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Fall 2009—Volume 48 Issue 3 KCCNY, was established in 1959 and is one of the largest LETTER FROM EDITORS Whitewater Kayaking Clubs in the Northeast. With more than 150 actively paddling members, The Kayak and CANDO Club of New York had a fantastic 2009 serving more than 30 pool Spring/Summer year! A full schedule of activities made for great paddling season sessions and contributing to with a lot of laughs and fun. Beyond the river trips there were beginner weekends, more than 30 new paddlers safety training courses and slalom races. Please note that we are an equal yearly, with the help of ACA opportunity kayak club. We have those members that are creeking, running slalom certified instructors. Donations races, competing at various paddling events beyond the KCCNY and some that are of members help to foster the fortunate enough to travel the world to paddle! You don’t have to go far to find development of ACA certified your kayak passion. instructors and river It was mentioned in the last newsletter on the NEED of having trip coordinators. conservations. In 2008, KCCNY Many of you stepped forward so that the river releases were more than covered. A organized more than 30 pool tip of the paddle, as special note of thanks must go to Chuck, Jack, Ellen, Wayne, sessions, exceeding 50 trips, Steve, Eddie, Cindy, Linda, Dan K., Mark, Kim, Sarah Z, Andy B. and myself. All of several safety courses and us enjoyed helping out and ultimately making sure that the KCCNY had a full beginner & novice instructionals, schedule. If you did not post a trip this year, please consider doing so for 2010. a swift water rescue course, and

Sadly our 2009 Spring/Summer season is at an end, however, DO NOT despair, the the signature event, KCCNY Esopus Slalom race. paddling season is not yet over. There are those that are paddle year round and they will continue to post trips. Make sure to check out the web site for some “chilling” activities. Remember, if no trips are posted seek out the forum on the Inside this issue: web site and give a shout to see who may want to paddle with you. xSummary of Summer Activities Should you prefer to not venture out into the cold, pool sessions are right around xWinter-Spring 2010 Pool the corner. The schedule for sessions are currently being arranged so get ready to Sessions perfect your roll and more importantly, get ready for some good eats after the session! xPort Jervis WW Park Update

As a group of passionate paddlers, we take pride in continuing to improve our skills. xReport from the Little Lehigh Our willingness to help each other, share our experiences, and show support to one Slalom Clinic & Race another gives each of us the inspiration to do even better. With that being said, x43rd Esopus Race many of our members continue to spend their time and money on professional training. They attended kayak schools such as Zoar Outdoor , Ottawa Kayak xThe 27th Annual Adirondack School, Liquid Skills and Northeast PA Kayak School. Should you want to learn Canoe Classic more about any of these schools reach out on the forum with any questions. xOttawa Impressions Hearing someone’s first hand experiences may help you make the right decision xWilderness First Aid for should you consider any of these schools. Paddlers In closing, as the end of our summer season is now upon us, it is a good time for xSOLO Wilderness First Aid for reflection. If there is one thing we should walk away with is the realization that Paddlers our time spent together whether on the river or in our day to day life is very precious. With that being said, it is with a heavy heart to inform you of the loss of xGuardian Angel fellow paddler, Bill Canfield. Bill gave a courageous fight against lung cancer. We xBill Canfield hope that you will take a moment to say a prayer and to remember him. We dedicate this newsletter in his memory. xRiver Release Schedule “If my ship sails from sight, it does not me that my journey ends, it simply xWW Events Around the Corner means the river bends.” ~ John Enouch Powell xAnnual Dinner 2009

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Winter/Spring 2010 Pool Sessions Summary of Summer Activities Update on the Port Jervis, NY Whitewater Park KCCNY is planning to have the following pool sessions On July 3rd , the second WOW( Women on Water ready for the Winter/Spring 2010 Season: Paddle) and Lax Testosterone festival scheduled By Addam Hubbard - simultaneously on Lackawaxen River, PA. Our fearless Union Pool - 15 sessions- Sunday mornings starting in leaders for that day were Linda and Steve McLuckie. December. A great turn out of close to twenty-four paddlers Port Jervis, NY – This past August, the Port Jervis City Counsel unanimously voted to accept the joined in on the fun. “This is one of my favorite trips” River Front Revitalization Plan presented by the Community Development Agency. The plan is Garfield Pool - 5 sessions on Saturday afternoons staring in said Linda. “At the take-out we were all pretty impressed at our little after party. Great eats and the culmination of a year of public comment meetings and discussion on how to best utilize the February. drink for everyone. It was a perfect end to a great cities river front property and connect it with the business and visitors of the area.

day” said Steve. Thanks to Linda and Steve for a Lodi Pool - 10 sessions on Thursday evenings starting in great day and they will look forward to seeing you March. next year. The concept of a riverside park with walking and biking trails leading to picnic and viewing areas

This past June, the KCCNY held its signature kayak along with a designed paddle sport area was presented in November to the committee and public. Please note that the number of sessions may be subject to rd change. event. The 43 Esopus Slalom Race was held on the The idea sparked much discussion and questions. In the end it was thought to be a viable choice Esopus Creek, NY. Race results can be viewed at since it provided use to the residents and would bring tourism into the city in the form a of a http://kccny.com/pge.aspx?pg=Esopus2009RaceResul In addition to the standard training that KCCNY instructors ts.pdf. whitewater park. Essentially the plan meet all the goals of the Community Development Agency provide at the pool sessions, there will be several clinics mission statement. during the Winter/Spring 2010 Pool Sessions. In those From June through September we were able to clinics, you can learn about how to choose and outfit a WW provide five flat water sessions at Green Turtle Pond. boat, proper use of your WW gear, basic river safety and We had hoped for more sessions, however, this This past July a final draft of the plan was provided for comment by the consulting firm to the rescue, strokes and concepts, even rodeo moves. summer season brought inclement weather with committee and public present. Surprisingly the whitewater park concept was the central piece of thunderstorms. (Not the best time to be on the the plan. At this meeting the petitions of support were presented to the committee and forwarded Pool sessions are also great place to meet paddling friends water.) Despite the limited sessions we all enjoyed the and share knowledge. Don’t forget about good eats after the beautiful scenery, warm water, blueberries and to the Mayors office along with the Council members. Over three hundres paddlers signed the laurels! Close to a dozen of you improved your rolling sessions! and paddling skills in a safe, warm beautiful pond. online petition to show support. A few hundred Port Jervis residents also signed local petitions to See you at the POOL!!! show their support as well. The committee decided to keep the plan unchanged and present it to More than thirty new paddlers were introduced to the sport of whitewater kayaking through the the Mayor and City Council at the next available meeting in August. KCCNY. They took part in four beginner & novice classes and more than fourteen With the cities acceptance of this plan, Port Jervis will now able to move forward with the grant participated on river instructional classes. Our thanks to Jack & Ellen Moskowitz, Dan Kirsh, writing and permitting process. I spoke with the head of the Community Development Agency Mark Tiernan, Connie Farley, and Ram Tripathi. after the meeting and was told that the large public support of the biking and whitewater concepts We had regularly scheduled local trips on the puts these aspects of the plan on the front burner. Lehigh and Mongaup rivers for every release weekend throughout the summer. Every trip had a great turnout and our beginners and novice So what does this mean to area paddlers? While there is still many hurdles to overcome The City paddlers had even more choices to develop their of Port Jervis has taken very big steps in providing the possibility of a paddling venue in which river skills. paddlers can come to hone skills, run clinics, and have fun on any given day. All within a two hour There were two Lower Yough trips this summer drive from New York City, just minutes from the Mongaup River and a 1/4-mile walk from the with full attendance for both. Many people who Metro North Port Jervis Train station. With a little luck the region might some day have a high ran the river for the first time came back with great stories and are eager to return for next quality park where you could play on a wave and surf on that perfect hot summer day! year. Both trips had beautiful weather which helped to make an even better river experience. Thank you all for your past and continued support. Two Advanced Swift Water Rescue training classes were offered by Wayne Gman in August and September at Glen Onoko, PA and Lambertville, NJ. Thanks again to everyone involved for helping to make a full schedule of summer activities.

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weeks, I was exhausted. (We had one day off, and we spent another day paddling the Gatineau). The OTTAWA IMPRESSIONS teaching philosophy is “big water desensitization,” running the river repeatedly to alleviate fears, instead of learning skills and practicing them at specified spots. By Wendy Simpson I decided to spend part of my summer break (I am a high school teacher) on a kayaking trip to a river For me, that philosophy didn’t work too well. I still had fears at the end of two weeks! that offered a different experience from my “home” river, the Lehigh. After some internet cruising, I chose to trade rocky and technical for the big water of the Ottawa. I attended Ottawa Kayak School for 2 weeks Liquid Skills has a much more intimate feel, with a lot of personal attention. I stayed at the Paddler’s Inn, as part of their “Adult Keeners” program, and a short time later, attended Liquid Skills for a 2-day a homey bed and breakfast which houses the kayak school. Home cooked meals were delicious and were women’s clinic with Ruth Gordon. I have been paddling for one year, so a more experienced kayaker held at either the Paddler’s Inn or at the school’s cottage on the river. Off-river time was relaxing, with would perhaps have a different perspective than me. My impressions of both schools were very different, friendly people and good conversation. Joey, the owner, is a class act and tailors instruction to the needs but the mighty Ottawa itself steals the show. of the clients. In this clinic, we spent two days working on playboating skills with a lot of emphasis on drill and practice with video analysis, and less on just river running. If Ruth didn’t like the way I surfed a The Ottawa is a huge volume, deep (up to hundreds of feet) pool-and-drop river, with rapids that change wave, or made an eddy turn or peel out, or did that double-pump, she’d make me do it over. Again. And dramatically as the water level changes. When I arrived June 14, the level was at 15 (no units). again. However, she was very supportive, so I didn’t get discouraged. This was the style of teaching that Incredibly fast-moving glassy green waves, huge wave trains over your head, vertical walls of water, helps me improve. boiling, impossibly squirrelly eddies, loud roars of rapids and sprays of water spitting above the horizon ahead – this is the Ottawa. I was highly intimidated at first! Schools there say the Ottawa is “friendly,” If I return to the Ottawa, I’d definitely return to Liquid Skills. and it is, in terms not having to navigate rocks or worry about hitting them while rolling, and having large flat water sections after each rapid in case of a mishap. And, most rapids can be portaged. But the water Am I a better paddler for doing the Ottawa? I don’t think so, really. I have become more comfortable can be violent, and disorienting. Although we would scout each rapid from the shoreline before running it, with squirrely eddies and peeling out into wild water, and I’ve developed a love for big wave trains (but using our instructor’s help to pick the line, once in the rapid, I often lost perspective because of the who doesn’t love them)? I would need a lot more practice (Ruth Gordon style) to get the most out of the monstrous size of the waves. In order to run the correct line, I had to stay close to my instructor. Ottawa. However, just knowing I paddled something that big, and the memories I have of it, made the experience well worth it. The last rapid in the middle section of the Ottawa, called Lower No Name, became my nemesis. It had the hugest waves I had ever seen at the time, over my head, and as I approached each wall of water, I wondered how in the world my boat could make it over something that seemed so high and so…vertical. Report from the Little Lehigh Slalom Clinic & Race My first run of that rapid resulted in being violently flipped, and rag-dolled, my body arched back against the stern of my boat. Then suddenly, I was upright. Huh? But then, wham!, I was under again, pressed backwards in my boat, my hands struggling to hold my paddle. So I swam. Each day after that, I By John Coraor, KCCNY Competition Chair approached that rapid with a mixture of trepidation and defiance, vowing never to swim it again. By the end of the first week, I could run it clean….and it was a blast. As quite a few KCCNY paddlers know from previous years, the Little Lehigh Slalom Clinic & Race in Allentown, PA, offers a great environment for developing your boat control skills and is great fun! We stopped to play at some great surf waves….big, but friendly. I’m not much of a surfer, but I had some Organized by the Lehigh Valley Canoe Club on the Little Lehigh Creek (Class I), this event is typically held long surfs there, because it was easy to stay on the wave. I didn’t get much instruction in surfing, or in on the first full weekend in September. It consists of a 2-hour slalom clinic on Saturday afternoon, playboating moves. The instructors had us just go in and do what we could. For me, it was front and side- followed by open practice on the course Saturday and again early Sunday morning. Later Sunday surfing; that was it. The Ottawa is a playboater’s dream, though, because it has so many big surf waves morning and early afternoon competitors take two timed and scored race runs down the slalom course for and holes, many of which can be “park and play.” With more one-on-one attention, I would have had the each race class entered. There are different race classes for different types of boats, age groups, and confidence to try more. genders, including special classes for “recreational” WW boats (i.e. river runners or playboats that don’t meet the minimum width requirements for regulation slalom boats). Some KCCNY attend for only the Near the end of that first two weeks, the water levels dropped to 7, and big wave trains developed some Saturday clinic & practice, while others either come only on Sunday or attend both days pretty impressive and scary-looking holes. Lines changed dramatically, and the river was taking on a whole new feel. My favorite surf waves became grabby, then disappeared altogether. Our group only The year the Little Lehigh creek was high on Saturday due to all the recent rain and thus was a little paddled the middle section of the Ottawa due to our intermediate skill level. More experienced paddlers pushier than normal. However, the level dropped by at least 4 inches by Sunday morning and thus had would have moved on to the Main Channel (think Bus Eater, Hawaii, and Coliseum) at this point. calmed down quite a bit for the race. This made a good combination for those who were present both days - more challenging water for practice, followed by easier water for the actual race. When I returned to the river two weeks later, with Ruth Gordon of Liquid Skills, the level was at 1.5, and the Ottawa became a whole new river. I gaped at the first rapid, McCoy’s, because it seemed like an Dan Kirsch and his grandkids, Nash & Emma Giddings, were there paddling in the “plastic” (non-race entirely new place. Big holes appeared, but now new wave trains existed where there was previously just legal) kayak classes. All had a great time and did very well in the race. Emma was the youngest female flat water. Large islands of rocks seemingly grew out of nowhere. It looked pretty scary, but became my paddler and made an impressive showing, winning the K-1W Plastic Cadet (14 & under) class. Nash had favorite rapid, because of the fun wave train and surf wave at the bottom of the rapid. Lower No Name, some very fast runs, winning the K-1 Plastic Cadet class and edging out his grandfather to place second my earlier nemesis, was much smaller, with a few nasty holes, but was much easier to read. out of five in K-1 Plastic (any age).

The atmosphere at the two kayak schools was very different. Ottawa Kayak School operates out of Novice KCCNY Paddlers Jacqueline Wilde and Dave Seal came on Sunday only and were able to get in a Wilderness Tours, so students share facilities with rafters….a LOT of rafters. It can get busy, and noisy, so few practice runs on the course early in the morning before competing during the race. Having just had there wasn’t much opportunity for quiet time and relaxation at the end of each day. By the end of two beginner instruction earlier this year, both paddlers did quite well in their runs down the course. Dave did 6 7 particularly well, making all the gates in three of his four race runs and touching only two gates on one run. Beginner Learn to Kayak Weekend

Instructors: Mark, Connie, Dan, Ram, Ellen and Jack Kaja & Juli Coraor placed first and third, respectively, in a class of five K-1W Cadets (14 & under) and both Aug 8-9, 2009 did well as the only competitors in C-1W, turning in clean runs (no penalties). Aron Coraor placed third in Pictures: Wendy Simpson K-1 Cadet. Juli & I had two clean runs in C-2M, taking first out of a class of three. Racing tandem with a partner is always a blast! Competition was thin in the C-1 Master (over 40) class where I came in first out of only two competitors. However, the OC-1 Master class was more humbling as I came in third and last, having swamped from an overly aggressive lean on the next to last gate on the course.

For a safe, comfortable, and fun learning environment, with a little bit of competition thrown in, the Little Lehigh Slalom Clinic & Race is not to be missed. However, for those who couldn’t attend this year’s event and may be itching to wet their paddles at a similar event before next year, either contact me ([email protected] or 631-271-3909) or check out the KCCNY Trip Schedule for the remaining races in either the Penn Cup Slalom Series or the New England Slalom Series (NESS).

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By John Coraor, KCCNY Competition Chair

Thanks to all the KCCNY members and paddlers from other clubs and regions who came out to participate in this Spring's Esopus race(s) and/or help with course set-up and operations! Special thanks go to those who arrived early to help with course set-up on Friday: Dan & Laura Kirsch, Dave King, Paul Epstein, Myles Gordon, Chuck Malerich, Tom Beall, and Katherine Brady.

Absolutely gorgeous weather combined with about 1040 cfs in the river to make a truly memorable 43rd Annual Esopus Race! A total of 38 boats registered for the slalom race, although some racers competed only on Saturday and a few opted not to take their race runs after practicing on the water. There were several hotly contested race classes, where just tenths of a second made all the difference. The KCCNY Club trophies for best KCCNY K-1 & Feedback from Paddlers K-1W were won by Dave King and Linda McLuckie, respectively. The NEW Downriver Spring Race was Thank you Ben and Ellen ! contested by 14 racers, who universally reported that it was a BLAST!! Complete race results are posted on the Your WW River Rescue course was wonderful...I highly Esopus Race page on the KCCNY web site: recommend it for all paddlers, especially you newbies. I http://www.kccny.com/pge.aspx?pg=Esopus2009RaceResults.pdf learned a lot! More than I had expected and I loved the work we did in the pool. Ellen...you played a really good victim. Seriously, fellow paddlers...take the course...even Accomplishments if you've already moved up to being a strong Class II or Class III...learning safety is the best! By John Coraor, KCCNY Competition Chair Linda McLuckie The WW Slalom Age Group Nationals were held at Cascade Falls (Penn Yan, NY) on Saturday, June 27. Due to recent rains, the release from Keuka Lake was somewhat higher than requested, making the hole below the drop at the top of Hi Neval, the course larger and more retentive than normal, as well as the rest of the 21-gate course very pushy. Overall it was I just joined KCCNY. Last weekend I took the beginner weekend with Jack and Ellen ---- what an absolutely fantastic quite a challenging course. class! I learned so much from all the instructors -- Jack and Ellen Moskowitz, Jordan Yaruss, Dan Kirsch and Mark

While the event was entered by three of the four NE Regional Youth Team members, unfortunately Everett Coraor had Tiernan. We’re doing a follow up session this Sunday…can’t wait. I look forward to meeting you soon! an untimely bout with a unknown gastrointestinal bug, which left him unable to compete. However, both Juli and Kaja Lori Coraor competed in K-1W Cadet. Juli was in third place after first runs, but was edged into fourth after the second run results. In first place after first runs despite two missed gates, Kaja faced stiff competition when the runner-up turned Neval, in a clean second run. However, Kaja was able to improve her score sufficiently in her second run to be named the The practice sessions at Green Turtle Pond were hugely valuable to me for building my confidence and skills. 2009 K-1W Cadet WW Slalom National Champion! Your amazing enthusiasm and supportive, positive attitude helped carry me through. I can't thank you enough. I'm definitely going to the pool sessions, and all the rivers I can this coming season. Thank you for your support!! Marta 8 9

There is camping once again at the Fish Creek Campground and on the third day the race continues from the campground. It goes into Upper Saranac Lake then via the half-mile Bartlett Carry into Middle Saranac Lake, Lower Saranac Lake and finally via two locks into Lake Flower, which borders the The 27th Annual Adirondack Canoe Classic, 11-13 September 2009 south side of the Town of Saranac Lake where the race ends. Once again the wind did not help and I was six minutes slower than the year before. Neither did it help that I went slightly off course negotiating my By Roger Gocking lonely way around one of the islands in Upper Saranac Lake.

The “90-miler,” as this race is often referred as, traces many of the original “highways” of the My total time was 14 hours 3 minutes and 37 seconds, about 35 minutes slower than last year. My Adirondacks from Old Forge to Saranac Lake. It is a three day stage race that begins on Friday in Old camping buddy and fellow Touring Kayak Men’s Veteran, George Bellerose from Vermont, was second in Forge and ends on Sunday in Saranac Lake. Officially the first day consists of 35 miles (33.6 by my GPS) the class in 15: 17.30. The fastest time was posted by the Richard Reynolds Express Voyager (war) Canoe of paddling with four portages that are altogether 3.5 miles in length. The second day is 33 miles (30.9 by seven-person team in 12:14.41, and the fastest kayak time was posted by David Drum and Ben Hanson in my GPS) with one long portage around falls on the Raquette River that is 1.25 miles and the most a Two-Person Kayak: 13:41.27. Full results can be found on the Adirondack Watershed Alliance web site. challenging of all these journeys that begin with a single step. The last day is 22 miles (20.9 by my GPS) and there are three shorter portages with two quite short and around locks. I am already hard at work thinking of ways to get more speed out of my wheels and hoping for better wind conditions next year as well as for a really pumped up Raquette River. Fast conditions on the I have been doing this race as an annual form of penance for sins committed during the previous 19 miles of that river would be the ticket for breaking thirteen hours in this race which remains my goal. year since 2003 and have always competed in the fast touring kayak class. For me one of the aims has Also, next year I will probably use my Epic18X rather than my EFT just for a little variety. been to find the fastest and lightest kayak to make those journeys that begin with a single step merely miserable rather than agonizing. After the first year slogging a 55 lb Seda Glider, I quickly realized that wheel technology was the way to go and almost every year since I have spent months in my garage Wilderness First Aid for Paddlers crafting a new and even better wheel-system. This year’s state-of-the-art set was made out of light aluminum tubing with running stroller wheels. The wheels were a bit heavy but they came very close to taming even the trail terrain on the second day. Nevertheless, I still have a few improvements in mind for By Wayne Gman next year.

Wilderness 1st Aid for Paddlers, Jan 23,24 9-6pm $175 @ The Garfield Boys and Girls Club, This year Mother Nature added her Garfield, NJ. own challenge to the race. On the first day

the wind was in our faces all the way and I A uniquely slanted class taught by a was 17 minutes slower than I had been last boater for boaters. It is geared for the year when I did this stage in 5 hours and 32 more hazardous environments where minutes. It was a pretty lonely paddle as I everyone is predisposed to being soaked had no competition in my class. In previous and hypothermic in tight confined creeks years there were other competitors in my or gorges far from help. How will you class I with whom I could draft. This year I cope, how will you extract a wrecked seemed to be passing endless streams of boater from a boat, how to you try and “open tourers” in single kayaks, Adirondack get a boater out of a boat when injured, guide boats, C4s and a few war canoes who how do you move someone from the had started as much as 30 minutes ahead hazardous river scene to a nearby spot of me. Toward the end even this company where you'll try and wait for the Pro's? All dried up and eventually I was the fourth the standard wilderness first aid topics are boat to cross the finish line at Blue covered and more. Join us in January to Mountain Lake where the race ends for that put another tool in your safety gear day. bag when there is nothing but frozen

rivers outside. Camping that night at Lake Eaton makes the race seem even more of a recreation of the olden days of canoe and guide boat transportation on the lakes and rivers of the Adirondacks. It is a wonderful Nov 19th we will be have Red Cross opportunity to meet new paddlers and renew friendships from past years. I think the ACC is most of all standard First Aid in Garfield, NJ at about camaraderie. 7-10pm $45.

On the second day the race starts again from Long Lake which Mother Nature “blessed,” once again with a facing wind all the way across the 12-mile Long Lake. Neither was the Raquette River as high as it was last year with an almost pushy current, and in spite of my flying wheels my time for this stage,

4:50.35, was about seven minutes slower than last year.

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SOLO Wilderness First Aid (And Wilderness 1st Responder Re-certs available) Registration for Solo Wilderness First Aid

For Paddlers Snow, rain or shine event

By Wayne Gman th th January 23 and 24 , 2010 (sat,sun), 9:00am-6pm

Course to be held at the Garfield boys and Girls club Garfield, NJ DATE: January 23,24, 2010 TIME: 9am-6pm Saturday, 9am-5pm Sunday. (16 hrs instruction) Instructor: SOLO wilderness courses LOCATION: Garfield Boys and Girls club, (yes this is our Garfield pool session site) Need Info Call: 732-672-1817 290 Midland Ave, Garfield, NJ 07026 973-478-7662 ROOM: Course will be taught in the 2nd Floor conference room. Participant Full Name:______COURSE DISCRIPTION: http://www.soloschools.com/wfa.html REGISTRATION: Address:______Mail a $175.00 check, payable “KCCNY” to: Wayne Gman HOME phone:______CELL phone:______15 Hedgerow Street Piscataway, NJ 08854 Email: ______

QUESTIONS: Call Wayne Gman, 732-672-1817 or EMAIL: [email protected] Years Paddling:____ Highest Class of Water Paddled this year: ______DIRECTIONS: Go to Kccny.com and look up pool sessions. Directions to the Garfield Pool are contained there. Paddling Craft, please circle: Kayak Canoe Raft

SOLO, Wilderness First Aid For Paddlers (kayaks, canoes, and rafters) I ( AM or AM NOT ) an ACA member. (circle one) NEED NOT BE A MEMBER We asked SOLO Wilderness School to tailor us a class for our paddling community. We have requested an instructor that is a class 3-5 boater that is an EMT to instruct Wilderness First Aid for our paddlers. This means Membership Number for the ACA Members:______that our class will get a constant dose of Paddling centered Wilderness 1st Aid without talking about splinting with trekking poles or "Once upon a time hiking the AT...." ACA Membership Expiration Date/month:______(BUT NOTE THE PRINCIPLES DO TRANSLATE TO HIKING OR OTHER WILDERNESS SETTINGS) We want to see students splint a blown shoulder/elbow with a pfd, skirt, and duct tape....that’s the education that translates to a remote river for KCCNY Members and nonmembers. Any Allergy or Medical issues the Instructors need to be aware of?: ______BTW - ALL PADDLERS ARE INVITED!!! ______Solo has agreed to include the shoulder dislocation module from the 2 week Wilderness EMT course at our request. It covers concerns about dislocations and how to put a dislocated shoulder back into the socket for a Participant Signature:______Date: ______rounded knowledge on the subject. Not that we want people to reduce joints back into their sockets at riverside, but knowledge is power to keeping your head to make solid group decisions and hopefully getting a To register please fill out all of the above information and mail this sheet in with your payment made payable to victim ASAP to the ER to reduce the joint. As kccny safety chair I’ve seen this situation confronted by a group KCCNY. $175 about once or twice a year including Zoar Gap, Lower Yough, Upper Yough and Fall Creek. st Wilderness 1 Responder Recerts will cost $15 and be paid directly to the instructor. The course will touch on potential cold water, drowning issues, near drowning, and physical injury that may occur while on the water or just by falling off a boulder while scouting. Mail to: Wayne Gman, 15 Hedgerow Street, Piscataway, NJ 08854

If you are interested in this course please fill out the attached registration sheet and mail it to me with your check.

Registration Sheet (see next page)

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Guardian Angel I struggled with fear for 2 yrs. The way I lost it, was not how I wanted to. My best friend was killed last yr in a motorcycle accident; the life I once lived is changed forever.

When I hit the river this year...the water looked different. My biggest fear was drowning, but losing JP so suddenly made me realize the control we don't have in this life. Nothing I could have said or done, would have changed the events of that day. So now the rivers, are just that, rivers. I don't paddle them trying to survive, but paddle them to have fun. This doesn't mean I suddenly have this great desire to become a class V paddler; I'm still very happy to be where I am...I'm just at peace now. All I want to do is go out there and have a fun day. It's such a cliché, but I know that JP would want me to go on and have fun the rest of my life, just as we did when he was here.

Does this help anyone, sharing these feelings? I don't know. But I do know that a lot of paddlers get anxious when they paddle, when they swim, when they hit a new rapid.... I'm not saying I won't have butterflies in my stomach some days...but I feel that now I carry a guardian angel with me and the knowledge that none of us truly know, when it's our time, so we might as well have as much fun as we can, while we're here.

Lin McLuckie

William McD. Canfield Bill Canfield, 46, died peacefully at home in Kinnelon after a brief battle with cancer. He grew up in Nutley and spent every summer in the North Woods of Maine. He served for six years in the U.S. Navy and was a nuclear engineer aboard the U.S.S. Silversides. For the last 17 years, Bill has been Executive Vice President for Canfield Scientific in Fairfield. Bill was passionate about the outdoors, his friends and his family. He was an avid sportsman and adventurer who loved whitewater kayaking, scuba diving, fishing, rock climbing and hunting.

A memorial service was held at Hudson Farms in Andover on Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 11:00am LAST PRINTED KCCNY NEWSLETTER This issue is the last printed KCCNY newsletter. Due to economical limitations and to be In lieu of flowers, please make donations to LUNGevity Foundation, an organization dedicated to funding lung cancer research and to providing support to those affected by lung cancer able to keep the dues low, we will continue publishing KCCNY newsletter online at http://events.lungevity.org/site/TR/2009TRs/General?team_id=11150&pg=team&fr_id=1910 www.kccny.com and discontinue mailing printed copies.

However, if you have computer access issues or for any other reasons if you would like to continue receiving printed copies of KCCNY newsletter, please e-mail us and we will continue sending you printed copies. Email us at: [email protected] or [email protected]

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WET-FLICKS

Currently we have the following DVDs donated to KCCNY and you can borrow: 1– Kayak Roll - Kent Ford Performance Video http://www.performancevideo.com 2– EJ’s Rolling and Bracing—Erick Jackson http://www.jacksonkayak.com/store/product.cfm?product=rolling-bracing-dvd RIVER RELEASE DATES BY KEN VOYTAC

Dead River, Maine Class II-III & Min = 3000 cfs, aka - 2 turbines Tallulah Falls, Ga (Class IV-V) Basically a 40$ deposit is required in case of replacement of the DVD is needed. IV running means mostly boney rapids Tallulah Gorge to Lake Tugaloo (800-2400cfs= Intermediate, with a fair amount of scraping bottom. (2.5 miles) This is a Class IV-V run Borrow period is for two weeks. $5 will be charged for mailing expenses. 2500-8000cfs Advanced/Expert) Even some rapids that are hard to find and deserves the respect and paddler enough water to float thru. This would Boney below 2400cfs responsibility associated with this be a great run with about 3500 cfs. Oct 3 rating. Oct 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, 31 You will find 5 class III, 6 class IV, 4 Contact Neval Ozturk to borrow DVDs Deerfield River, Dryway, Kennebec River, Maine (Class Class IV+ & 3 class V rapids here. [email protected] Charlemont, Ma, Class IV IV-IV+) Please note, there is no camping Phone before you drive, All dam releases = 2400cfs except inside the park and no shuttle service. 1-800-452,1737, code 255122. Nov 7, 8, 14, 15 Check after 5pm for the next days 6/20, 7/6, 9/12 & 9/26 which = Tohickon Creek, Point Pleasant, paddle. Warning, do not drive without 8000cfs. checking for last minute changes! low = 1500cfs, med = 4000 cfs, PA class III+ SWAP BUY SELL Min flow = 600cfs high = 7000cfs Due to cold water, boaters must also Don't under-estimate this river, there Oct 16 take appropriate precautions to prevent hypothermia. have been many serious injuries on Lehigh River, Whitehaven, Pa Cl Diving Equipment Sale - $300 Nov 7, 8 all the main rapids including Split Hair, II-III Things for Sale 2 Sherwood Tanks, Upper Gauley River, Judy's Hole, Dunbar Brook, False Min release level= 550cfs at the Kokatat Women’s Polartex Power DryLiner, relief Henderson Wetsuit, Tooth, Dragons Tooth and Labrynth. Summersville, WV Class IV-V F.E. Walter Dam. zipper, warm & cozy. Size Medium. $45. Most of these required rescue by Gauley Festival 2009 is Sept 26 Scuba Pro regulator, Planned dam releases are very emergency personnel and surgery. 9.8 miles of class III-IV & IV+ rapids http://www.nrsweb.com/shop/product.asp?pfid=25332& Oceanic Depth & Pressure Gauge, volatile and can change in a deptid=950 Almost all injuries happened to with two class V rapids. Experts only ! Oceanic Boyency Vest, kayakers who did not have a rock matter of hours. Be extra careful in the Initiation Rapid Scuba Pro Jet Fins solid roll and were injured after doing Oct 3, 4, 17, 18 where two people have died and Talic SeaHorse, portable kayak/canoe storage, 21”. 2 a wet exit. Don't be next, if you don't Lower Gauley River, many been trapped. Do not enter or sets of 2. $30 each set or both for $50. Contact Eddie Snutes have a never failing roll don't paddle Summersville, WV Cl III-IV surf the wave in this rapid! http://talic.com/cat21.php [email protected] this river! Oct 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 Oct 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 Oct 10, 11 Mongaup River, Port Jervis, NY Upper Green River, Deerfield River, Fifebrook, Rage-In Wear Dry Top w/ Attached Spray skirt. Class II+ Hendersonville, NC Cl II-III+ Charlemont, Ma Cl II Nov 7 Used once. Small cockpit and Medium Jacket. Fits any Important water quality issues These are boats for sale! Oct 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 All 2009 releases are one turbine Upper Youghiogheny River, kayak with a small deck. This is a great piece of gear! Dagger RPM Max new $600, Deerfield River, Zoar Gap, except 5/16, 7/26, 8/23, 9/20 & Friendsville, Md (Class IV-V) (Wish I could use this on my boat-can’t find anymore) Jackson Super Hero II new $900, Charlemont, Ma Cl III 10/18 which are two turbines. Experts only for this 9.9 mile Great for White Water Kayaks or Touring boats. Latex Eskimo Cerro [river runner] new $500 Oct 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Release time = 11am to 3pm paddle neck and arm gaskets. Red Jacket, black skirt. Email Wavesport 62,mint cond. $500 Farmington River, New Boston, Oct 3, 18, 31 Oct 2, 3, 5, 12 for picture. $65. Ma class III-IV Ocoee River, Middle, Ocoee, Tn West River, Jamaica, Vt Cl III Release level = 250 cfs Also Nissan Altima 2006 with roof racks Cl III+ Water level scale = low 1000cfs, Release levels are definately not Stereo System for Sale 30K miles, $12 K Dam 2 to powerhouse, 5 miles, medium 1500 cfs, high 2500 cfs. class IV! Note: Shuttle in Sept only, no Pioneer VSX-516 Audio/Video Multi-Channel Receiver Contact Mark class III+ Oct 17, 18, 24, 25 Oct 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, other time. Typical release level Pioneer PDF1009, 301Disc CD Changer [email protected] Green River Narrows, NC (Cl IV- 25, 31 =1500 cfs. Dam releases are Pioneer Dual Cassette Deck, CT-1280WR V+) Russel Fork, Haysi, Va (class tentative be sure to check currrent 2 Large Infinity Speakers, 2 Small Infinity Speakers 2.9 miles of 11 full on Class IV-V+ IV-V+) water levels before you drive. All Cables rapids in close succession All 2009 releases = 800cfs except Oct 26 Everything works great. $650 Boat for sale! Nov 7 Oct 24-25. That release level = Hiawassee River, Hiwasee, Tn 1000cfs Email: [email protected], Jackson 2 FUN only used twice $700 Cl II Release times for 2009 = 9:00- Kimberly - 973-784-3702 Contact Andy at [email protected] TVA Apalachia Powerhouse Lower 3:00 section, class II 5.8 miles containing 5 Oct 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 class II & one II+ rapids 168 Harriott Avenue Harrington Park, NJ 07640 We’re on the Web! http://www.kccny.org

WHITEWATER EVENTS AROUND THE CORNER ACA National Paddlesports Conference in October www.americancanoe.org/NationalPaddlesportsConference National Paddlesports Conference of American Canoe Assosication(ACA) is scheduled for October 23- 25 2009 at Fredericksburg Hospitality House & Conference Center - Fredericksburg, VA

2009 Whitewater Symposium http://wwsymposium.com/ 2009 Whitewater Symposium will be held October 2-4 2009 at Zoar Outdoor Charlemont, MA

KCCNY Annual Dinner 2009

Our yearly Annual dinner is scheduled for Saturday, November 21, 2009 at the Hilton in Hasbrouck Heights, NJ. There will be a lot of door prizes, gifts and picture/video presentations of members. Please check the Activities section at www.kccny.com for the place and time of the meeting. There will be executive board meeting prior to the dinner. All members are invited. You can contact John Guarino for the Dinner details. John Guarino [email protected]

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