By the way Claire, I'm not an AWA member and would like to receive a couple of your unique Whitewater Journals to see what's really happening on the sport and adventure side of the rivers. Send them to the address below... Name Datel-/- SEND THIS CARD ANDYOUR Address CHECK TO: City & State Zip Ms. Claire Gesalman Phone # ( ) (w) (H) AWA Treasurer

'All contributions of $50 or more will get a freelong sleeve AWAT-Shirt and 6301 Hillcrest PI. years long AWA membership! Alexandria, Va 22312

10 Vol. XXXI, No.1 D ring-D head noise after D helmet hits D rock Rollers-waves that make your hair curl Decked canoe-one that gets run over Safety-not showing up for the trip by a raft Scrapees-scratches and sores on the Dry bag-waterproof containerstill in its bottom of canoe caused by a despar- original box ate paddler trying to find water in late Eskimo roll-cold weather bread summer . Expert boater-same as expert boaster Scuba diving-the ultimate wet exit Farmer john-the guy after you for Second aid kit-money to buy beer trespassing after the first-aid kit is used up Feather-what your paddle doesn't feel Self-rescue-technique acquired when . you find that your buddies have gone like in a wind First-aid kit-a six pack and duct tape on downstream Goretex-blood and guts paddler from Short shuttle-what it was before you Texas got lost Gorge-a narrow river that eats lots of boats Guide book-the book at home that THE ARKANSAS doesn't have this river in it anyway PADDLER Gunnels-part of an open boat used for From the Arkansas Canoe Club bracing Head gear-waterproof matches and a Bullwinkle's Corner: The ACC pad- pipe dler compecy test (must pass exam or be Heavy water-the part of the river that denied admittance to the water slide ride you are carrying downstream in your at Buffalo Point during state meeting). boat; discharge from a nuclear power Part I-Vocabulary plant 1. A. A lawn game played with wood- Hero route-the route that you have to en malletsand wire hoopsstuck take after you miss the last eddy in the ground Hole buster-an aluminum canoe in a B. One of Mikey Beard's famous rock garden alcoholic concoctions. Ice breaker-"Hi honey-first time out C. The end result of surfing the this winter?" hydraulic below Murray Lock Keeper-always has an eddy upstream and Dam at 80,000 CFS (or any for you to hop into and wave the next other water level). guy through 2. Head Gasket Knee Pads-cushions for your knees A. Nifty little neoprene product while partying that helps hold your eyeglasses Life vest-part of a three-piece suit for on. paddlers B. Brand name for a new spray New wave-the strange music that your skirt on the market. craft makes as it hits the irregular C. In charge of all the assistant wave that just appeared gasket. Overlook-a spot on the river where 3. Hex nonpaddlers gather to watch the A. Simultaneously having 6 boats crazies below surf the same wave or hole. Painter-a paddler who leaves colors on 0. Medical term for the burning the tops of rocks as he or she pro- sensation you get in your lungs ceeds downstream after your 6th attempt at rolling Pillow-a cushion of water around rocks your kayak up. but not around the one dead ahead C. The official ACC Canoe School Polypro-what Polly thinks she is after campfire thirst quencher. running the Staircase successfully 4. Cossatot Raft guide-person with a good vocabu- A. The name of a horse that ran at lary of derogatory terms and a com- Oaklawn last year. manding "paddle" B. A nice family canoe-camping River time-some fraction of shuttle float after a 4" rain in March. time C. An Indian word that means Rivet-what a frog says as your alumi- "Stay off this river you turkey!" num canoe pops one Vol. XXXI, No.1 5. Upstream Ferry sible thereby forcing Rufus to A. Name of a Rock'n Roll group in learn how to roll his canoe or the early '60's. drown. B. An advanced whitewater man- C. Mount them above the knee euver when there are two ed- cap so as not to ruin his perfect dies, one on each side of the tan. river, a 100 ft. waterfall 20 yds. 3. An inconsiderate kayaker is spend- downstream of you, and the ing too much time in a perfect eddy you're in has a 1000 ft. surfing hole that everyone else vertical wall for getting out and would like to get in before dark, scouting or portaging. what is the most tactful way to get C. Any suspicious character pad- him to move? dling a pink Dancer. A. Ask all the photographers and 6. Pitch spectators to look the other A. Antiquated Yankee terminolo- direction. gy for a drop or rapid. B. Set up a Z-drag on the nearest B. Technique used by river goobs tree and have someone swim throwing sticks into possible out and clip a caribeener on his keepers to see if the sticks re- stern grab loop. Caution: you'll circulate or not. find more resistance than from C. What you get when you ;make a canoe pinned upstream on a the mistake of asking Mike tree! Beard, "Do you know where I C. Take some duct tape and fasten can find a used canoe?" 3 M-80's together in a bundle, 7. Unobtanium light the fuses and throw the A. Space age hi-tech plastic used projectile aiming just ever so in whitewater boats. slightly upstream of the ob- B. Material used in paddling gear struction in the hole. you need desperately and the 4. The Annual Moonshine Madness local dealer is currently out of. Marathon C. A newly discovered radio- A. Is an innovative foot race (26.2 active isotope that gets the funk ml) with still stops instead of out of used polypropelene un- water stops. derwear. B. A Triathelon by day and drunk Part Il-River Savvy by night. 1. How do you spot a Yuppie on the C. The festivities that go on river? around the campfire at Canoe A. He's wearing a 3-button, pin- School. stripped paddling jacket. 5. Who originally said, "half the pad- B. Plastic boat, helmet, paddle, dle, twice the goob!" and the personality to match. A. Horace Greely C. His shuttle vehicle is guaran- B. W.C. Fields teed to have inadequate ground C. Burt Reynolds in the movie clearnace even to run shuttle on "Deliverance". the Ocoee. 6. Spell Kayak backwards with your D. He tries to pay for his boat fee at eyes closed (NO PEEKING). Helton's farm on the Piney with 7. What's the best way to run 28 ft. his American Express card. Frummit Falls? 2. Rufus wants to install a set of thigh A. Left of center and then eddy out straps in his canoe. What's the best half-way down. way to mount them? B. In an old whiskey barrel (full of A. Wrap them around both wrists whiskey of course). to prevent gunwale grabbing. C. Run as far "Frummit" as pos- B. Put them high enough on the sible. thighs so a wet exit is impos-

Vol. XXXI, No.1 8. What's the most common paddling- First Decents: related injury? A. Canoer's knuckles (from alu- The AWA announces First Decents, a minum gunwales). state by state, province by province B. Kayaker's thumb pits (from the description of the 1st run on rivers and paddle shaft). streams, volumes of water, date, etc. See C. Bruised ego (from swimming form below. Let's give credit where Gray Rock rapid in front of 150 credit is due. We are accumulating people). North America historical data. 9. Pick the best excuse for not having PARTY MEMBERS your share of the gas money. A. I left all my money in my suit- RIVER OR STREAM case and the airline sent it to Dallas. DATE B. I was robbed by a mou,~tain man during the last pit stop on SECTION OF RIVER the river bank. C. All my money got wet when I RIVER DIFFICULTY (Classification) swam and it'll take it a day or two to dry. VOLUME OF WATER 10. In descending order, list the three biggest lies in paddling. CRAFT USED A. "It's my first time, too". B. "The government will take care DESCRIPTION OF MAJOR RAPIDS of us". C. "The check is in the mail". PUT IN 11. How much does it cost to camp, park, get a shuttle and pay the TAKE OUT access fee on the Piney for a week- HAZARDS end? A. $27 tip + PERSONS TO CONTACT B. $10 until ya get caught. C. Too +O/O$@* much! ADDITIONAL INFORMATION If you're scouring the rest of the newsletter for the answers so you can cheat, forget it. There are none. Anyone Send to: gullible enough to grab a paper and AWA Editor pencil and tak this test DESERVES a ride Box 273 on the Buffalo Water Slide! Powell Butte, OR 97753

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Vol. XXXI, No.1 13 RIVER RENDEZVOUS GETS RAVE REVIEWS by Rudolph Davison b -I In 1806 the Scottish explorer Mungo shared with his family and friends exud- rn Park made rafting history by being the ing a spirit in rivers as a reward in one's first white man to attempt navigation of life and something that is not taken away the4,169 mile long Niger River in North- in the event of a tragic mishaps. western Africa. Walt's heroism to the accomplish- Unfortunately for Park fame and glory ments of the kayaking community was eluded him. His crude wooden rafts picked up by television's American were upset by hippopotamus. Most of Sportsman where he was the subject of his crew were eaten by corcodiles. And more than one movie episode. When he after surviving the perils of numerous died, the American Sportsman released rapids, Park only made it downstream a a special eulogy film, A Tribute to Walt relatively short distance before falling Blackadar, which showed the man Su- victim to the spears of hostile tribesmen, san portrayed. This was shown as part ending up like one of those conjured up one of the Walt Blackadar Tribute. visions of the unlucky explorer boiling to Since then further recognition to his death as the entree in a native feast. memory was created with the naming of Perhaps if things had worked out Mount Blackadar which sets at the entry differently Park would have been an to Turn Back Canyon where the Tweeds- honored guest at something like last muir Glacier causes the Alsek River to weekend's Third Annual River Rendez- chew through a rock bank creating the vous where first descents of rivers and rapids Blackadar challenged alone. international whitewater rafting were And in 1983 Susan's brother Bob the two primary topics. Blackadar and six close companions Saturday night's Tribute to Walt launched the Mt. Blackadar-Alsek River Blackadar captured this spirit exactly. Memorial Expedition to raft and kayak to In a moving eulogy by Susan Blacka- the foot of the mountain, climb it, and dar, she spoke about the essence of place memorial dedications at the sum- freedom, adventure, and giving of one's mit. Their trip was shown as part two of self that river running meant to her the Walt Blackadar Tribute with expedi- father, a man whose devotion to kayak- tion members Ron Watters, Jim Brock ing caused his accidental death. and Kathy Daley narrating. Susan described her father as a family Just as Walt Blackadar is a revered man with diverse interests who dis- hero to kayaking and the inner spirit of covered and was consumed by the dedicated explorers and adventurers, stimulation of whitewater kayaking Saturday night's second guest tribute, relatively late in life. Walt Blackadar was Richard Bangs, shifted the audience 42 years old when he learned to kayak. into the high gear business aspects of But within a few short years he chal- today's international rafting adventure. lenged himself and much younger elite Had Bangs attempted the Niger in kayakers to attempt the outer edges. 1806 instead of Mungo Park, he prob- Somewhere Walt found release and ably would have made it. Bangs is no comfort in experiencing danger, the amateur river runner. He is an organizer unknown, self reliance, and building of capable of commanding sizeable spon- the inner spirit that this aspect of river sorship with enough funds and fellow running offered. expert explorers to create first class He became famous after writing an expeditions. And where Park's diary article in Sports Illustrated describing ended up in the rare books library of a his death defying solo descent of Turn university, Bangs is creating a legacy of Back Canyon on Canada's Alsek River. well filmed motion pictures which trans- This achievment coupled with his cend the usual adventure documentary overall love of running rivers Walt by blending interesting stories into exciting plots. Vol. XXXI, No.1 Waghi, Eater of Men and Alas, River of ually ending up on shore only resulted in s the Red Ape are the two most recent one crew member bolting through the s Bangs films which were shown. Both jungle until he was found and returned were world premieres. to a local hotel where he hysterically m The Waghi is a BBC production on the announced there was a tragic accident s from which he was the only survivor. P first descent of New Guinea's Waghi + River. It's part of a series on Great River Another member eddied up on shore m Journeys which is a followup to the near a local tribesman whose ferocious rn successful BBC series Great Railway look convinced the unfortunate rafter Journeys. And Bangs' pirated film reels that he was among cannibals. He too allowed the Rendezvous to see the bolted through the jungle and was found Waghi weeks ahead of the official $100 several hours later recovering at a per plate Los Angeles Theatrical Film Catholic mission more than twenty Premiere hosted by Jimmy Stewart, and miles from the river. the scheduled PBS television debut on Events such as this cast doubt on the November 6. completion of the film as well as the Likewise, the Alas premiere was fin- amount of footage actually allotted to ished only hours before Bangs showed doing a first descent of the Waghi. Only up in Telluride. The story takes place in careful diplomacy on the part of Bangs tropical Sumatra and is about the first saved his goal of doing the river, and he river expedition down the Alas River in admits that today the firsttwelvemilesof order to see how rehabilitated captive the Waghi are part of his routine tourist orang utans are doing in the wild. The river trips. movie was totally produced by Sobek, Filming the Alas was different. Bangs Bangs' international travel company and had complete control over production, is so new that it has yet to be marketed. direction, script, casting, and was a Prior to the showings, Bangs' nar- principal actor. Everyone was selected ration on the subject of the History of as an expert or capable learner. The International River Running assured same was true of the film crew. There listeners that there is a distinction was no need to create self images larger between those peoplewho do adventure than life. What mattered was filming a for a living and those who only claim it. good movie and running a lot of the Case in point appeared to be the river. differences between the two films. In Both are excellent films depicting footing the bill for the Waghi adventure, high adventure. But there is certainly the BBC selected a blond enigmatic another story behind the scenes. starlett named Christina Dodwell who The tributes were undoubtedly first claimed to have lived several months in class and were the highlights of the the highlands of New Guinea travelling River Rendezvous. But the River Ren- alone through notorious country bare- dezvous also operates as a quasi con- foot or via a white horse. Later she solo vention of river runners interested in paddled the length of the Sepik River. trading knowledge, discussing topical Apparently, Christina cast doubts river subjects, and in the most demon- about her assumed journey when she strative showing to date, provided an was observed in camp unable to figure impressive equipment display of self out how to put up her tent. And descrip- bailing rafts. tions of the views she saw from New Addressing seminars only, one of the Guinea's highest peak were not the big questions asked by Eric Bader of the same as those recalled by expedition Boulder Outdoor Center was the pro- members who actually did climb to the spect of creating a new and more ac- summit of Mt. Wilhelm. curate system for rating rivers. Bader Coupled with this was the BBC film said the current system of Classes I-VI crew, people totally out of their environ- are based on an older European method ment. At one point four members of the where Class I is flat water and ClassVI is crew ended up in a rapid which dumped unrunnable. However, problems arise everyone out. Taking a swim and event- when water levels in rivers cause dif-

Vol. XXXI, No.1 ferent conditions and classes among adventure oriented and only specializes rapids, and that there is no consistency in kayak trips. His choice rivers are in the between a river's rating in onesection of state of Chiapas where travertine geo- the country to another. logy formations provide a series of Bader stated that he didn't have an- waterfalls. "These can be tricky", he swers but if the rating question is explains, "and a trip of this sort is really brought up at gatherings like the River offered to kayakers with Class Ill ability Rendezvous there was a better chance or better." Seeing his slides of the white for it to surface as an active national limestone dams which create azure blue issue sponsored by one of the promi- green pools below graphically illus- nent river organizations. trates the skill level necessary as one Among audience suggestions for sees a kayak suspended between the top rating rivers was conversion to the and bottom of a 10-20 foot free fall. system used among climbers where Bob and Tom Robey of Albuquerque, Class I-VI remain but there is another New Mexico do not operate commer- ten points between each class. Thus cially in Mexico. They are young men Class Ill which is an average rapid who enthusiastically look for first de- becomes more difficult from Class Ill scents. "We found a probable stretch of Point One to the top end at Class Ill the Moctezuma River which flows out of Point Ten. After that it becomes Class the Sierra Madre Mountains northeast of IV. Mexico Citywhich was accessible by the And since rivers vary in toughness Pan American Highway. Accessibility is around the country another suggestion one of the big problems in Mexico stated that there could be standardized because the roads are so bad and the rivers or river sections. Also, it would be maps are inaccurate. But access and helpful if these standards were river travel times in Mexico from the United sections easily observable by roads or States are easy and it's always fun to go some other access rather than having an there to be with the people as well as the isolated stretch for the standard. rivers," Bob says. Another dimension of the seminar Speaking more specifically to their session was a panel discussing their Moctezuma trip he admits that while it favorite Mexican rivers. Mexico has was thoroughly enjoyablethe river was a gained a lot of river running popularity lot more unrunnable than they antici- over the past ten years and offers excel- pated. "No doubt someone else will run lent commercial and first descent op- it again at a later date, but probably not portunities. for awhile. In the meantime we'll be Speaking to the commercial aspect looking for more new rivers." was Mike Davidson of Far Flung Adven- Finally, there was the all new equip- tures in Terlingua, Texas. Davidson ment segment of the River Rendezvous stated that the Antigua River in the State which completely filled the yard in front of Vera Cruz was a perfect stretch. There of the Community Center. Self bailing was enough white water to provide rafts are a growing part of the market. action, but most tourists are interested They have appeal because one doesn't in the cultural exchange of seeing and need to bail water in heavy rapids which being in a foreign country. The Antigua makes the raft lighter and more man- offers a few excellent seafood cafes euverable. They work by having a de- along the route as well as exploration of tached floor which is sewed to the old ruins. bottom of the raft and a separate pocket Davidson's experience in Mexico goes which holds inflatable material allowing back at least ten years which allowed the detached floor to bouy up in a him an accumulation of new rivers and convex shape to displace water and first descents. But he is so satisfied with keep a dry floor on flat water. Otherwise, the Antigua that further exploration for water flows out between the stitching. new rivers is practically unnecessary. Past problems with self bailers were CuIly Erdman of the Slick Rock Kayak ribbed floors which created drag and School in Moab, Utah is more high there was constant water in the bottom.

Vol. XXXI, No.1 However, the new technology is show- ther away and a lack of people from ing flatter seamless floors with tighter closer destinations as well as a smaller control on providing dryer bottoms. local turnout. A particular appealing solution is that The quality of programming was high there is an easy conversion from a con- and the highest compliments for excel- ventional raft floor to the self bailing lence should be extended to the two floor for those who can't afford the tributes which were the best ones ever. ., expense of buying a new self bailer. For Finally, it is with a great deal of full sized rafts at least fourteen feet long gratitude that special praise for organi- my choice goes to the white Maravia. In zation and successful running of the the smaller paddle boat category I liked Third Annual River Rendezvous go out the Riken. to Larry and John Hopkins whowerethe In closing, this year's River Rendez- real force behind the event. Also, special vous was definitely successful even thanks go to Sherry and Dave Farny of though the numbers of people remained Skyline Ranch who provided the space about the sameas last year. Most notice- for Sunday's fun and games and cooked able were participants from much fur- one great bar b que.

Jeti 86 - New Release Jeti '86 - First Plastic Featheweight

New PLASTIC system which is more above 160 pounds bent on advancing RIGID than linearlow or older cross- their skills. After the first year, the only linked polyethylenes. The '86 model is real objection to Jetis boiled down to now the first full sized plastic kayak untraditional look. Elegant antiglare UNDER 30 POUNDS. finish and NEW BEAUTIFULLY AP- Jeti is a boat which continues to POINTED DETAILS will help to over- receive rave reviews. Whitewater schools come this as well. In addition to POPULAR report their "Jeti" students PROGRESS YELLOW and RACEY RED, NEW SPARK- with uprecedented speed. Yet, Jeti is LING CAROLINA BLUE completes the VERSATILE, preferred for example, by color selection. many EXPERTS like Kathy Bolyn, who took it down to Chile for some Class V PRIME MARKET: "One" boat paddler, first descents. exploratory trips and play. With acknowledged best outfitting HIGHLIGHTS: Most forgiving boat, ex- cellent for big water running, exhilarat- such as the seat and kneebraces im- proved further by rotational molding, Jeti ing shallow spot enders. '86 is tougher than ever. Wider GRANDE Contact Jeti '86 c/o Noah Co., 71 model fine tunes paddling of anyone Needmore Road, Bryson City, NC 28713.

Vol. XXXI, No.1 17 AEROQUATIC Kayak - The FANTAIL Kayak - the new plastic boat from Noah Com- yet another boat by Vladimir Vanha. pany Classically shaped kayak, PACK- Noah's designer and maker of the very AGED FOR PERFORMANCE... is 11 popular Jeti has done it again! Fantail is feet of white water ACTION and BEAUTY. 100" OF INNOVATION. The experts call ACCELERATORS T.M. (set of shallow this a "squirt boat" because one of the grooves starting behind the seat) inspired moves it can be made to do in the water, by the best surfboards, make Aeroquatic respectively it's tendency to jump out of formidable FAST and more FUN on slow it. streams. Eleven SLEEK feet provide Noah's "squirter" is not just for ex- MANEUVERABILITY and RESPONSIVE- perts, it is STABLE, yet surprisingly one NESS of a fighter plane. ERGONOMICS of of the fastest whitewater boats, helpful Jeti transferred outfitting reinforce your in dodging big "pulsar" holes. Fantail CONFIDENCE in big water. NEW plastic brings NEW EXCITEMENT TO rivers with IMPROVED RIGIDITY assists in you have already mastered. With it's ENDERS ON DEMAND. squared-off stern and flattened ends, it CAN DO most of the TRICKS the other Noah's quest for perfection is never kayaks can do, PLUS PIROUETTES ending; New Double Seal cockpit rim is AND SQUIRTS-even on flat water! unnecessary on design already miles Classified by onlookers as futuristic, ahead ... but because Noah cares. Noah's "test paddles" claim having the feeling traditionally giant supporting walls and driving Ferrari, Lamborghini and the foot room are other welcome features. like. Everyone, from beginning paddler Aeroquatic weight is approximately 31 to expert enjoys this boat. Because, for pounds and comes in yellow, red and now, Fantail is handmade by Vladimir Carolina blue for $649.00. himself, availability will be limited to PRIME MARKET: Fun seekers, look con- winter and early spring. scious kayakers and for play rivers. PRIME MARKET: Fantail brings excite- HIGHLIGHTS: Adrenalin rush of skyward ment to gentle river paddlers and soaring enders, more forgiving than rejuvenates experts running on white- most boats, attention to detail brings water rivers long ago mastered. "dryer fun". HIGHLIGHTS: Longest lasting "airy" enders-anywhere. Still more forgiv- Contact Aeroquatic c/o Noah C0.j 71 ing than most traditional boats. Surf- Needmore Road, Bryson City, NC 28713. er,, delight. Contact Fantail c/o Noah Co., 71 Needmore Road, Bryson City, NC 28713.

Vol. XXXI, No. 1 Release... . .

. . The Piranha's design can enhance Piranha is a much drier running canoe your ability to run bigger and wilder than any other. The design of the ends water. This big water playboat features a forces ths bow to the surface unlike the 1. high volume, funnel-shaped bow to "cut through" bow design found in other keep you riding on top rather than canoes. Most designs now available in slicing through. A pivoting bulge on the Royalex did well as racing designs, and side gives ultimate maneuverability; a therefore were considered good. Races, shallow arch near the ends fades into a however, are always run on class 2-3 rounded arch-shaped bottom to add rivers and the designs relfect that. On stability and control while reducing the other hand, the Piranha is designed wear. for class 5+, but you certainly don't need The Piranha models are radically to paddle class 5 to enjoy its qualities. different in design from any other Royal- The design features which make class ex canoes. No other canoe has these 5+ runs possible, also enhance your features because no other canoe was ability to do more in class2-3 rapids, and designed specifically for whitewater stay drier at the same time. play. This canoe and the outfitting The pivoting bulge which is designed system are proven-tested in the Grand into the side/chine area gives the com- Canyon with 25,000 cubic feet of Color- bined maneuverability and final stability ado River rushing by each second. In forwhich thecanoe is known. Kent Ford, 1984, five canoes were run through world class open C-1 champion, chose every rapid (including Crystal and Lava the Piranha to enter and win the 1984 Falls) on the 225 mile stretch from Lee's Nationals Hot Dog Contest. Bob Costan- Ferry to Diamond Creek, taking the most tini made the first canoe descent of the difficult routes without one swim. That top Kern in the Piranha. The first open had never been done before. canoe runs on Moats Falls (18 feet) and In 1985, we took 11 canoes including Big Splat were made in the Piranha. If the Piranha P-2 tandem which ran all the you know "big water" canoeists-call rapids. No tandem open had ever tried them and ask-they'll know about us. this run before. These Canyon canoes The Piranha design and outfitting were not altered in any way from out system combine to give you total control "standard" outfitting. Included in that of the canoe for maneuvering and rolling. outfitting and the $985 price tag are: solo Yes, this canoe is designed to be rolled. float bags custom made to fit this canoe, Contrary to the belief of many that laced in with Bluewater mountain climb- rolling an open canoe is just a stunt, it is ing accessory cord and held by webbing a proven technique which expands any to D-rings, a Perception saddle with canoeist's ability to paddle more difficult storage compartment, adjustable Yaki- rivers with confidence. ma toe blocks, special foam knee pads, A high priority was placed on minimiz- an individualized brass deck plate with ing wear points. The bow has a smooth, your name and even the painters. This even transition to the bottom. The "total system" approach to canoe design shallow arch in the bow and stern fades enables subtle features to be incor- into a rounded spoon-shaped center porated into the "system" which give minimizing wear under the paddler. The this canoe its reputation for being so A.B.S. substrate material in these "high- responsive and forgiving. The Piranha is est wear" areas has been increased to 3 ready for the Colorado or any river you times the standard thickness to insure a are, the day you pick it up. There is no long useful life for your canoe. other canoe sold that can make this claim. Contact Whitesell Ltd., P.O. Box 9839, The hull design is the reason the Atlanta. GA 30319.

Vol. XXXI. No. 1 YORK CITY PADDLERS: ON THE WAY UP? by Tom Mellers

Recently I read in this journal a refer- mysterious inner monologue. "Late!" ence to New York City. I am awhitewater one might have heard him spit out of his paddler. And I am here to tell you that caramelizing fury. Or, too upset for this skittery allegation is a half-blooded, discretion: "Damn Mellers!" half-articulated half-truth. Oh, the state- Be assured. The man is no more ment flirts with verity. But it goes limp crazed than your average whitewater when measured against the reality it enthusiast. The warm personal refer- purports to penetrate. So bark off, ence is to me, who approaches him now Skinner. New York City is not the "soft in my Fiat Rustmobile, green fading into white underbelly" of whitewater pad- brown, in the protracted autumn of its dling. New York City is the "dyspeptic life, regarded by many as automoted soft white underbelly" of whitewater litter. The object of Chuck's deep con- paddling. cern is metaphysical. He is rehearsing And you would be too if you had to his arguments for our periodic discus- choke down our corrosiveair all day. But sions on the nature of time. I won't make excuses. Suffice it to say To briefly summarize, Chuck believes that some Big Apple paddlers aren't half that time resembles a lava flow, which as wormy as you suggest. And what the one can sufficiently outrun to observe rest lack in skill, we make up for in what isaboutto burn one'sfeet. I thinkof excitement. Why, just the thought of time as water bursting a dam. Conse- river running starts us rolling. Travelling quently, I tend to seek a vantage point to a river? Read, if your heart can stand from which to observe what events it, the following true-life adventure. It would have overwhelmed me had I begins on a spring Friday several years actually been where I was supposed to ago. For the unimaginative this journey be when I was supposed to be there. -north from Manhattan to the Hudson Translated into everyday terms: Chuck Gorge-takes five hours. For us... well, sets his watch five minutes fast. He then let's pick up the action ... shows up five minutes early. My watch Around noon: Like a thermometer tends to run five minutes slow. And I East 25th Street ends in a rounded tend to run five minutesslow myself. Net bulge. Marking this cul-de-sac is the co- result: Chuck accuses me of being op apartment complex where a certain twenty minutes late. We discuss our mad kayaker lives. A mercurial man with differences for five minutes. Then we a talent for defying nature, Chuck Pal- take five minutes to strap on his kayak son compresses when heated. So heat- and load up his gear. ed is he now, waiting for me on the Everything is right on schedule. street, that a careless dog might confuse 12:45 P.M. (my time): Wesputter down him with a nearby fire hydrant, even Second Avenue past 14th Street. (Ac- though he's sitting on a cooler. A frying tually, it's the car that sputters. It just pan lies beside him. A bag of groceries. feels as though it's us.) Paper plates. Large canvas bag (which "Look!" I say to Chuck. "That guy's strongly resembles an appropriated U.S. going to do a back flip." Mail sack dyed black, but which of I refer to a cross-eyed man standing at course isn't-it's navy blue). Small curbside, the front of his red and black valise. Kayak. In one white-knuckled double-knit hound's tooth trousers hand he strangles his long, two-bladed bulging out like a kangaroo's pouch paddle. beneath the friar's rope run through A passerby might mistake Chuck for every other belt loop and tied like ashoe one of New York's disenfranchised- lace beneath his sagging belly. In his left homeless mentally as well as physically. arm a paste pot from which protrudes Like so many of them, he spatters the the disheveled white bristles of a brush. sidewalk with sudden bursts from a Pushed through the other arm like an VoLXXXI, No. 1 index finger through the handle of a The Rustmobile, protesting the cheap teacup, a roll of bent posters, no doubt gas with which its impecunious owner predicting the end of the world. Intima- has filled it, just now lurches and heaves tions of this terminal event now slide its way up the block. I announced our toward him. He screams in terror, leans arrival not by honking the horn (which back to avoid the onrushing blade, doesn't work anyway) but by throwing which scythes the air an inch from his the transmission into neutral and gun- nose. ning the engine. From my perforated We had tied Chuck's paddle to the rear muffler, the tearing roar of a machine roof rack of my car, but forgot the front. gun attach. Stray cats dive for cover. 1250 P.M.: I unlock and slide open the As Ken brings down his gear, Chuck accordian gate that secures the photo- unloads the car for more efficient pack- grapher's studio on the ground floor of ing. The high school across the street is my apartment building on lower Second also unloading. Pupils bounce around Avenue. The gates out of the way, I am like heated molecules. One bounces able to open the ground-level hatch to over to me and asks: "Mister, why do you the cellar, where I keep my kayak. go out in those boats? Does it make you Now start counting: A minute to find high?" I say: "Yeah, kid. That's what it's and adjust my noseclips. A minute to all about." She bounces back into the clear my mind. A minute to marshal my crowd. emotional energy, to point it like aspear 330 P.M.: We reach our final pick up, in front of me. Yes, I am armed. I am Steve Satch, in Parsippany, New Jersey. focused. I am ready to charge like a race We unload the car for more efficient horse. To dance over and around the packing. Out of room, we stuff Steve's softer movements in the shifting con- peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and tours of the darkened basement. I pick bananas in the trunk (never stuff ba- the best line! I surge down the steps! I nanas in a trunk), and set off. emerge triumphant, my sneakers un- sullied! I hoist my spotted kayak above 4:00 P.M.: Realizing we will never my head, a trophy. reach the Hudson Gorge by nightfall, we I run up to my apartment, collect my stop in a Dairy Queen for butterscotch paddling gear, camp stove, tent, sleep- sundaes. Then we gas up the car and ing bag, and assorted fruits and vege- adjust the tire pressure-not by gage tables. Meanwhile Chuck unloads the (the gage is in the trunk, under the car for more efficient packing. bananas) but by eye. We plan to drive 1:10 P.M.: A handsome man with a leisurely up Route 17 until dark then distinguished moustache (or, if you speed north on the Thruway. prefer, a distinguished man with a hand- 5:30 P.M.: Just past Suffern, as we some moustache), Ken Fischman re- casually discuss how the car probably sembles, on a good day, a Prussian bears twice the manufacturer's recom- officer forced to resign his commission mended load limit, a tire blows. We to avoid a naughty scandal. In his better change the tire and back down an moments there's dignified ooze about entrance ramp. Straight ahead, a sign: the man: One senses surging within him "Tires." The kind-hearted mechanic, not just hot, noble blood, but also an observing that one of our problems was erotic oil on the verge of breaking down. too much weight on the Rustmobile, On a bad day Ken has the look of a hotel thoughtfully unburdened me of more doorman who has just been splashed money than any tire ought to cost. with mud, or-as he does now, standing Struck by the emotional support of my on the fire escape of his second-floor travelling companions, I hit the road. apartment on East 15th Street, lowering Still they won't kick in any money. his kayak with the aid of a rope and We decide to head south on Route 17 a pulley-the look of an overworked short way and pick up the Thruway. stevedore, around whom an entire ship- ment of imported beer has just ex- 7:10 P.M.: Dusk sits in and so does ploded. nostalgia. Ken recalls himself as a boy,

Vol. XXXI, No. 1 nose pressed to the window of a bus, can dampen our spirits, however, Or wheezing (Ken, not the vehicle) up perhaps I should say our spirits are Route 17 to summer camp, stopping at a already so damp nothing much matters. ramshackle hot dog stand called the Red True, I do ask Chuck what sort of mental Apple Rest somewhere north of Rama- deficiency* led him to insist we pass up a po. As he speaks his hands sweat. He gas station because there was supposed can almost feel that mustard-soaked to be a discount station upthe road.And napkin wrapped around his frankfurter. true, he does point out that if I had the This is important. Ken will have his hot sense* to go the right way, we would dog. Of course, the rest of us will have have found that very discount station. hot dogs, too. I turn the car around. On But this discussion burns out quickly; the way we stop for lubrication (us, not the team springs into action. Ken and I the vehicle). wipe mashed bananas off a jerry can 7:35 P.M.: Well, you can't expect from the trunk. Steve, a tee-shirt things to stay the same. The Red Apple wrapped around his head to insulate Rest isn't a small hot dog stand any- against excessive heat loss (always more. There's an inside cafeteria. And a thinking), positions himself in the bar. And the hot dogs aren't what they middle of the Thruway, ready to risk his used to be. We wash them down as best life to stop any vehicle that might try to we can. pass us by. For a while it seems he may 8:15 P.M.: Exhausted by our long trip, never have a chance to demonstrate his we stop and contemplate Modena valor. Nothing but stars. Then: the dim Creek, which none of us has run. flicker of headlights on the horizon. We 8:45 P.M.: It is dark when we enter the watch them grow steadily larger, rising Thurway at Newburgh, but we lighten and falling with the contour of the road. our way with song. As the Rustmobile Steve plants his feet. Chuck, Ken, and I burps past Kingston and Saugerties and hold our breath. The apparition stops: Coxsackie (a story behind every An antique car transporting two older name?), its passengers (except for women with tight blue curls. Chuck Steve, who hides his alarm under the takes the jerry can and drives off with pretext of sleep) float down the them to the nearest gas station, which Mississippi with "Old Man River,"soar to may be in Cleveland, for all we know. the excruciating heights of "Blue Those left behind celebrate our good Moon," shuck and jive to... well, you get fortune. Then I begin to have my doubts. the idea. We entrust our liquid yoga to Were those really tight blue curls in the Chuck ("I don't drink much") Palson. women's hair? Or were they dead Once agin his magico-spiritual nature shrimp? Was there a portent in the lunar manifests itself: Half the contents of the gleam of the women who insisted Chuck bottle disappear. Absored through his put himself in their hands? What did she hands? mean when she said: "Now you hop right 11:15 P.M.: We run out of songs and in the back seat, young man; we'll take gas at the same time. It's just as well. I very good care of you. Won't we Emily?" feel as though I have a wood rasp in my Scenes from Arsenic and Old Lace larynx. Still, as my car swoons on the flicker before my eyes. I picture Chuck, shoulder of the moonlit Thruway, I am defiant no more, stuffed into the bay- blessed with an insight: Euphoria knows window seat in a Victorian home some- no direction. We could have left the where in Utica. Did anyone note the Thruway at Albany and driven up the license plate? I am filled with remorse. Northway in a direct line to our destina- Chuck wasn't such a bad guy. He was tion. Or we could have ranged west on kind of fun, in a way. I could have told the Thruway toward Buffalo, which is him that. I could have said ...nah. supposed to have a great modern art museum. At the time it didn't matter. *Not the exact words used. Now, however, out of gas thirty miles from Utica late at night, my wrong turn 12:15 A.M.: Chuck returns un- assumes a certain significance. Nothing molested. The gas station was only five

Vol. XXXI, No.1 miles down the road. Coming back, the erratic snorting: a sleeping warthog, first car gave him a lift. troubled with indigestion. And finally, a 12:45 A.M.: We have gassed up the car crescendo of bovine flatulence. The car and are driving toward the next exit. Ken is running like a charm. Everyone piles studies the roadmap, trying to figureout in. Fifty feet down the road we realizewe the best way to reach North Creek. He have forgotten the directions. We back suggests an elaborate course of back up to thetoll booth, are reinstructed, and roads, a plan which Chuck and I also warned: endorse. Steve votes no, arguing that "You know, if you break down on we'll get lost. He is reprimanded for his those back roads, there won't be anyone negative thinking. At the exit weask the to help you." toll collector how to connect with the "Don't worry," I say. "This car always first of the roads we identified on the gets where it's going." map. As we watch her illustrate with her The toll collector responds with a hands the bridge we have to go under story: and the second right we have to make at "I've got an old Ford Falcon,"shesays, the end of a winding road just before the "and it hasn't let me down yet. When it mail box that looks like a covered stops running I pour in some oil. Then I wagon, the car stalls. It always stalls. take the old broom I carry in the trunk This time, however, it won't start again. and touch the car seven times all along No lights. No endearing clicks and the side. After that it works." growls when I turn the key. Nothing. We As she speaks she gives my car this push the car to the side, where Chuck voodoo benediction with an imaginary checks the fuses. They look fine to him. broom. He and Ken discuss the perculiarities of 3:30 A.M.: The muted blue moonlight European fuses. ("Those things can go stretches-an osmotic sheet-across on you and you just can't tell.") We the sparse landscape of the North Creek finally diagnose the problem as chronic campground. Cold, the light seems to corrosion of the battery cables, which absorb, to arrogate, the life, the we soak in a baking soda solution. (Ken definition from all it covers. The stoney carries baking soda in his first aid kit.) reach of the irregular terrain looks As the others look on, I turn the softened, stayed. The shrubs bow to the ignition. A faint rumble calls up a vision ground. Large amorphous lumps- of giant worms processing the earth. A maroon, orange, and green sleeping glass-shattering squeal: the blood cry of bags-tense, stretch, yield. Soft words. an invading army of killer ants. An A muffled moan. A filing snore.

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Vol. XXXI, No.1 23 Mark Thompson, seldom seen Kayaker and noted western artist, uses the western style approach to Hermit Rapids.

YAKPACKING THE COLORADO RIVER

By Randy Welch

The waves of Crystal Rapid were Gladly, we slipped back into our huge. Brown seething waters were kayaks. The hot noonday sun had made coasting downhill like a heavily loaded the possibility of getting drenched most freight train. My senses reeled. John attractive. Aggressive John paddled out Jaycox grew a sty grin as is usual for him first and purposely went for the hole. around big water. The sunbaked face of Brooks and I emulated the drift boats Brooks Hoven grew just a bit paler. and sought refuge in a heaving eddy The three of us were near the halfway after just skirting the first waves. point on our Grand Canyon trip. Large Once out in the main current we were river flows, the result of spillway testing committed to run. At firstfearscrambled at Glen Canyon Dam, had carried our my thoughts, but I quickly realized the kayaks-only flotilla to this rock verses commitment and became determined to water battlefield in just three days. The do my best. There was only me, my condition of the infamous Crystal Hole kayak, and the river to consider. No was, in spite of all the power and fury longer aware of the positions of my shown, somewhat reassuring. I didn't partners, I made intuitive judgements see the easy bypass route I had hoped concerning current velocity and the for but the "hole" wasdefinitely washing force of cascading wave crests. My out and had more the characteristics of hands gripped the paddleshaft tightly to a wave. Over the roaring waves, a faint insure that small but important move- collective cheer reached our ears as a ments of the wrist would aid stability and series of rafts and dory boats began to through the blade angle provide descend. Adrenalin was applied to the direction control. The kayak, holding me oars to pull the heavy drift boats to the tightly at the feet, knees, and hips, right. responded well. Exploding sheets of 24 Vol. XXXI, Nc.! water failed to push the tiny craft out into pushed to the canyon wall, we drifted the main current. The craft's sleekness into sight of the owners. They, being and my single mindedness saw to that. I somewhat mercenary, took a light- slid off the shoulder of the third wave hearted view of our piracy and thanked and into the target eddy. As I paid my us for our interference by graciously oxygen debt, I looked for the others. giving up a small amount of desired Brooks had taken much the same line fluid. as I and was nearby. John had followed Kayaks are unsurpassed as white- the fall line. The hair water flipped him water craft. While supporting the end over end backwards but he smooth- paddler and providing storage space, ly rolled right side up and entered an the kayak enables the user to feel the eddy farther downstream. We re- currents and experience the river almost grouped and paddled the less chal- as a salmon or trout does. Walter lenging remainder of the long drop. Kirschbaum, a German paddling Four years had passed since my name champion turned American, made the was placed on the waiting list for a first true kayak descent of the Grand in concommercial Grand Canyon River June of 1960 with the help of two larger trip. During those years my concept of support boats. Walter found the trip to how the trip would be organized had be technically manageable even in his been altered several times. Personal frail, overly long kayak of canvas and tragedy, the death of a main character, brittle fiberglass. He felt that the small put an unwelcomed end to the original width of the kayak exposed the paddler script. After that, I carried a nebulous to less of the water's power. Today concept of the typical rafting expedition. modern materials make the use of The possible casting of the crew seemed kayaks more practical but no more to be without limit and I didn't feel that rewarding. organization would be a problem. Of that first trip, Walter stated, "...I Just before the actual trip, however, greatly failed to supply my own food the once enthusiastic crew began to fall which I usually carry in my own boat". away like hair from a radiation victim. I This was, doubtless, due both to considered not going. My mind, caged Walter's confessed dislike for powdered by the concept that a trip down the food and the convenience of the sup- Grand had to includeseveral raftsand at porting boats. In this modern back- least a dozen people, was then set free packing age there is less reason to fear a when a park ranger stated that a kayak week of dried food, and watertight bags trip, unsupported by rafts, would be provide dry storage as well as flotation. allowed. Park regulations had been A kayakertripping in the wildernessfora altered to allow that exciting concept week has at least as much cargo space only two years before. Reportedly our as a backpacker. For the kayaker the group would be the third or fourth to weight is certainly less noticeable. Many take advantage of the opportunity. I had kayakers balk at the notion of carrying paddled the Grand beforeand had made gear because they fear a loss of self supported kayak tripson most of the maneuverability. Such a loss is not a other government regulated runs in the figment of the imagination, but at the west. I knew that such a trip would be same time it is not of critical importance quick to organize and, most important- on the large rivers where most extended ly, enjoyable. trips are feasible. At the bottom of Crystal, we secured On an extended trip, more than two an over-turned dory that had taken the days, there is not enough room inside same route as John. The heaving mass most kayaks for both the usual outfitting of dented metal was difficult to handle and the necessary food and camping but we thought the risk worthwhile for if gear. However, the usual outfitting can we could right the swamped cargo often be left behind since a tightly vessel, we as friendly buccaneers could packed boat needs no additional commandere a few beers. Unfor- internal support (on our big western tunately, by the time the dory was rivers) and watertight bags provide

Vol. XXXI. No. 1 The cargo can easily get out of hand. Bill and Janet Schoberlein in Granite Rapids. Photo by Pat Gall. adequate flotation if too much air space backpacks and come complete with is not eliminated during the packing. shoulder straps. The straps are real nice There are three categories of dry on a portage and could be of great value storage bags that have found use among should it become necessary to hike back kayakers. Each has its own advantages to civilization. The construction material and short comings. is usually PVC-coated dacron which The first category is the delousing provides plenty of durability. The type. These bags are modeled after the drawback to the black bag type is that as old military surplus delousing bags, the load decreases, as it does as food is many of which still provide useful consumed, it becomes increasingly service on the river. The best are made of difficult to obtain a watertight closure. vinyl coated dacron and one bag This is so because the side straps can provides all the volume needed for one only be cinched tightly when there is a person. These bags are long and can be certain minimum volume or more in the placed within the stern section before bag. packing commences; they are the The third category consists of easiest means to load a kayak. When all unreinforced vinyl bags madeespecially the gear has been added, you simply for kayaks. These bags are the least allow the stiff lips of the opening to close expensive but only slightly so. Because and roll up the excess portion. Both they can be inflated after the gear is ends of the roll are then tied with string. sealed in, they provide superior flota- Similar bags which rely on a slide tion. Their drawback is that they are not closure device tend to leak when placed resistant to the environment and have, in the narrow confines of a kayak. therefore, severely limited periods of Delouser bags don't have a real serious usefulness. Punctures can easily be re- drawback but of course using one is a bit paired but the seams have a tendency to like pulling all your eggs in one basket. blow out after only a season or two of The second category also has a nominal use. military history: the black bag. Black bag Food is always a challenging consid- type storage bags are usually sma:ler eration on a kayak trip though it doesn't than delousers but the larger ones have to be. The world of backpacking provide more volume than the largest has been advancing the concept of go- 26 Vol. XXXI, No. 1 light food for sometime now. Freeze- worthwhile because it provides a sense dried food, even a week's worth, weighs of individualism. In your kayak on a next to nothing and the bulk will boiling whitewater wave you are exer- diminish rapidly after the first day. But, cising self reliance to the maximum. most trips will contain at least one Individualism is also expresses, through . person who for some vague religious or the kayak, by the ease in which the political reason will object toeating only paddler can slip over to any river bank freeze-dried food. feature that seems to deserve closer Usually there is enough room in the inspection. kayaks so that if only the dinners are Because of the limited storage space, freeze-dried; breads, nuts, and dried self supported kayaks tend to devour fruits can be carried for breakfast and more miles per day than drift boats. This lunch. One method that works great for often leads other river lovers to view cool season trips is to prepare all or kayakers as being interested only in several meals at home beforehand, heat mileage. This view is unjustified as the seal them in single serving size plastic longer trips often are that way merely bags, and freeze them. These meals can because more of the trip's time is spent be reheated and eaten in the bag and socializing in camp. Socializing is not a thus leave no messy pots and pans to be bad thing but there are other reasons to cleaned. seek the wildness of a river. A person Naturally a bigger boat would make desiring to explore can become frus- meals less of a consideration and such trated by all the housekeeping as- boats exist in the form of cruising kayaks sociated with a large raft trip. that are about fourteen feet long. Cruising boats handle well enough on big roomy rivers and might be worth the investment for some people. However, for a group of cooperating kayakers, making the most of assigning com- munity gear such as cooking utensils and emergency equipment, the usual thirteen-foot recreational slalom boat has enough volume for at least seven days. On a kayak trip of any sort, where there is more than one participant,close cooperation is called for. Many times, the participants can be separated by a mile in a matter of minutes. Confusion can arise as to whether someone is upstream or downstream of the main group. Because there is the possibility that a paddler will be stranded in an extremely remote and inaccessible location with only kayaking duds, members of the group should always be aware of each other's relative position. For this reason a small group is to be preferred. It follows that passing a point of difficult return well before others of your group have arrived, is at best, poor manners. Each paddler owes it to the group to reduce the risk of losing gear by paddling conservatively. In spite of the duty to cooperate, kayaking a long wilderness trip is

Vol. XXXI, No. 1 The author paddling the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.

Exploring by kayak is simple and not Two days after leaving Crystal Rapid as time consuming as other means. we were approaching the top of Lava Within minutes of waking up, youcan be Falls. Between those points, at John's on the water headed conveniently to a urging, we had found the time to explore new location for breakfast. Maybe you'll more of the Grand's notable side want a new view, a better sun angle, or canyons. The high water in the river was maybe you just like to get the body moving at such a rate, that if we had machinery warmed up before eating. wanted, we could have covered nearly Very little energy is required for landing 100 miles a day. As it was, we spent half and launching at points where you will our days scaling precipitous cliffs, want to exercise your feet. A well hiking narrow exposed trails and absorbed dinner may recharge you and swimming limpid pools. We attempted the impulse to explore a few more miles to communicate with one of the tiny of canyon by evening light can be inhabitants, who was disguised as a bat, readily accommodated. It doesn't take a of Elves Chasm. We sat in the cool lot of river bank to provide docking and hidden pools above Deer Creek Falls sleeping space, so you can risk running and contemplated Arizona's August closer to dark before laying out camp. heat. We climbed the old rope that leads Always the obliging river does most of into Olo Canyon, giant Venus Fly Trap. the work. The kayaker's job is to add We appreciated the easy access of 010's enough control to insure that the river's sister canyon, Matkatamiba. We stretch- effort is used most efficiently. ed our leg muscles with a brisk after- Of course, dues must be paid before breakfast hike into the ever narrowing the advantages of a kayak can be National Canyon and two river miles enjoyed. Those beautiful little trackless later, enjoyed lunch next to the water- coves and beaches are that way because falls of Fern Glen Canyon. a considerable investment of time is At Lava we burned. The sun's heat required to develop the proficiency that coupled with the re-radiated heat of the will allow self supported trips. Should rocks was so intense that our govern- you be fortunate enough to develop the ment approved plastic potty jar (in the needed skills, you will find that the Grand Canyon, the pack-it-in-pack-it- dividends are substantial. out rule is carried to theextreme) melted Vol. XXXI, No. 1 and became unserviceable. Even if the After Lava, the river is less intense. We air had been scores of degrees cooler, were able then to observe and more the look of the drop alone would have appreciate the serene canyon setting. I been enough to induce an uncomfort- used the nimbleness of my kayak to able feeling. After much deliberation, we shop the eddies and picked up a decided we really couldn't make heads waterproof camera and a six-pack to go. or tails out of the confusion in thedrop. Offerings delivered to the river gods at Our confidence had been built upduring Lava Falls insure that the eddies for the the last five days so we decided to take next twenty miles are well stocked. the usual route on the right. In all the The only additional hiking we did was previous drops, no matter how difficult, to inspect the flash flood alteration of there had been ampleopportunity to use the Diamond Creek road. A terrifying the maneuverability of the kayak to rain storm had blasted our camp the avoid the more challenging waves. Here previous night and we expected that the the passage to smoother sailing was road, which we planned to use asan exit, narrow and it didn't make sense to count would be impassable. It was obliterated. on entering it. Each of us hoped for the An additional day was spent paddling best route but expected the worst. across forty miles of the uninspiring Normally the worst leads to a physically backwaters of Lake Mead. We were taxing but mostly embarrassing swim. In rescued from the Lake at Pearce Ferry this case a swim could well mean the by a local desert rodent and volunteer loss of a boat or other vital gear. range, Ben Welch. The next day the We fell into our natural order of arrival of our wonderful shuttle driver, descent: John first, me, then Brooks. who had outsmarted the flash floods, Noting that it was his first run of Lava, enabled us to start our Arizona exit. and being aware of my relatively conser- The trip had been a welcomed vative approach to paddling, Brooks opportunity for self expression. Each asked that I lead him along a good line. I participant added something to the trip, agreed to do so after calming myself and the whole was more than the sum of with a deep breathing exercise. the parts. Yet at the same time we had Hurrying into the drop to get the nasty enjoyed the freedom to exercise business over with quickly, I was deeply personal judgement and abilities on a impressed by how much larger the level well above the ordinary. It was hydraulics appeared to be at close living, deliberately. range. John was out of sight in a split We fell into our natural order of second. I stiffened my back and pressed descent: John first, me, then Brooks. hard against the footbrace. My line was Noting that it was his first, me, then good but I was apparently too relaxed as Brooks. Noting that it was his first run of I missed a stroke and turned upside Lava, and being aware of my relatively down on the second wave. Twice I conservative approach to paddling, attempted to roll up but was hosed Brooks asked that I lead him along a down. I then decided, still calm, to ride good time. I agreed to do so after out the rought stuff in the inverted calming myself with a deep breathing position. When I felt the wildly tossing exercise. waters relax, I fired off another roll. Hurrying into the drop to get the nasty Again I failed to complete the midnite business over with quickly, I was deeply sun maneuver as the whirling and impressed by how much larger the crossing currents below the last waves hydraulics appeared to be at close proved to be too tricky for an oxygen range. John was out of sight in a split starved mind. Knowing that a largeeddy second. I stiffened my back and pressed was close by, I performed our expedi- hard against the footbrace. My line was tion's second wet exit and began to good but I wasapparently too relaxed as swim, towing the heavily packed but I missed a stroke and turned upside floating kayak. As I gulped forair I heard down on the second wave. Twice I Brooks, riding high in the saddle, attempted to roll up but was hosed cheering and thanking me for the good down. I then decided, still calm, to ride line. Because the gear was stowed out the rought stuff in the inverted tightly and John and Brooks quickly position. When I felt the wildly tossing came to my aid, nothing was lost. waters relax, I fired off another roll. Vol. XXXI, No. 1 Again I failed to complete the midnite to inspect the flash flood alteration of sun maneuver as the whirling and cros- the Diamond Creek road. A terrifying sing currents below the last waves rain storm had blasted our camp the proved to be too tricky for an oxygen previous night and we expected that the starved mind. Knowing that a largeeddy road, which we planned to use as an exit, was close by, I performed our expedi- would be impassable. It was obliterated. tion's second west exit and began to An additional day was spent paddling swim, towing the heavily packed but across forty miles of the uninspiring floating kayak. As I gulped forair I heard backwaters of Lake Mead. We were Brooks, riding high in the saddle, cheer- rescued from the Lake at Pearce Ferry ing and thanking me for the good line. by a local desert rodent and volunteer Because the gear was stowed tightly and range. Ben Welch. The next day the John and Brooks quickly came to my arrival of our wonderful shuttle driver, aid, nothing was lost. who had outsmarted the flash floods, After Lava, the river is less intense. We enabled us to start our Arizona exit. were able then to observe and more The trip had been a welcomed oppor- appreciate the serene canyon setting. I tunity for self expression. Each partici- used the nimbleness of my kayak to pant added something to the trip, and shop the eddies and picked up a water- the whole was more than the sum of the proof camera and a six-pack to go. parts. Yet at the same time we had Offerings delivered to the river gods at enjoyed the freedom to exercise per- Lava Falls insure that the eddies for the sonal judgement and abilities on a level next twenty miles are well stocked. well above the ordinary. It was living, The only additional hiking we did was deliberately. JOHN PILLEY'S FIRST LAW OF RAPIDS by John Lane Someone told me once that there are about as much control over my boat as I only two types of kayakers, those that would a barrel. Fear had theupper hand. swim and those that are about to. Talk- Sitting in an eddy once at the top of a ing to experts, this seems a little ex- rapid called Little Corkey, on the Green treme. Many great boaters with midnight River in North Carolina, I once watched runs down Section Four of the Chatto- three friends turn to make the drop. oga and hands rolls at Painted Rock on "How do I run this one?" I asked the the Gauley to their credit have been woman who was the last to follow. many, many years without being "out of "Upright and downstream," she in- their boats." formed me, leaning on her brace like a But the other night atsupper I listened racer. I would not gain access to Holy to two expert paddlers talk about how knowledge by questions, only by action, helpless they've felt at times when the by following. I gripped the paddletighter moment did come when they had to and waited for curiosity to take over. swim out of a hole. In three years I have been upright and "It had been so long-seven years- downstream in many rapids, riding the since I'd been swimming that my body swirls and holes of several rivers like the did not know what to do. I was gasping Ocoee and the Nanathala a hundred for air and my eyes were as big as times. My fear was slowly replaced by plates," one of them said, remembering skill acquired through many hours of the fear, stirring his ice cream around in watching water move over a rocky river disbelief. bed. I thought I replaced the fear, feeling To paddle a kayak is to live constantly a curious question at the top of each between curiosity and fear. Three years drop, "Can I make it through?" That is, ago, when I first started paddling, I sat at until I learned Pilley's First Law of the top of most rapids with a death grip Rapids. on my paddle, no matter how small the "If you run a rapid enough, no matter drop. I had no eskimo roll at that time, no what your skill level, it'll get you sooner way of flipping the boat back upright if I or later," John Pilley, a man with prob- leaned upstream or missed a brace. ably close to a thousand river trips, told Each drop was Niagara Falls and I had me once sitting in an eddy at the top of

Vol. XXXI. No. 1 Seven Foot Falls on the Chattooga. I did four times before spitting them into the not want to believe him, looking overthe downstream current and the waiting edge at the churning hole below me as safety ropes. Once I'd even seen a man the water pushed against a rock wall to come out face down to be revived the left of the river. downstream. But watching, I had for- But Pilley took the drop and I followed mulated my own opinions. If a kayakgot soon after, willing to play the odds on into the hole the bulk of boat and body our years of paddling. would push you downstream. It was only What Pilley was saying is that in rafts and frightened tourists who would paddling, no matter how good you are, be kept by the river god in the top hole. there still remains the possibility of error It all happened so fast, like an auto in each difficult rapid; there is no sure accident, but there was no doubt about thing. A little fear-respect some call it- it. I was upside down in the top hole. I should remain as much a part of a river rolled once and found myself sideways, trip as curiosity. bracing downstream. I could hear the An experienced whitewater paddler guy on the bull horn, who was announc- pushes the odds well in his or her favor ing the contest, telling the crowd that I through years of skill, but the force and would probably surf there and then pull intent of the river is constant, something my way out. the human body cannot claim. To pad- "He's getting some high scores with dle class four and five, and especially the judges," he joked as I worked to stay class six whitewater, is to live within the upright. Then I flipped again, banged my possibility of human error. This might helmeted head on a rock so hard I let go result in a swim through a rocky river of the paddle, and decided to take my bed, or something even more serious. chances out of the boat. Like auto racing, the deaths in white- The boat stayed in the hole with me, water sometimes count among them circulating around as I was plunged on those who are most skilled. the upstream side of the boil, only to be The last weekend of the season I had swept along the bottom, popped up and Pilley's Law brought home to me in a head back upstream for another recir- most embarrassing way. During the culation. Just like the tourists. Me and Customer Appreciation Festival week- my boat. end at the Nantahala Outdoor Center in I remember thinking, "Where are the Wesser, North Carolina, there is a hot safety ropes?" as I circulated several dog contest on the Nantahala River. more times, getting tired and running Each contestant gets two runs through a out of ideas as to how to get out of the forty foot series of ledges known as hole. Nantahala Falls. In the early seventies, I tried to swim to the edge where there this rapid was rated a class five at high was plenty of downstream water, I tried water, but in the last fifteen years the swimming hard, each time I'd reach the number of people running it, the ad- furthest point downstream in my circu- vances in skill levels and equipment, has lations. But no ropes came. Suddenly I dropped its rating to a class three. relaxed and my body was popped "waist I had run the rapid close to fifty times high", someone on the shore told me this year alone, since the river is only 20 later, and I was on the way downstream. minutes from my house. I had even Needless to say, I didn't do very well made an effort to lose my fear and with the judges, although my swim was develop a curiosity about the "top hole," the most exciting thing the audience the one place in the falls where there is saw that day. Little did they know they any real danger. Many times I had were also seeing a river law being dropped from the small eddy to the proven. Pilley's First Law of Rapids hole's left and played at that near end, stands unchallenged with me until doing spinning turns and then heading someone comes up with a unified theory downstream, losing my fear little by of rivers and river running that can little. explain what made me get right back in I had seen the top hole grab rafts and my boat twenty minutes later for my swimmers and recirculate them three or second run. Very quickly, the curiosity kicked in. Vol. XXXI, No. 1 31 BUYER'S GUIDE ~!&?!@g- WHOLE RIVER CATALOG -I THE WHOLE RIVER CATALOG, published three times a Access to Gear year in AMERICAN WHITEWATER, IS an AWA servlce designed to llnk up our readers wlth the best and most convenient sources of boating supply, instruction, and -I general whitewater paraphenalla. Prices for a full year's Ill participat~onIn the catalog range from only $40 to $90. depending on type of listing. 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