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I hear that 78 canoe companies sold similar, though thirteen years apart. over 50,000 canoes last year, that 4 mil- Each felt they were being ignored, that lion people went canoeing, that canoe- they must not waste effort on politics ing is second only to skiing in growth but should strike out on their own to rate. I can believe it. America has won- fill the obvious needs. An alert ACA derful rivers that are a public right of could have nipped both secessions. In way through scenic wonders-at once a 1953 the ACA could have financed the challenge to youth and a fulfillment new sport of canoe slalom. But the non- to mature paddlers. They are our finest ACA whitewater clubs financed the wilderness recreational asset at a time gear and then turned down the sugges- when wilderness becomes scarce and tion that entrants must be ACA mem- needed. In the wake of the whitewater bers. In 1955 the AWA, then only an club development comes a popular ex- interclub committee, might never have odus to the rivers. Our national canoe- opened to individual memberships and ing organizations should be rubbing issued a magazine if ACA had asked their hands in glee. But they are not Joe Lacy to be their whitewater editor ready. and had offered a cheap subscription In merrie Eneland there are 300 ca- rate to recreational paddlers. In 1967 noe clubs and tYhe British Canoe Union ACA might have kept the midwest in boasts over 5000 members, this in a its fold by appointing Charlie Moore country with a quarter of our popula- National Marathon Chairman and giv- tion, where canoeing is a recent inno- ing him a budget without waiting to vation, and where flowing rivers are haggle over amending their consti- generally private property keep off. tution. Idle speculation, no doubt, but The per capital participation in canoe the point is you cannot expect the con- organizations in such countries as troling old guard to have the insight Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia is said into new canoeing patterns for such to be even greater. By comparison we bold steps. If it was hard to hold us to- should have 20,000 members in our ca- gether think how much harder it will noe associations and be headed for the be to recombine us. Those who have sat 100,000 mark. Perhaps we can muster through ACA annual meetings grow 2,000 in all three national organizations. faint of heart at the thought. The traditional American canoeist is Suppose for a moment that all the an isolationist. He seeks escape from an AWA and USCA members, over- overpopulated, overly complex world. whelmed with loyalty to the grandest The rivers belong to him because he and oldest canoe organization in the found them. Alas, the dam builders, world, were to give up their own hard- sewage dumpers, stink potters, and earned traditions and defect 100 per bulldozers all have plans for the same cent to the ACA. I think the result rivers. The paddlers had better wake would be tragic. All the extra officers up and get together. would stop working and go back to Small groups do wake up, become paddling. ONE ORGANIZATION RUN upset, and take action. In 1954 a group BY AMATEURS IN THEIR SPARE formed the American Whitewater Af- TIME CANNOT BE BIG ENOUGH TO filiation and did a wonderful job of DO THE FULL JOB. Indeed, I predict promoting the infant whitewater sport. the birth of more national canoe un- In 1967 another group formed the ions as groups become unhappy about United States Canoe Association and special problems that all present na- are making canoe history in the promo- tional groups are neglecting. I also pre- tion of marathon racing and general dict the rise of state canoe associations. river running in the Midwest. These Many states will have fifty to a hun- breaks with the old American Canoe dred clubs and will need to give proper Association (ne 1880) were remarkably attention to state regulations, local

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CONSERVATION V. P. LEGAL V. P. LIAISON V. P. Legislation Canoeing rights ICF Wild Rivers Boating- laws ARC Clean Streams BSA GSA Camping Assoc. State Canoe Assoc. Special Canoe Assoc. laws, water control, stream pollution, other who could give full effort to the and such. Perhaps you can begin to Federation Committee, perhaps an ex- foresee the magnitude of the duties that commodore or ex-executive secretary. must be assumed by a national federa- The first job is to find a professionai tion embracing all associations and Editor for a joint magazine. Combined clubs. circulation might be high enough that Each vice president would have a job advertising would pay for the maga- bigger than the top job today. Each of zine. The publisher should be someone the twenty-five committees would be who puts out similar magazines so he truly a committee and national - not already has contacts with suitable ad- just a chairman as often happens today. vertisers and also can try putting the Selecting, guiding, and inspiring so magazine on the newsstands. If archery many cannot be done by one man in his and other obscure sports can do it why spare time. It needs a paid director and can't we? The present editors are all a paid editor. I envision a national of- needed as contributing editors -the fice with an address that comes easily fun without the headaches. They would to paddlers, like "Ely," or "Salida," or now divide the competition and recrea- "Jamaica." All we need is enough thou- tion material between them and coop- sands of members to finance these erate instead of compete. services so we can attract enough thou- The magazine would carry all three sands of members. I feel we are looking titles, all three organization names. at a point on the other rim of the Grand Dues would evolve to be about the Canyon. We know just where we want same. Gradually the privileges of each to be but can't possibly get there from organization would be extended to the here. Or can we? members of all. When the membership Suppose we don't attempt to amend became large enough there would be by-laws in endless annual meetings. money for a joint director-the maga- Suppose we just evolve intelligently to zine would hopefully be almost self- where we want to be with our existing supporting. Having arrived on the far rules. By mutual consent the heads of rim of the canyon we could then con- the three national canoe organizations sider rewriting the Constitutions. could form a "Canoe Federation Com- There seems little doubt that the mittee" to cooperate and better meet joint magazine would help us all. Let's their objectives. Each head would sit start down the road without further on the committee and also appoint an- delay and see how far it will lead.

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American WHITEWATER Souse Holes- The Ins and Outs By Jim Sindelar and Walt Harvest The souse hole, suck hole or reversal tainly to avoid large holes, by careful is perhaps the one thing seasoned white choice of route and by maintaining suf- water boaters fear most, and certainly ficient forward speed to punch through is a dangerous situation. It is, of course, holes that are run. The following ad- the area of extreme turbulence directly vice is meant to be applied in the event downstream of an obstacle over which both of the above have failed. water is flowing. As the falling water Upon entering and being stopped by hits the surface of the water below, it a hole, the basic shape of it (a trough) splits into two components: the one quickly causes the boat to broach and forms a current that goes deep and often to tip over as well. If a boater gradually comes to the surface a dis- reaches a point in a rapid where it is tance downstream. The other, danger- impossible to avoid a hole which he ous component curls back on itself in a feels certain will stop him, the best "reflex boil" near the surface. This thing to do is to use any time left to phenomenon can exist in almost any INSURE that the direction of broach- water to some degree but usually be- ing will be to his advantage. If broach- comes dangerous only on large rivers ing seems inevitable, the best contin- with a flow rate of 1000 cfs or better, gency plan is to turn the boat at an angle for it is only then that the power of the of 20 degrees or so relative to the cur- reversal is sufficient to stop a boater's rent, so that when the boat DOES downstream progress and hold and broach, the boater's strong side will be tumble him in its maw. downstream. Then a combination down- There have been a number of facts stream brace and forward stroke, along and old wives' tales circulated about with any remaining forward speed, such places, and listed below are a may provide a relatively painless number of thoughts, some of which means of escaping. Even if the escape have been around for a long time, but fails, the boater is likely to be well all of which have been successfully braced to fight the battle to follow on tried at various times by the authors terms most favorable to him, and he or their boating acquaintances on probably will have been able to avoid northern California rivers. tipping over as well. Reversals can first be classified into While braced downstream in a hole, two types; the distinction is basic, and the boater may find that the water will directly related to the problem of es- sometimes cause the boat to bounce caping. The first type is formed by rhythmically, and he can USE this na- some object such as a boulder in the tural motion by putting in power center of the river. The hole thus strokes to reinforce the amplitude of formed has fast water flowing by on the bounces. The power strokes should both sides, and "end effects" where the be timed to give an extra push on the turbulent water of the reversal meets part of the cycle when the bcat is the fast water of the jets on either side. closest to being out (same technique The second type extends, for all prac- as "rocking" a stuck automobile). tical purposes, across the entire river If you have capsized, the trick is to (for example a check dam) and has maintain your orientation and get the no such end effects. This is what the downstream paddle out in a brace, fluid dynamics people call the "two- which will usually at least bring your dimensional case." head up for a breath. Once up, the most Escape from holes of both types will obvious way out of either type of hole be considered in order of desirability- is to lean as far downstream as possible that is first, in your boat and second, on a high brace and attempt to pull the swimming. The first instruction is cer- boat' straight over the top of the re-

VOL. XVl / 1 versal-or through it. This is often seen the spray skirt will admit water, mak- on trips as the better boaters play with ing the boat ride enough lower to wash "baby" souse holes. This method doesn't out, but the value of this is question- often work on larger ones, as the hold- able on two counts. First, if the boat is ing power is just too great and the re- properly equipped with r~~dernflota - suit could well be a broken paddle tion, it shouldn't take on a lot of water, shaft or a dislocated shoulder. Often and second, if there are appreciable a tipover will, by virtue of the area of rapids downstream the probably the boater's body and paddle exposed won't be Or to the deep jet, wash boat and boater enough (even with float bags) to finish out of the hole as a unit. ~h~~ if it is the rapid or reach shore if You do get not possible to escape right side up, a the and you soon be deliberate capsize is definitely worth a swimming anyway. try. One can help things out (while If the reversal is not two-dimensional, upside down but before attempting to it MAY be possible to work the boat roll) by reaching down as deeply as out the nearest end. If you have man- possible with the paddle and hanging aged to roll your head up, you may be on for dear life. The signal that one has able to power toward the end on your escaped is that the extreme turbulence angled bracing strokes (tricky) or if and buffeting subside--THEN roll. For you're upside down, it is worth taking the two-dimensional case, this is about a power stroke or two underwater (if the limit of the possibilities while in you have enough breath and orienta- the boat. tion to know which way it IS to the It has been suggested that popping closest end). The orientation is, of

6 American WHITEWATER course, a question. Vision in the froth unsymmetrical, and the chances of IT and turbulence is not much help, al- being bounced out the end of a hole though sunlight on the water will us- are much better than Ihc.sc of a person ually establish which way is up. Re- alone. Having se-r; a numbcr cf boats membering your situation as you went and boaters in holw of various kinds, in may help (which way you broached, we think it is unusual for a boat to stay which jet was closer). in a hole as long as its occupant, if the If after trying those things you are width of the hole does not greatly ex- nearly out of breath and still in the ceed the boat's length. It usually is hole, it is time to bail out (30 seconds bounced out one end or another iather without air is a long time for most quickly. Several people have been people to keep their cool). At this point pulled out of such places by their boats. the distinction between the two- and One particularly cool fellow who HAD three-dimensional cases becomes very let go cf his boat was being held arid important. In the two-dimensional case, buffeted in a hole on the Eel River. He the only possibility is now to leave the chanced to look up, saw the outline of boat and dive down and out. This CAN his boat above him and grabbed the be done with most life jackets, and re- grab loop, and it pulled him on out. taining your lifejacket is certainly to Besides the fact that the boat is likely be preferred, if there are rapids of con- to pull you out, if you and the boat are sequence downstream between you and being tumbled independently it is the first likely rescue spot. The authors likely to bash into you at the possible personally have dived out of a couple expense of some teeth. Furthermore, a of beauties wearing the equivalent of boat with 15 cubic feet of air for flota- Flotherchoc lifejackets, and have seen tion is an extremely valuable com- others do the same. The forces of the panion for the swim that will likely water are so great that the lifejacket follow once you are out of the hole (as doesn't seem to be much of a handicap. long as you stay on the upstream end). The best advice is NOT to fight to the If you can maintain your hold on the surface. You will generally be circu- boat, the chances of your being at or lated upstream to the drop itself by the near the surface are much improved, reversal action and then the falling and the boat should provide enough water will force you back down. You support to let you raise your head clear may be able to recognize this point in for some air periodically. Without ex- the cycle as it is usually when the buf- ception, the boaters we've seen who feting and turbulence are maximum; if have had a bad swim spent more time so, you should help the water take you under water than on top, even WITH a deep by swimming or diving at that lifejacket. Even most of the diehard time. The deeper you go, the better Western boaters have finally come over your chances of washing out the bot- and now wear lifejackets in heavy tom. Because of the consequences of a water. Class IV or V swim with no lifejacket, Our advice, then, could be condensed and because of the instances in which as follows. Do your best to avoid big we have observed people get out with holes. Failing this, try to get out IN jackets, we believe that shedding your your boat-pull out downstream, pull lifejacket is generally undesirable and out the end, or tip over and wash out should be done, if ever, only as an ab- if possible. If you must bail out, unless solute last resort. the hole is behind a dam or weir, hang For the three-dimensional case such on to the end of the boat and the as a boulder with fast water flowing chances are it will take you out. If this around on either side, the better choice fails, or if the reversal is two-dimen- may be to make certain that in bailing sional, the only way out is to dive out out, you DO NOT LOSE CONTACT the bottom. WITH THE BOAT and somehow work Extreme turbulence probably means your way out to a grab loop after bail- you are being held in, and subsidance ing out. A 13-foot boat with full flota- of same is the best clue that you are tion and a person on one end is very out. And wear the lifejacket.

VOL. XVI / 1 A WHITEWATER PARK? (See page 20, Vol. XIV, Issue No. 2, American White Water)

GIANT SPADES MOVE EARTH - The brass band in their colorful March of Triumph and Olympic Activi- country costumes are playing with in- ties at the Groundbreaking ceremony tensive vigor. Now is the time! To the of the world's first Canoe Slalom tunes of the Triumphant March from Course at Augsburg, Germany. Verdi's opera "Aida," the ground was There is paddling behind the woods. broken. A boy and a girl in a polyester C-2 are The "spade," a yellow monster on playing the rapids. The waters of the 6%-foot-diameter wheels with a giant river Lech are foaming icy green hungry scoop powered by a tremendous through the Ice-Canal. A control re- engine was set into motion by a push lease lock provides the desired turbu- of a button by Mayor Wolfgang Pepper lence for the whitewater boaters. of the city of Augsburg. The bulldozer This stretch of river near the city now digs into the ground, lifts several of Augsburg, Germany appears dreamy. tons of earth into the air and spews If you appreciate fine scenery you will it onto the meadows. find enjoyment here. It is hard to Nine of these giants are standing by imagine that between river banks now and are awaiting the command to studded with ash, chestnut and lime move in. The biggest of them is capa- trees, in less than two years competi- tors at their best will vie for Olympic medals. Olympic type activities are already very much in evidence along the sluice. slalom The parking field in the meadows is slowly filling as a loosely grouped white crowd of spectators arrive for the groundbreaking ceremony. S e v e r a 1 water hundred have arrived, some out of curiosity, others because of sports in- paddlers terests and others because of profes- sional or political reasons. The mayor $9.85 of the city of Augsburg is also present. The organizing committee of the Olym- add postage pic Games arrived in almost full com- plement from Munich, only a short dis- tance away. A rostrum decorated in WATER MEISTER SPORTS grass green had been erected. No such affair seems complete without the Flotherchoc vests Slalom & down- necessary speeches. The National and river C- 1, C-2's * All models of K- 1 's City colors were blowing ever so light- include junior size Old Town & Pavel ly in the breeze. Six sky-blue Olympic Bone Paddles - spoon, flat, asym- Banners with their spiral emblem were hanging almost motionless; the theme metrical competition - both single of the fabric appearing too heavy. and double blades, glass or wood A TV technician drags the cable from Kayak-canoe carriers Flotation the mobile studio to the microphone. bags Canoe-kayak trophies and The groundbreaking ceremony for the Canoe Slalom Course of the 1972 Olym- iewelry 35mm water-proof sports pic Games cannot proceed without camera Wet suits proper TV coverage; meanwhile a grandfather tries to still his grandchild P.O. Box 5026 Ft. Wayne, Ind. 46805 with a bottle.

American WHITEWATER ble of lifting 5% tons of earth with Obstacles along the entire course one move of its scoop. After a few must be installed for the five canoe- moments the first fleet of trucks is slalom competitions. The depth of the already rolling away loaded with water will vary from 18 inches to 4% earth. In a few days the now appeal- feet and should run at a speed of 17 ing scenery of the Ice-Canal will have feet per second. Before the start of the less attractive appearance of a construction ten weeks of trials were construction site as 15,000 tons of earth run on a model lay-out course at a is being moved. ratio of 1 : 22. The Ice-Canal will ultimately be The construction of the Olympic utilized as start and finish line of the Course is planned for completion in Olympic Slalom Course. The center December 1971. The costs are estimated will be completely rebuilt. It will re- at four and a quarter million dollars. quire 14,000 cubic tons of concrete for For that the course will probably not the world's first Canoe Slalom Sta- be better than the present sluice, but dium, where they expect to have build- far more "Olympic." ings providing 830,000 cubic feet of Taken from the "Frankfurter Allgemeiee space. Zeitung" Sports Sectioq Tuesday, July 21, Facilities for about 30.000 s~ectators 1970. Article by Steffen Haffner,translated by will be provided along 'the 600-yard- Ed Alexander. long course, with 10,000 grandstand seats of which 4,000 will be under cover. An administration building, a HAUTHAWAY KAYAKS center for news services, as well as ten 640 Boston Post Rd. permanent and ten temporary boat Weston, Mass. 021 93 houses, are being erected. Competitors' Touring, Slalom, Downriver and Junior Models housing will be grandiose, with the Paddles Spray Covers Life Vests latest in health and sanitary facilities, Flotation Bags Canoe Paddles dressing rooms and lounges.

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VOL. XVI / 1 9 \Vhitewater In New England By John P. Wilson, Lancaster, N. H. One problem with whitewater in requirements of the large paper com- New England is that though there are panies downriver have created a huge plenty of streams during April and reservoir in the Rangeley Lakes chain, May, the streams soon run out in the a system of large lakes which can be late spring and the choice is limited. drawn down to supply a constant flow In April and May, the dangers are of water on the river year-round. The greater due to cold water temperatures system of lakes makes the Rangeley and erratic fluctuation of the streams Lakes a center for flat water activities, due to snow melt. On a warm after- while the rivers draining the lakes: the noon the river can easily come up three Magalloway, the Rapid and the Andro- or four feet higher than it was in the scoggin offer reliable and exciting morning. whitewater runs in the summer months In running whitewater races and when other streams are nothing more trips for the last four years in the than irrigated rock gardens. The con- White Mts. region of New Hampshire, trol of the river for the Rangeley Lakes I have become convinced this is an ex- has made the Androscoggin one of the cellent activity to be further developed. best regulated rivers in the world so It brings a group of people who are that at no time is there a low water compatible with a mountainous envir- stage on the river. It is used not only onment, who enjoy the outdoors, work by whitewater enthusiasts but also by to keep it clean and fight to preserve fishermen who, though the water is unspoiled river stretches. usually high, find plenty of good areas It has been claimed that whitewater for wading and casting. is the fastest growing sport in America With the exception of the Connecti- today. About 250,000 new canoes are cut and the Androscoggin, no other manufactured yearly and the rate is rivers in N. H. have any storage ability accelerating. In 1972 whitewater sla- at their headwaters and, therefore, can- lom racing will be part of the Olympic not be used during the warm months events. This inclusion should result in which is the most enjoyable time to an explosive growth of the sport. pursue whitewater activities. Though people are reproducing and Today it is not possible to create an- whitewater fans are growing, the num- other Rangleley Lakes system in New ber of good canoeable rivers is steadily Hampshire, but in planning future declining. The demands for more water smaller impoundments in the region, storage and better flood control will some provision should be made for continue to create more dams which whitewater canoeing. If certain stretches usually are located on the best stretches of rapids are to be taken away for im- of white water rapids. One answer to poundments, other stretches should be the problem of supply and demand lies improved for whitewater activities. in expanding our concept of the multi- Parts of the river should be preserved use management for our water re- forever through the creation of state sources. Multi-use to the average dam parks or national scenic rivers. builders means making a recreation One possibility in the design of new lake for swimming and motor boating impoundments would be to have them and supplying a certain amount of able to discharge water on a scheduled water for downstream industrial use, basis to provide a downriver run for plus flood control and/or electricity. canoeists. If an impoundment had a One of the best examples of the good stretch of rapids immediately be- multi-use is the Androscoggin River low it, possibly a four to six-hour flush system from its source to Berlin, N. H. at a moderately high level would pro- Below Berlin there is one use only and vide an adequate depth for whitewater that is for sewerage. Above Berlin the activity on the river. If a number of

American WHITEWATER 1 LIKED IT BETTER WHEN WE ~d5THELD 3L1P PALE A7 ANY OLD WATER LEVEL, IN5TEAD OF WAITING FOR THE ENGINEER5 TO OPEN f THE GATE5 AT THE DAM.

such impoundments were available it water as a dangerous sport, somewhat might be possible to provide a continu- akin to rock climbing and sky diving. ous schedule of canoeable rivers in the They aren't too interested in develop- summer, one being run each day. The ing or preserving the more difficult important thing would be to announce whitewater runs in the area. At the well in advance the schedule of run- same time they advocate encourage- ning the rivers so that the canoeists ment of family canoeing on lakes or could plan ahead to be ready at the streams with mild currents. In reality, right time to go down with the advanced whitewater canoeing and discharge. kayaking is an activity very similar to Another possibility is the use of ex- skiing involving about the same danger isting dams for discharges for white and physical exertion. Family skiing is water runs. There are numerous older not necessarily confined to the small, dams still holding water in the region easy mountains. In fact, many families but unused for power. With certain im- use only the larger, steeper mountains provements and repairs it might be because it accommodates the skiing de- possible to make some of them oper- sires of the whole family. The same is ative so that they could flush water at true of whitewater: the interest in the certain scheduled times. sport is in navigating a variety of riv- Another possibility is the regulation ers and consistently challenging the of reservoirs which store water for hy- more difficult ones as your skill drodams downstream. Power companies improves. in Maine are conscious of the demand Recently with the production of a of canoeists and try to regulate their two-thirds size children's kayak, young- flows if economically possible to ac- sters between the ages of seven and commodate canoeists. Most of the power twelve have taken up the sport and companies in New Hampshire insist they love it. Youngsters and families, that the flow of water can never be women and oldsters all can enjoy white altered and are regulated by computers water. The problem in the next ten downstate. years probably will not be the lack of Another problem I have found is that participants but the lack of facilities many planners developing comprehen- available for use. Therein lies the sive recreation studies view white challenge.

VOL. XVI / 1 OLYMPIC REPORT By Jay Evans Member of the U. S. Olympic Canoeing and Kayaking Committee Rumors have a curious way of circu- quarters, changing rooms, saunas and lating around the globe with incredible restaurants. Olympic team members speed. For the past several months will live at the Olympic Village in there has been much talk about the Munich and will commute the 30 kilom- possibility of Whitewater Sport being eters to the race site at Augsburg. The included in the 1972 Olympic Games in Games are scheduled to run from Au- Munich. Separating fact from fiction is gust 26 to September 10, 1972 with the not easy in these confusing times, but whitewater slalom events taking place the following is the latest and most re- on the 29th and the 30th. liable information that I have been We are told that upwards of 800 mil- able to gather: lion people will be able to watch and In June the International Olympic hear the events over 60 TV channels Committee meeting in Warsaw decided and 110 radio stations around the world. that Whitewater Slalom would be in- For both the flat water and whitewater cluded at the Olympic Games to be races the Germans plan on using 119 held in Munich in 1972. It was decided officials. further that Whitewater Slalom would Since news of these exciting devel- be considered as a full-scale event - opments has already crossed the ocean not as a demonstration as originally our own U. S. Olympic organization discussed. It was also decided that only has not been standing still. In order to slalom racing would be included - not accommodate whitewater slalom tnree wildwater (downriver). Next, it was peoplc were nominated and elected to decided that the C-2M class would not serve on an expanded U. S. Olympic be included, and, the latest information Canoeing and Kayaking Committee. I have indicates that the team races These people include Dick Bridge, long (originally scheduled) will not be held. a spearhead in racing in the Washing- Therefore, at the present time we can ton, D. C. area with the Canoe Cruisers count on four classes being represented: Association; Mark Fawcett of the Buck K-1, K-lW, C-1, and C-2 with three Ridge Ski Club and A.C.A. National competitors each plus one alternate Slalom Chairman; and yours truly, 1969 each for the K-1, K-1W and C-1 classes U. S. Team Coach. This 13-man Games and three teams of two individuals each Committee is responsible for the de- plus an alternate team of two persons velopment of canoeists and for team for C-2. All of this adds up to an Olym- preparation. The Committee has al- pic Whitewater squad of 15 individual ready worked on and approved of the team members plus five alternates. It is U. S. Olympic Whitewater Team Selec- interesting to note that after the above tion Method for 1972. This selection was decided the East Germans promptly system will be discussed in detail in dropped both wildwater racing and the my next column. This committee is also C-2M class for international competi- responsible for choosing the coach and tions to focus their considerable talents manager for the team and the commit- and energies, I suspect, on the remain- tee is already studying and considering ing classes with a direct eye toward various names. The British, however, Munich in 1972. are one step ahead of us; their manag- After some shilly shallying around ers and trainers have already been between the cities of Augsburg and picked. Hopefully by late spring I'll Munich it was finally settled that the have more information regarding the emergence of whitewater slalom as a slalom events will take place on the Eis full-fledged Olympic sport. Canal in Augsburg. A spanking brand (First in a series of quarterly col- new whitewater stadium seating up to umns by Jay Evans devoted to develop- 30,000 spectators will be erected along ments concerning Olympic Whitewater the course together with special team Sport for 1972.)

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VOL. XVl / 1 mentioned, including the one at the runner will enter river mileages from mouth of White Canyon, which would the USGA river surveys-which are be close to full of water again at maxi- now difficult to come by-on to up to mum reservoir level (Vol. 11). date topographic maps. Would that the Rapids are mostly listed, but not ex- USGS would include these on their new tensively treated, and rightly so, as quadrangles! And they might do so- they change over the years and of the new Split Mountain quadrangle course at varying stages of the rivers. carries names (and correctly) for the There is valuable data on the rapids in major rapids. Cataract Canyon, including those flood- What we really need are strip maps, ed out by Lake Powell- and a con- such as have been available in Europe venient listing of the major rapids in for their most travelled rivers since Marble and Grand Canyons. Rapids are the 1920s, showing mileages, bridges. graded on a 1-10 scale, rather than on towns, roads, campgrounds, rapids and the I-VI scale successfully used every- danger spots, sights to see, and so forth. where else, including Europe. This And on waterproof paper! As said in seems somewhat over-precise, and the the Guides, there has been a great grades are not defined. One wonders growth in recent years in river travel what advantage it could have. in the canyons of the West, so much so The historical data on Indians and that this would now help our sport explorers, prospectors and settlers, out- tremendously. laws and river runners is most inter- Publication of the Guides has been esting. Much of it is from standard made possible by Powell Society Ltd., sources, but there are also nuggets a non-profit organization devoted to the from unusual sources or from personal canyons of the West, and rivers in gen- observation - the sad fate of James eral, and the publication of relevant Mooney of Mooney Falls, horse-thiefery material. More power to them. We are and moonshining on the Tanner Trail, all in their debt. Their Vol. IV, on Des- the aeroplane crash of June 1956 on olation and Grey Canyons, is eagerly Chuar Butte, and observations on the awaited. -T. C. B. doin's at Lee's Ferry and Phantom Ranch nowadays-"like camping in a city park" (all Vol. 111). Traveller's in- JR. SIZE K-1 -MINOR scriptions in Cataract Canyon are pre- All other Klepper models in stock; com- cisely located, and many are repro- plete line of accessories, paddles, and duced-a most valuable service (Vol. Sawyer canoes. 11). Diamond Mountain is correctly de- WOLF T -and A scribed as not being the scene of the 109 E. Superior Ft. Wayne, Ind. 46802 Diamond Hoax of 1872, which has now been located some miles to the north- east (Vol. 11). There is some guesswork or questionability, notably the unlikely Klepper Folding Boats Enjoy Western rivers, association of Butch Cassidy and his lakes and waterways. Wild Bunch with cabins in Little Hole Many models to choose from! and on Fort Bottom, no doubt because Write for free catalog. of the recent publicity on these attrac- THE SKI HUT tive desperados. 161 5 University Ave., The volumes include reference lists Berkeley 3, California of sources, and photographs-including some from the USGS expedition of 1923 and a few charming ones from Powell. KLEPPER FOLDING BOATS Many modern photographs are unfor- OLD TOWN CANOES tunately loaded up with inscriptions KAYAKS SAIL BOATS denoting the geology. Write for catalogs Maps are sketch maps only, with CLYDE R. SEELINGER mileages indicated every five miles. As Dept. AW, 21 1 1 Erie, North K. C., Mo. 641 16 stated in the Guides, the serious river

American WHITEWATER New Slalom Rules for 1971 Introduction by John R. Sweet Recently the International Canoe All boats must be used without Federation passed extensive revisions rudder. to the slalom racing rules, to take effect In order to preserve the traditional January 1, 1971. Some of the most im- shape of the Canadian Canoe, the high- portant changes are: est point of all cross sections of the 1. C-1 minimum width reduced to canoe shall not be higher than the high- 70 cm. for both slalom and wildwater. est points of the stem and stern. These 2. Free gates eliminated. highest points of the stem and stern 3. 100 second penalty reduced to 50. shall not be more than 30 cm from the 4. 50 second penalty reduced to 20 corresponding extreme end. under certain conditions. It is not permissible to make the 5. Repeated attempts at a gate is not boats meet the above dimensions by the penalized under certain conditions. addition of wooden extensions or by The October 1970 Bellefonte, Pa., sla- similar means. The boats must be de- lom was run under these new rules as a signed to and remain within the re- trial for next year. Several problems quired dimensions. Any boat which and uncertain situations came up, does not conform to these dimensional which will have to be clarified by the requirements shall not be accepted. I.C.F. Most of them involved judging From 1 January 1973 onwards only under items 4 and 5 above. minimum length and width remain en- Following are excerpts from the rules forced. All other constructional re- covering the portions necessary for all quirements will no longer apply. competitors and judges. Omitted sec- tions deal primarily with organization 9. SAFETY: of the race, such as duties of officials, a) All boats must be made unsink- invitations, etc. The complete rules will able and handholds must be fitted at be printed up and will be made avail- stem and stern. These can be in the able for race organizers and others with form of loops or toggles or a line run- an interest in the nitty-gritty details. ning the length of the boat from stem It should be emphasized that the to stern. Loops must be large enough rules herein are those officially adopted to allow the entire hand to pass through by the I.C.F., and must be followed at them, and the cord from which they are all races in 1971. The interpretation of made must have a minimum diameter the rules is in some cases unclear. This of 6 mm. will be the subject of a later article b) If the Organizers so decide, each after consultation with the I.C.F. to as- competitor shall wear a safety helmet sure uniformity between the United and a life jacket with a minimum buoy- States and Europe. ancy of 6 Kg. Competitors failing to observe such decision shall be refused Rules for Canoe Slalom: the right to start. Valid from 1 January 1971 C) Competitors must at all times be 1. OBJECT: Slalom is a competition in a position to free themselves imme- the object of which is to negotiate a diately from their boats. course in rapids, defined by gates, with- d) In all cases competitors participate out fault in the shortest possible time. at their own risk. Neither the I.C.F. 2. BOATS: Slalom is carried out in the nor the Organizers can be held respon- following boat types: sible for accidents or material damage a) K-1: Minimum length 4.00 m.; which may occur during a slalom. Minimum width 0.60 m. Every Official is required to observe b) C-1: Minimum length 4.00 m.; that these safety measures are adhered Minimum width 0.70 m. to, and to prevent boats or competitors c) C-2: Minimum length 4.58 m.; from starting if they fail to meet the Minimum width 0.80 m. requirements in this respect.

VOL. XVI / 1 11. NUMBERS: In C-2 the front man The competitor must not intention- wears the number. Each competitor is ally push aside a pole in order to responsible for his starting number. pass through the gate. 12. THE COURSE: The course shall The boats of a team must negotiate have a maximum length of 800 meters the team gate within 15 seconds. measured from the start through all A faultless negotiation occurs if boat the gates to the finishing line. It shall and body have passed through be- contain at least 25 and not more than tween the poles (gateline) in the 30 gates, of which at least 4 are reverse direction indicated by the colors gates and only one a Team gate. The and neither pole has been touched last gate shall be at least 25 meters by boat, body, or paddle. above the finishing line. The finishing The negotiation of a gate is com- line must be clearly marked on both pleted when boat and body have left sides. the gate line in the direction of travel The Organizers are advised to design indicated. the course in such a manner that a B. JUDGING: smooth flowing run is possible without 1) No Penalty-Negotiation of a gate criss-crossing or excessive restriction without touching. of competitors. The gates should not be too close to each other in order that 2) 10 seconds penalty - Touching one they can be executed and judged pole from inside. correctly. 3) 20 seconds penalty-Touching both 14. GATES: All gates shall be num- poles from inside. bered in the order of their negotiation, 4) 20 seconds penalty -Touching a and painted . . . according to the di- gate from outside followed by ne- rection of negotiation: gotiation according to Article 15A. ree en-always to the right of the 5) 50 seconds penalty -Touching a competitor. gate from outside without subse- Red-always to the left of the quent negotiation according to Ar- competitor. ticle 15A. The width of the gates is 1.2 m mini- 6) 50 seconds penalty - Intentional mum and 3.5 m maximum. The poles pushing aside of a pole in order to must be round and at least 2 m long pass through the gate. and 3.5 to 5.0 cm in diameter. The bot- 7) 50 seconds penalty-Exceeding 15 tom ends of the poles must be as near seconds in negotiating Team gate. to the water surface as possible but must on no account be brought into 8) 50 seconds penalty - Eskimo roll movement by the waves. The poles are within the gate, whether or not the painted over their entire length with 5 body has crossed the gate line. white and 5 red or green rings, the ring 9) 50 seconds penalty-Negotiation of nearest the water always being white. a gate contrary to the color indica- 15. NEGOTIATION and JUDGING: All tions according to Article 15A 2. gates must be negotiated in numerical 10) 50 seconds penalty - Gate missed order and in the direction of travel out (omitted). The boat passes out- indicated by the colors. side the gate without touching. A A. Negotiation: In order that nego- gate is only regarded as definitely tiation of a gate is judged as COR- missed out when the competitor RECT, the following conditions must be continues down the course or observed: touchees the next following gate in A pole must not be touched when the numerical order. the boat is outside the gate. 11) 50 seconds penalty-Repeated at- The gate must be negotiated in ac- tempt at a gate after the body of cordance with the colors and (if ap- the competitor has crossed the gate plicable) the "R" sign. line. (That means, once the com- The body (in C-2 the bodies) of the petitor has crossed the gate line he competitor(s) must pass through be- must continue in the indicated di- tween the poles. rection of travel.)

American WHITEWATER Passing underneath a pole without team contest the whole team is dis- touching (undercutting) is not pena- qualified for that heat and must leave lized. the course. Repeated attempts at a gate without 18. TIIMING: The time of a run is taken touching is not penalized provided the from the moment the stem passes the body of the competitor has not crossed starting line to the moment the clearly the gate line. marked finishing line is cut by any If during undercutting of a high- part of the boat. hanging pole the boat is lifted in such Crossing the finishing line upside a way that the pole touches the deck down disqualifies. The boat is regarded ahead of the body and is then deflected as upside down when the whole of the inwards so that the boat is outside the competitor's torso is under water. gate, this constitutes an outside touch. 21. CLEARING THE COURSE: If a If on the other hand during under- competitor is caught up by the follow- cutting of a high-hanging pole the boat ing boat he must give way if the gate is lifted in such as way that the pole is judge gives repeated short blasts on his deflected outwards so that the boat is whistle. If a competitor has been hin- inside the gate with correct color pre- dered by another boat he may repeat sentation, this is an inside touch. his run with the authority of the Chief If when approaching a gate the stem Judge. (stern in the case of a reverse gate) 23. DEAD HEAT: In the event of two makes point contact with a pole, the or more competitors or teams obtaining following rule applies: the same result, their order shall be a) If the pole swings back in such a decided by the better of the two non- way that the boat is inside the counting runs. gate with correct color presenta- 24. LOSS OF PADDLE: If a competitor tion, this is an inside touch. If the loses or breaks a paddle, only a spare opposite occurs it is an outside carried on the boat may be used. In touch. team events the spare paddle of an- b) If the pole swings high over the other member of the team may be used. head of the competitor, in doubt- ful cases he is given the benefit Reprints of this article are available of an inside touch. from: John R. Sweet Gate missed out (omitted): If a gate 118 S. Buckhout St. is negotiated out of numerical order State College, Pa. 16801 with 0, 10, 20, or 50 penalties, the fol- lowing rule applies: Single copy: 106 plus self-addressed stam~edenvelope. a) One single gate missed out. This is penalized as omitted, 50 seconds 12 copies: $1.00 postpaid penalty. Any penalty obtained on 50 copies: $3.00 postpaid the gate attempted out of order Orders without correct remittance stands. will be ignored. b) Two or more gates missed out: Editor's note on the new ICF slalom The penalty on the gate negoti- rules. ated out of order can be nullified Some additional background on the by turning back and negotiating ICF and the new slalom rules: the ICF one or more of the gates left out. is the International Canoe Federation, For each gate left out 50 seconds and it is the official governing body for penalty are given. all competitive canoeing and kayaking 16. CAPSIZE: The Eskimo roll is not activities. It is made up of representa- regarded as a capsize. In team races the tives from the 30 member nations who members of a team may help each participate in the sports involved, which other to roll up. If a competitor leaves include Olympic flatwater events as his boat he is disqualified for that heat. well as our whitewater events, and He must immediately make for the perhaps some others as well. nearest bank and leave the course. If a The new rules were drafted by the member of a team leaves his boat in a ICF Slalom Committee about a year

VOL. XVI / 1 17 Gail Minnick and Tom Jack at Elora, Ontario, Canada (1967) Photo by J. Pennell, Harvard, Mass. ago. At that time, this committee con- this to inches gives .236 inches, which sisted of 9 members, from E. Germany, would require one-fourth-inch rope if W. Germany, France, England, Lux- standard U. S. rope were used. This is embourg, Austria, Switzerland, Czecho- considerably larger than the bits of slovakia, and Yugoslavia. The rules packing twine and parachute cord often were routinely approved by the whole seen on competitors' boats presently. ICF congress (U. S. included) at the . meeting which was held in Copenhagen .ASSIFIED ADVERTISING on the 3rd and 4th of August, 1970. . -- - Also at that meeting Bill Riley was College-Age Kayak and/or Canoe In- elected as the first U. S. representative structors wanted in England and on the slalom committee. Thus, al- France for short or long periods be- though we had no voice in the drafting tween A~ril-Oct.,Write P.G.L.9 Ad- ventures Ltd., Ross-on-Wye, Hfds., of rules presented here, we will have Great Britain. our say on any future changes. -- The rules came to us in the form of 6 Different Back Issues-Am. White- a British translation of the official water Journal, 6-Pack "D", $2.50, Bx French or German text via John Sweet. $584, San Bruno, Cal. 94066 -- A One other note of interest: the rules Classified Ad Rates, Am. Whitewater state that the grab loops on the boats Journal, 20C per word; send ad and must be made from cord having a mini- check to Ad Mgr., H. Eble, 19 Oakvale mum diameter of 6 mm. Converting Ave., Berkeley, Cal. 94705.

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VOL. XVl / 1 19 SO YOU WANT TO BE AN OLYMPIC SLALOM CHAMP? By Me1 Schneller More power to you, as long as you Then a breakthrough: maneuvers be- know what you are getting into. came practiced, named techniques, and To begin with, you should be rela- the natural, instinctive boater often tively young. You should be physically gave way to the schooled and practiced lean, flexible, and strong. Your hand- strategy boater who could recite the eye coordination should be extremely names of the strokes in alphabetical rapid. You should have a fine sense of order, order of difficulty, order of use, balance. You should be capable of de- etc. Handstands and "show" were the veloping reflex combinations for in- order of the day. Speed was still sec- stant use. You must be aggressive, emo- ondary. Boats stayed as close as pos- tionally secure, and have an inner sense sible to minimum length and width, of predictive certainty. You should be with high rockers and a high instability capable of objective action with any rating. What else would best display part of your body while other parts are the fine style that separates the boys relaxed or tense as required. You must from the men? be able to give up the solid, secure More skilled boaters developed, the ground as a frame of reference for a courses became still more difficult and, spike pounded into your navel. And, of in many respects, bad breaks, surges, course, you must want to win. changes in flow rate, etc. often decided Now how many of you do we still the winner. Speed was still a secondary have left? factor. Next, you must understand what This brings us almost up to date, slalom competition is and what it is meaning, two years behind the Euro- not, also the concepts, conditions, re- peans. The number of boaters capable strictions, and history. of running the courses fairly consist- I don't know when slalom competi- ently with no more than 30 penalties tion started even though I started boat- increased to where penalties became ing over 30 years ago. I suspect that I calculated risks plotted against seconds was too young and dumb to compete of time. The clock was now moving into then, and now I am too old and de- contention. Boats became more stable crepit. Anyway, when it started isn't as to apply more of the energy into speed important as the phases it went through. and forward motion rather than in Incidently, they would rather closely overcoming the inertia of the grand- parallel the learning curve of most stand-handstand turns. Flat turns and 'boaters. After learning the rudiments continuous directional motion came ,of handling a boat, something more into vogue. From the spectator's point ,exacting was needed to maintain inter- of view, the sport lost something. ,est . . . like gates (less destructive than While all this was going on, boats rocks and tree stumps). Anyone who used in downriver racing were moving could fumble and bumble through a off in the opposite direction . . . sharp, :series of gates without bumping into deep bowed, little or no rocker, and too many of them won. In case of a tie dependent on speed for stability. the fastest time decided the winner. Now that we are up on the history, 'The "natural" or instinctive boater usu- we can enter the phase of absolute and ally stole the show. Boats became more predictable certainty (frantic guess- critical with the swing toward maneu- ing?). This is the era of theory. It ap- verability rather than the speed and pears that, to win, we have to back- positive direction of the general pur- track and head out somewhat in the pose touring boat. Courses were tight direction that the downriver boat has to emphasize skill, and the class of the taken, or more like an old touring boat water became more difficult. I had. In other words, what we are

American WHITEWATER looking for is the longest possible in- We, in America, were neither good the-water length for speed, and the enough or geographically close enough shortest possible in-the-water length to get that involved. Besides, we were for turnability and still stay within the supposed to listen to, to meditate on minimum length and width of the in- and to concur with our superiors and ternational rules. their rulings. Naturally, since we are a Since the winners of international year or two behind their latest devel- slalom are Europeans, they also control opments, the mad scramble for speed, tha direction that slalom championship and the changes in boat design and boating will take. The deciding factor techniques to accommodate, hasn't fully being the establishment of a course caught up to us, especially here in the that will reduce the possibilities of ties, West where that kind of news arrives protests (warranted or otherwise), and by ox-cart. hard feelings. This is no time to aggra- Another problem we have is that vate the already tense international sit- America is too damn big. This is obvi- uation. The winner should be, obvi- ous from the different schools of ously, the most skilled, the most dedi- thought and philosophies that dominate cated, and the most physically fit com- different areas of the country. That has petitor. All nations agreed openly, and advantages and is typical of our heri- secretly fat that now their national tage to explore and develop on our champion would win the international own; however, there is also the danger competition because the more free- of falling in a rut and becoming tech- course concept would place more reli- nically refrigerated or uninformed of ance on a mechanical device like a new directions, concepts, and philoso- clock and less on the biased judges phies which we are not exchanging, or from the other nations. A tight course even expressing too well. with questionable penalties could lead Some of this stems from the very na- to war. ture of boating which is non-verbal

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VOL. XVI / 1 2 1 and based on inexpressible concepts like gravity, force, inertia and vectors in conjunction with hydraulics and aerodynamics which confound our best computers. Some of it also stems from the competition on the course vhere it belongs, and off the course where it doesn't belong. This is getting way out there, but it is part of what you poten- tial champs can and will get involved in. If there are any still with me let's get back to simple realities like the riddle of the boats. Perhaps that is why we let the Euro- peans lead . . . we don't like riddles, we don't want to look stupid by trying something, and we are too advanced and committed to look back. The riddle intrigues me. I happen to be two generations removed from Ger- many which may account for my being as pleased with proving 99 things out of a 100 are conclusively wrong, not just theoretically wrong, as I am to FLOTHERCHOC find that I was right once. If we in America hope to win in the Olympics we either have to come up with a su- LIFE VEST perman who can win in spite of the gains the Europeans have made in the meantime, or we have to do some crea- First choice for comfort and tive and experimental work of our own to solve the riddle. Actually, I am try- wearability Lightweight ing to inspire someone to be that much Allows complete freedom of of an idiot. If I can't inspire anyone, the next best thing is to irritate some- movement one into a controversy or duel hope- fully at 20 miles or more, with swords as the weapons. Or better still why don't you go wan- der off somewhere and practice putting See yaw nearest dealer. your lifejacket on while I go hide and If there is none in your mea, theoretically design a boat for you, one that will solve the riddle or be better please contact as directly. than no wild guess at all. I have some very definite ideas, but because it has to be two years ahead of the Europeans we will have to keep it under our hel- mets and spring it on them as a sur- Exclusive importer for the US. prise . . . that is, if there is any one of you hopefuls left to be stupid enough ONE DESIGN SPECIALTIES, INC. to train like a dog, live like a spartan, 123 Tollgate Trail eat, sleep, and refrain like a monk, and Longwood, Florida 32750 dutifully credit what's-his-name for the privilege of competing in a boat that (305) 83 1-0909 hasn't, as yet, been built, with a paddle that is in "design," and a technique that is out of this world.

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VOL. XVI / 1 2 3 The 1971 Racing Schedule Date; Race; Type; Location; Contact January Westernport, Md.; Joe Monahan, P.O. Box 23-CCA; Pool SI.; Silver S rings, Md.; Geoff 1291, Cumherland, Md. 21502. Hechtman, 821 Clinton 18ace, NcLean, Va. 1 -2--IIudson River Ilerhy ; Sl. WW ; North Creek, -32101. -. ... . S.Y.: . I). Hennett, P.O. Box 5. North February Creek, S.Y. 14-Penn State; Pool SI. ; State College, Pa. ; 1-2-Zwickau, Invitational; SI. ; East Germany. ohn Sweet, 118 S. Buckhout St., State Col- 1 -2-Monschau ; S1. WW ; West Germany. 1ege, 1%. 16801. 2-hlcKenzie (int-exp) ; Sl. ; McKenzie Bridge, 20-MIT Whitewater Club; Pool S1. ; Caml:ridge, Ore.; Alex Lane, 874 Sunnyside Drive, hfass.; MIT Whitewater Club, Room 10-100, Eugene, Ore. 94702. MIT, Cambridge, Mass. 02139. 8-9-Savage River, Nat'l Kayak and Canoe WW March Champs; WW; Westernport, &Id.; Joe Mona- 7-KCCNY ; Pool SI. ; Berkeley Heights, S.J. ; han, P.0. Box 1291, Cumherland, Md. 21502. Ed Alexander, 6 Winslow Ave., East Bruns- 8-9-Ca~ilano (int- ex^) : WW SI. : Brit~shColum- w~ck,N.J. 08816. @aj Brian'Creer; '4022 W. 27ih, Vancouver 8, 6-Dartmouth Invitational ; Pool Sl. ; Hanover, KC., Canada. N.H. ; Pete Welxter, Ledyard Canoe Club, 8-Elora Gorge, Sprint; WW; Ontario; Ross Kohinson Hall, Hanover, N.H. 03755. Ihrfey, 72 Arno d St., Guelph, Ont., Canada. 18-31-Dartmouth Training Camp, Youghiogheny 15-16Seneca; SI. ; Maryland ; May McEwan, River; Sl. WW; Ohiopyle, Pa. ; Steve Kuhle, 1600 E. Randolph Road, Silver Springs, Md. Ledyard Canoe Club, Robinson Hall, Hanover, -","3nOnA.. N.H. 03755. 15-16-Rio Grande; SI., WW; Pilar, N.M.; J. H. 28-Stony Creek (Class 111-IV); WW; Johns- Fretwell. 4091 Trmitv Dr~ve. Los Alamos. town, Pa.; Mrs. Ann Yearick, Box 93, Rd. 3, X.M. 87544. Bellefonte, Pa. 16823. 15-16-Saco (beg-int) ; SI. WW; Bartlett, N.H.; April Kim Perkins, North Conway, N.H. 3-4-Kish (Class 11) ; S1. WW; Reedsville, Pa. ; 15-16-Wolf River; WW; Langlade, Wis. ; Herb Mrs. Ann Yearick, Box 93, Rd. 3, Bellefonte, Buettner, White Lake, WIS. 54491. Pa. 16823. 15-16-Muota ; SI. WW ; Switzerland. 3-4-Petersl~urg ; SI. WW; Petershurg, W.Va. ; 22-23-Crystal , (int-exp) ; S1. WW; Colorado ; Frank Daspit. 1000 Otis Street NE, Washing- Ro~erParis. Colorado Rockv Mtn. School. ton, D.C. 20017. Caibondale, Colo. 3-4-Farmington (int-exp) ; S1. ; Otis, Xass. ; 29-30-East Coast Kayak Surfing Cham s Cape George Thomas, 24 Barnard Ilr~ve,Oakland, Cod, Mass.; Pete Areson, 108 ~heefer;,Han- S.J.07436. over, N.H. 4-Capilano River; WW; Vancouver, B. C. ; 29-30-Rissbach ; WW; West Germany. Brian Creer, 4022 W. 27th Ave., Vancouver 8, 30-31-Upper Dead River (State of Maine Champs, B.C.. Canada. heg-int) ; SI. WW; Maine; IIartland Osgood, 3-4-Credit River: SI. WW ; Ontario. Canatla ; Eustis, Maine. Herman Kerckhoff, 2 Tuna Court, Don Mills, 29-31-Kings River Training Camp; SI. WW; Ontarlo, Canada. California; Harry Xeal, 12295 Saratoga Sun- 4-11 -Kings, River Easter Week Training Camp ; nyvale Rd., Saratoga, Calif. Californ~a;Tom Johnson, Box 675, Kernville, June California 93238. 5-6-Esopus; S1. ; Phoenicia, N.Y. ; Ed Alexander, 9-11-Humhrr Vallev (Ontario Slalom Champion- 12-13-Kings River (Pacif. Div. Champs); SI. ships) iint) ; SI. WW; Toronto, Ontarlo; 6 Winslow Ave., East Brunswick, S.J. 08816. Roger Parsons, 15 Langs~de Ave., Weston, WW: California: Charhe Martin, 1329 Henry Ontario, Canada. St., Berkeley, Calif. 10-Red Moshannon (nov) ; WW; Pennsylvania ; 12-13-Bellefonte (npv) ; SI. WW; Bellefontr, Pa. ; Tohn Sweet. 118 S. Buckhout St., State Col- Mrs. Ann Year~ck,Box 93, Kd. 3, Bellefontr, lege, Pa. 16801. I'a. 16823. 17-18-Mascoma Invitational (exp.); SI. WW; 17-2?,-World Championships ; SI. WW; Merano, Lel~anon,S.H. ; Jay Evans, 201 McSutt Hall, Italy. Hanover, N.H. 03755. 18-20-Arkansas River (nov-exp) : SI. W;Sa- 17-18-Brandywine inov-int) ; SI. ; Wilmins$on, lida, Colo. ; Fihark Clul), P.O. Rox 762, Del. ; Peter Hellier. 14 Featherhed Lane, Salida, Colo. Glen Mills, Pa. 30-Iacen; S1. ; Tacen, Yugoslavia. 17-18-Rig Head : SI. WW ; Meaforcl, Ontario ; July Mike Twitchin. 1848 Jane Street, \Veston. 3-4 -Rouge River; WW; Quebrc, Canada: P. Ontario, Canada. Hlaikie, 4 Place Ville Marie, Suite 514, Mont- 17-18-Sugarloaf Canoeski Weekend (int) : WW: real, P.Q., Canada. Kingfiel?. Maine; Harry Baxter, Sugarloaf 4 : SI. WW ; C7echoslovakia. Mountain. Kingsfield, Maine. 3-4-Chilliwack River (RC Champs) iexp) ; SI. 24-Moira; WW; Ontario; Barry Briglry, 20 Redgrave. Apt. 802. Weston, Ontario. Canada. WW; Chilliwack. R.C.: Brian Crerr. 4022 W. : 27th Ave., Vancouver,,B. C., Canada. 24-25-Kernville; S1. WW; K~rnvillr.Calif. Tom 10-11-Androscoggin iheg-~nt); SI. ; Errol, S.H. ; Johnson. Box 675, Kernville, Calif. 93238. John Wilson, Lancaster, N. H. 24-25-T~ynlsock (Eastern S1. Champs) (Class 24-25-T)elaware River; SI. ; hTrw Hope. Pa. ; 111) : SI. ; Worlds End State Park. Pa. ; Mrs. Ann Yearick, Rox 93, Rcl. 3, Bellefonte, Pa. Walter Tlanh, Box 22, Sewtown. Rucks ,LQ92 County, Pa. l,,,>'. 3. 24-25-Kenduskeag, Weekend (Beein?-int) ; SI. 24-Rockyood Take Flatwater Races : SI. WW ; V : Rangor, Maine : Dale Th~riault,Rer- Ontario; Tim Martin, 100 Delhi St., Guelph, reation Dmt., City of Bnngor, Rangor. Me. Ontario. Canada. 25-Roaring Fork (nov-int) ; Sl.; Colorado: Rogrr 24-25-Rourg St. Maurice; S1. ; France. Paris, Colorado Rocky Mtn. School, Carl on- August dab. Colo. 7-Mllan Bicentennial (Marathon and Beg) ; 24-25-112; WW: 112, W. Germany. VV; Milan, N.11. ; John Wilson, Lancaster, * - May I\.H.-- I-2-Savage River, Nat'l Canoe SI. Champs; SI. ; 14-15~-~Thale Tnvitational ; SI. ; East Germany.

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VOL. XVI / 1 25 The Not So Dead River By Arthur H. Tuthill

The Dead River flowed towards us The first six miles was flat water. from the rock-walled gorge below The swampy wilderness plain, through Great Falls and spilled over into Spen- which the upper stretch of the Dead cer Stream at our feet. Spencer still River meanders, was so fascinating that flowed down out of Maine's pine alld I felt well rewarded for the extra effort spruce-covered wilderness to the right. required here. There was no discern- There on the opposite shore those tall able current. The grassy banks rose pines still stood, guarding the point four to five feet on either hand inter- where the Dead and Spencer unite and rupted now and then with natural providing an open needle-covered car- canals wandering back towards the pet for the camper. All was just as we mountains in the background. Bill and had remembered it from six years be- I stopped often to examine the foot- fore when we had first thrilled to ihe prints on either bank identifying many 16-mile sleigh ride from Spencer many bear, many many deer and in- Stream junction to the Forks of the numerable small game. We climbed the Kennebec. Here the Dead River flows bank in several places to look out through the wild and remote area of across a level, open, scrub-covered Maine which had proven so trouble- plain. Mountains rimmed this swampy some to Arnold's Army on the way to open plain all round. Here and there Quebec. The wilderness, history and clumps of trees rose from the plain. the rapids combine to make any trip Nowhere was there house or road or on the Dead thrice memorable. other sign of man to mar this bit of Sons Ned and Bill and I had come to wilderness. run the Dead again and join with some Gradually the Dead approached the 70 other enthusiastic paddlers in the distant mountains seeking a way out 22-mile downriver race last August 23. of this basin. Just before it reached the The race started at Big Eddy just be- narrow breach in the surrounding low the dam at Flagstaff Lake and mountains, it dropped 30 feet over ended, for those that finished, at the Great Falls and joined Spencer Stream. Forks where the Dead joins the East A short portage permitted us to put in Branch and becomes the Kennebec. Bill on a grassy bank under the tall pine Stearns and The Penobscot Paddle and trees that stood sentinel on the bank. Chowder Society organized and spon- About two hundred yards downriver, sored the race as part of Maine's 150th rocks and boulders marched out from anniversary celebration. It was billed the left bank and forced the whole as the National Open Canoe Wildwater flow over against the bare granite slab Championship with separate classes for of the right bank. Here the Dead cas- covered boats and kayaks. There was caded down an 8-foot chute known as also a warm-up slalom in the rapids Spencer Rip to a deep dark pool below. above Big Eddy on Saturday, the day This entrance rapid can be run to the before the downriver run. left, in the middle or on the right, What most Eastern paddlers didn't or it can be swum. The swimmer can know, and what we only found out drag himself out of the pool below and after several urgent phone calls to Mr. empty his kayak or canoe on the sandy Bacon of Maine Central Power, was half moon beach as I did. that there would be 1,000 to 1,200 cfs The Dead River flowed gently out of releases the week before as well as the this big dark pool below Spencer Rip. week end of the race. It was a nine- The river bed tilted down and the hour drive Wednesday from Riverside, water danced and bubbled around and Conn. but we arrived at the put-in spot over the rocks. The river was wide. in time to make camp and prepare for The choices were many. We zigged, four days of fun and frolic. then zagged, then zigged again. We

American WHITEWATER deep, the waves high and the choices few. We rode the crest, paddled down into the trough, up again and skidded our kayaks around boulder after boulder and shot out of the upper sec- tion of Poplar Hill Rip. Just ahead the river was again com- pressed to the left bank and again dropped steeply in a long sweeping curve to the right-more rocks, more holes, more high waves and more vig- orous paddling. Then the lower section of Poplar Hill Rip came into view. For the third time, the riverbed tilted sharply to the left and fell steeply away in a long sweeping curve to the right. For the third time we picked our way through the boulders until we could turn downstream with the main flow. By now we were shouting like wild Indians from the sheer joy of this sleigh ride. The third section termi- paddled along, often three abreast, like nated in a long straight chute where we three skiers descending an open slope took the down elevator and shot under- in unison. The pitch of the riverbed neath the bridge at the end into a deep was as uniform as if it had been sur- black pool below. There we paused and veyed and graded with a bulldozer. We looked back up that triple exit rapids sang. We shouted with sheer exuber- the natives call Poplar Hill Rip. ance as this rapid went on and on and The final mile to the Forks was an on until, an unbelievable four miles anticlimax. The river widened as it es- later, we dropped gently into a large caped from the narrow confines of the pool at a wide bend in the river. breach in the mountains. We had to High on the right bank there was a read the water carefully, New England log chute and just opposite was a sand style, to keep from running aground, bar that became our lunch spot. Here New England style. we unlimbered, let our spirits come The race Sunday was graced with a back to earth while we drank in the light rain. Six tired, less experienced beauty of the deep woods of Maine. paddlers draped their canoes around The Dead River slipped out of this various boulders in Poplar Hill Rip. pool gently. Again the river bed tilted Several more, two of whom I person- down and again we went bubbling and ally assisted, swamped and pulled their dancing along. Twice for a 100 yards or canoes ashore. Bill Stearns and wife so the river widened and we had to won the C-2 mixed. Ned placed third in seek the deeper water near either bank. his kayak class in a field of seven. I Otherwise, this nine miles of rapids was the seventh. continued without pause or significant The Dead River is a challenge for difficulty. The drop averaged 30 feet open canoes, but sheer delight for cov- to the mile. ered boats and kayaks. Next year if About 13 miles below Spencer Stream, Maine Central Power continues its pol- a rocky promontory pushed the river icy of releasing water the week before, towards the left shore. The river bed paddlers from the New York and Wash- tilted sharply to the left and dropped ington area will have an opportunity steeply in a long sweeping curve to the to schedule their vacation then and right. We picked our way through the know firsthand the thrill of the wilder- boulders until we could turn down- ness, and dancing 16-mile rapids of the stream with the main flow. In the main Dead River with that final exhilarating stream the boulders were big, the holes triple exit down Poplar Hill Rip.

VOL. XVI / 1 A DOWNRIVER BOAT FOR MERANO, '71 By Josef Sedivec In modern downriver racing, one places where one must sneak in ex- needs more than one type of downriver actly somewhere to get maximum boat. In the past few years, I always speed out of it. Also, better maneuver- had available 2 different designs. Many ability is demanded to avoid the nu- of the top competitors back in Czecho- merous eddies along the banks. Small slovakia did the same. Generally one radius curves have the same require- was a fast, less maneuverable "V" bot- ment on the boat. Heavy rapids re- tom boat and the other a moderate flat quire excellent stability and good ma- bottom. Competition in the important neuverability. If the character of the races is nowadays very high. A couple river changes along the race course, of seconds lost somewhere on the one must consider the percentages of course might mean quite a difference the total length where each of these in the final result. And these few sec- factors would be important. If heavy onds are often lost just because one rapids are rare, even a fast, fairly un- selected the wrong boat for a given stable boat can be carefully paddled race. This article presents the reason- through them and lose only a few sec- ing for downriver boat selection. Be- onds. But on the rest of the easy water cause I am well acquainted with the the fast boat can make up for the de- course of this year's World Champion- lay many times over. It has happened ship, I want to describe the type of several times that somebody brought boat I feel might be successful in a brand new superfast design to a dif- Merano. ficult course that consisted of one huge The following 6 points cover about rapid from start to finish. It was im- all the factors that have any impor- mediately felt that no one else had a tance for downriver boat selection: chance. But the surprise comes later Depth of the river. when the race is won in a boat similar Size of the river. in shape to a wash tub. In real heavy Number and radius of the curves water, the competitor in a slower but of the river. more stable and maneuverable boat Number of heavy rapids and what can devote himself more to paddling percentage of the over-all length than the other guy in a shaky super- of the course they occupy. speed boat who is bracing every second The number of places with rocks stroke to keep balance. The river with or other obstacles requiring ma- many rocks, especially large ones, neuverability. needs a more maneuverable boat. The The size and pattern of the waves size of the waves is important for two on the course. reasons. Large waves bury the boat with a low deck and slow it down. The The depth of the water is a starting water sweeping the deck hits the body point. A deep "V" profile for deep wa- of the paddler, breaking the speed. ter and a moderate or flat bottom for Higher decks and more displacement a shallow course. Everybody knows are therefore indicated for large waves. that feeling when one comes from a The other aspect is to prevent the boat deep, swift rapid into shallow water from pitching up and down, which re- in a "V" bottom boat. It feels as if an sults in slower speed than if the boat anchor was just thrown overboard. rides level. The pitching is limited by Maneuverability is influenced by the a larger crosssection in the stern. If size of the river. It is not so impor- the shape of the waves is sharp and tant on a wide, huge river because one can paddle almost anywhere without steep, the displacement should be a noticeable difference in speed. It does greater and the shape of the front such not usually Day to steer too much on as to keep the boat from digging under a river like this. But on a narrow, tiny the water. Also if there are many un- river there are always many tricky avoidable stoppers on the course, the

American WHITEWATER "V" shaped boat will gain some time For that reason, the boat able to over the flat bottomed one. It is ob- maintain speed in deep water with vious that many of the above points larger smooth waves should be recom- will be in contradiction, and that the mended. A "V" profile hull with the selection of the right boat has become higher deck arrangement and slightly very complex. The successful competi- larger stern crossection is therefore tor must consider all the above factors, indicated. The bow might be pretty and in addition, match them with his sharp. personal style, strengths, and weak- I hope this article can help potential nesses. Can he steer the boat well team members in boat selection, and enough? Is he a notorious swimmer, perhaps be of some interest to other capsizing every second race, etc.? boaters as well. As far as this year's World Champ- ionship is concerned, the downriver (Editor's note: Joe Sedivec and his course will be somewhat different wife, Jirina, recently came to the from the previous ones. There will be United States from Czechoslovakia, nothing like the large variety of rap- where they were a championship C2-M ids in 1965 in Austria. Nor can Me- team. In 1971 they are hoping to pad- rano's huge river Passirio be compared dle for the US. team in Merano, and to the narrow, winding "creek," Spin- in preparation, Joe has designed a dleruv Mlyn in the 1967 World Champ- downriver C-2 similar to that described ionship in Czechoslovakia. You will not in his article. He tells us that his last even find the long, shallow, rocky downriver design won the men's World stretches of the 1969 Championships Championship C-2 event in 1967, and in France. The river Passirio in Merano that if anyone else is interested in his is not regulated by any dam so that new design, they can contact him at the final conditions depend on the P. 0. Box 369, La Mirada, California amount of snow melt from the Alps. 90638, where he now resides and works The date was intentionally chosen as an electrical engineer.) early in the summer to guarantee a sufficient water supply. Because of the unusually severe winter in Europe this year, we can expect heavy water matching the tragic 1964 flood when a promising young Austrian paddler, Water Ways, Inc. Helmut Leitner, lost his life on the upper (most difficult) part of the downriver course. The race was imme- diately called off, and I still remem- ber when we paddled our boats down the course the next day, that special feeling of being lost in a small boat in the middle of a wide, huge river surrounded only by large roaming waves. In 1971, I expect the Passirio to be a big, deep river with huge waves and not many places one can rest from the waves. The only difficult part will be R A F T T R I P S " a short stretch in the upper third of Rogue River the course where there are several Klamath River stoppers one must go through. The Others upper part has a few bends with mod- v erate depth of water. Between stoppers Qualified boaters 112 price there is always a place to get ready Write: BRYCE WHITMORE for the next one. There will be no spe- 4 Live Oak Circle El S~brante,California 94803 cial requirement for maneuverability.

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I am happy and proud to see those who would stand idly by that Volume XV, Issues 3 and would unjustly criticize. 4 after an interval of almost Inasmuch as our organiza- one year have now been com- tion is a non-profit undertak- pleted and delivered to you. ing, officers as well as mem- It is my sincere hope that you bers are expected to assume a are pleased to have the Journal certain amount of responsibil- again in front of you, and that ities. To review these I should you like its contents. like to refer you to the Consti- My appreciation and thanks tution and By-Laws of the to Iris Sindelar, our new editor American Whitewater Affilia- and to George Larsen for pick- tion as they were published in ing up the ball and really Volume XIII, issue No. 2 on bringing these two issues to pages 7 through 13. Please read you under most severe and dif- them, study them and consider ficult circumstances. We do their meanings and implica- realize that some gremlins tions. Much time and effort have crept into the print, and has been put into the drafting ask your indulgence at this of this doctrine, and its value time. With the exception of can only be realized by the these little flubs, the magazine proper application of the in- is up to date with lively, fresh tent of these words. and enlightening material, and As our new editor has stated our promise for the New Year in her soap box in the last is to continue to publish the issue of the Journal, your help type of magazine we all have is needed to keep this publica- been proud of for so many tion lively and interesting. years, and which has grown to May I join Iris in appealing to great esteem in the past. the entire membership of AWA Due to the interval of pub- for articles, letters, comments, lication prior to finalizing vol- thoughts, etc., which you wish ume XV we thought it might to share with your fellow boat- be advantageous for all con- ers, conservationists, outdoors- cerned to coincide the sub- men and sportsmen in general. scription year with the calen- Please become part of our edi- dar year, and in most cases the torial staff, appoint yourself a individual club dues. reporter for AWA, and keep Now that the American us supplied with materials of Whitewater Affiliation appears interest for all. to be back on firm ground, As we continue to publish permit me to review the struc- the Journal and rebuild a ture of our organization and strong American Whitewater its past. For many years the Affiliation we must recognize Affiliation was administered and reaffirm the intent and by an executive secretary who importance of the Constitu- with the help of the editor in tion and By-Laws under which general were the only respon- this organization must func- sible officers. Thus it often was tion. inevitable that communications I ask you all to consider and were delayed and administra- nominate candidates who wiIl tion procrastinated. It was be willing and able to assume often difficult to find volun- the leadership of AWA for the teers devoted enough to as- next few years. We are trying sume the tasks at hand while to offer them the tools, a

American WHITEWATER strong organization, to guide ceived credit in the table of to a bright future. Although contents. -1LS Article 6 of our Constitution specifies the persons who shall represent the nominating com- mittee, I take the liberty of For those who think this is- diverging somewhat from this sue concentrated too heavily rule. As the chairman of the on racing: never fear, your nominating committee, I re- turn will come! NEXT ISSUE quest each member to quasi will feature surfing (if I get serve as an active committee- enough material) and wilder- man or woman. We need can- ness river touring, and will of didates who are able and will- course include many other in- ing to serve the cause we rep- teresting topics. resent. The organization is too large for a small committee to Like Physics? Write a Paper truly pick a representative Win a Kayak National group of candidates. The Old Town Canoe Com- Thus I suggest that nomina- pany is sponsoring an interest- tions with supporting bio- ing contest as announced in the graphical sketches and above Jan. '71 issue of Physics Today. all the individual candidates' They are offering an Old Town consent to serve if elected, be slalom kayak to the person sent either to the president of who submits "The most simple, the board of directors or to the logical, and succinct technical editor. From a group of can- explanation of how the kay- didates thus presented a more aker rights his craft after tip- diversified slate can be offered over." These entries will be to the membership for election. judged jointly by Old Town While I am on "The Soap and the chairman of the Univ. Box" allow me to ask your of Maine Physics Dept., and consideration and comments on should be sent to Deane Gray the feasibility of electing offi- of Old Town before April 15. cers for 3 or 4 years staggered terms, rather than the present Like AWA? 2 years. It will afford a more Spread the Word! continuous and smoother ad- How about lending this issue ministration, as it may allow to a non-member friend? (Have the individual officers to fur- him leave his watch until he ther pursue their ideas to a returns it, if you must, or just more constructive conclusion. plan to get another from Also it will not tie up our pub- George Larson at the reduced lication with nominations, elec- back issue rate.) Give your tions and their results with a kids their own membership as minimum of two out of four a present. (You don't want issues a year. your own AWA collection to Perhaps our lawyer friends disappear when they grow up and other legal minds will find and leave home, do you?) Get ways and recommendations to your club Affiliated and get compromise or satisfy this pos- two copies of the Journal in sible shortcoming in our or- the bargain. Go forth. Crusade. ganizational structure. Publicize. Evangelize. And who knows? We might even be able FROM THE EDITOR: to afford a fatter magazine My humble apologies to Liz eventually, and we would cer- Hull, for whose article, "Get- tainly like to increase the cir- ting Beginners Started" (Win- culation to a number more like ter, 1970) I inadvertently re- what it deserves.

VOL. XVI / 1 AWA Affiliates MINNESOTA (cont.) CALIFORNIA ILLINOIS Haystackers Whitewater Club Prairie Club Canoeists Minnesota Canoe Assoc. Sneakin Deacon Kiehm, Rep. Joseph R. Conrad, Rep. Tom Johnson, Rep. Box 14177 Box 675 2019 Addison Street Kernville, Calif. 9.1238 Chicago, 111. 60618 Minneapolis, Minn. 55414 Belleville Whitewater Clull YMCA Whitewater Club MISSOURI Gary Gray Linda Seaman, Rep. 640 N. Center St. So. 3 Oakwood American Youth Hostels, Inc. Belleville, Ill. 6223 Ozark Area Conncd Stockton. Calif. 95202 P. 0. Box 13099 Ballona Creek Paddling Club INDIANA St. Louis, Mtssourl 63119 of Los Angeles American Camping Ass'n. Central Missouri State College Tohn Evans, Re . Ernest F. Schmidt, Rep. Outing Club 923 N. Orlando fir. Bradford Woods Dr. 0. Hawksley, Rep. Los Ancreles.-. Calif. 90069 Martinsville. Ind. 46151 Warrensl:urg, Mlssour~64093 Feather River Kayak Club Kekionga Voyageurs Meramec River Canoe Club Mel Schneller, Rep. E. Heinz Wahl, Rep. Al Beletz, Re 1773 Broadwa): Street 1818 Kensington Blvd. 3636 Oxford ~gd. Marvsville. Cahf. 95901 Fort Wayne, Ind~ana46805 Maplewood, 1\10. 63143 Sierra Club Lomo Prieta Paddlers KANSAS NEW HAMPSHIRE Joe Kilner Ozark Wilderness Ledyard Canoe Club 185 Loucks Ave. Waterways Club Jay Evans, Rep. Los Altos, Cal. 94022 Milton Noltensmyer, Rep. 201 McNutt Hall 3305 W. 50th Terr. Hanover. N. H. 03755 Sierra Club Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66205 Mother Lode Chapter Sam Gardali MARYLAND NEW JERSEY 914 Stanford Ave. Canoe Cruisers Association Adventure, Unlimited Modesto, Cal. 95350 John Thomson Homer Hlcks, Rep. Sierra Club 23 Crafton St. Box 186 River Conservation Committee Chevy Chase, Md. 20015 Belvidere. N. 5. 07823 Scott Fleming, Rep. Explorer Post 757 Appaiachian Mountain Club 2750 Shasta Rcl. Kancy Raybnrn, Rep. Kew York Chapter Berkeley, Calif. 94708 20.7 Longwood Road George N. Thomas, Rep. Sierra Club Baltimore, Md. 21210 24 Barnard Ave. San l. rancisco Chap. Monocacy Canoe Club Oakland, N.J. 07436 Ri\.er Touring Section ]>avid Meadows, Rep. Boy Scouts of America Frances Cutter, Rep. Rt. 7, Tiox 371 National Council 94 El Tqyonal Frederick, hZd.21701 Mart Bushnell, Rep. Orinda, Caltf. 94563 MASSACHUSETTS New Brunswick, N. J. 05903 John Wesley Powell Boat Club Appalachian Mountain Club Kayak and Canoe Club Charles Martin, Rep. Worcester Chapter of New York 1.139 Henry Boll Osthues Ed Alexander, Rep. Rerkeley, Calif. 94709 2 Merrimonnt Rd. 6 Winslow Ave. American Guides Assoc. W. Bo>lston. Mass. 01583 East Brunswick, N. J. 08816 Box I3 Appalachian Mountain Club, Mohawk Canoe Club Woodland. Calif. 95695 Boston Gerald B. Pidcock, Rep. Idlrwild-. Yacht Club Riff Manhard, Rep. Johstown-Wrightstown Rd. Rht. N. Symon, Rep. 45 Wesley St. "Tohstoum. ~ Xew Tersev OX041 3900 Harrison St., KO. 23 Kewton, Mass. 021 58 Murray Hill Canoe Club Oakland, Calif. 94611 Cochituate Canoe Club, Inc. Al Hahn Guy F. Newhall, Rep. RD 1, Dutch Lane Rd. COLORADO 99 Dudley Rd. Freehold, N.J. 07728 Colorado White Water Association Cochituate. Mass. 01778 Ira Lee NEW MEXICO Kayak & Canoe Club of Boston Rt. 1, pox 76 John Urban, Rep. Albuquerque Whitewater Club Beverly Hills Estates 55 Jason St. Glenn A. Fowler, Re Castle Rock, Colo. 80104 Arlington, Mass. 02174 804 Warm Sands Dr. .C!:E. Albuquerque, N. Mex. 87123 FibArk Boat Races, Inc. Phillips Academy Outing Club Emrys F. Samuelson George IT. Edmonds, Rep. Explorer Post 20 P. 0. Box 128 l'hillips Academy J. H. Ftetwell, Rep. Salida, Colorado 81201 Andover, Mass. 01810 4091 Trinity Drive Los Alamos, N. M. 87544 CONNECTICUT--- - MICHIGAN Appalachian Mountain Club Kalamazoo Downstreamers NEW YORK Connecticut Chapter Carl D. Bennett, Rep. Adirondack Mt. Club Bill & Janet Rlaha 1529 Hameljnk Dr. Genesee Valley Chapter 83 North St. Kalamazoo, Mlch. 49002 Guilford, Conn. 06437 Dong. Smith, Rep. MINNESOTA 769 John Glenn Blvd. GEORGIA American Youth Hostels, Inc. Wehster. N.Y. 14580 Georgia Canoeing Association Minnesota Council Cornell Outing Club Clyde Woolsey R. Chrles Stevens, Rep. John R. Lyons, Rep. 4735 Silverdale Rd. 6506 Knox Ave. South 93795 E. State St. College Park, Ga. 30337 Richfield. Minn. 55423 Ithaca, S.Y. 14850

American WHITEWATER ,...... AWA Affiliates, continzled " .. -. . ..-. .. . . NEW YORK (cant.) PENNSYLVANIA (cont.) VIRGINIA (cont.) Ka Na Wa ~e canoe Club Sylvan Canoe Club Coastal Canoeists Chuck Berg, Rep. Terry D. Sanders, Rep. R. L. Sterlmg, Rep. 2877 Amber Rd., R. No. 1 1935 Hanlpstead Dr. 309 Mimosa Drive Marietta, N. Y. 13110 Pittsburgh, Pa. 15235 Newport News, Virginia 23606 Genesee Downriver Paddlers Wildwater Boating Club WASHINGTON . : LeRoy Dodson, Rep. Richard S. Brown, Rep. .. Proctor Road P. 0. Box 77 Washington Kayak Club Wellsville. N.Y. 14895 Pine Grove Mills, Pa. 16868 A1 Winters, Rep. Niagara Gorge Kayak Club 8519 California Avr. S.W. - Michael J. McGee, Rep. TENNESSEE Seattle, Wash. 98116 . 147 Lancaster Ave. Bluff City Canoe Club WEST VIRGINIA . Buffalo, N.Y. 14222 L. Migliara Rox 4523 West Virginia Wildwater Assn. .: OHIO Memohis.. , Tenn. 38104 Idair Smookler, Rep. -. American Youth Hostels, Inc. East Tennessee White Water Club 2737 Daniels Avenue Columbus, Ohio, Council Don Jared, Rep. South Charleston, W. Va. 25303- Charles H. Pace P. 0. Box 3074 WISCONSIN 650 Noe-Bixhy Rd. Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37830 - Columl~usOhio 43213 Wisconsin Hoofers. Tennessee Valley Canoe Club Outing Club Keel-Haulers Canoe Club Rohert 1'. Shepard Steve Ransburg, Rep. John A. I'hbak, Rep. 4403 Montview Dr. 3009 Hrrmina St. 1649 Allen Dr. Chattanooga, Tenn. 37411 Madison, Wis. 53714 Westlake, Ohio 44145 TEXAS- Sierra Club Warner & Swasey Canoe Club - John Mu~rChaptcr Wayne McRohie, Rep. Texas Ex lorers Club Tom O'Rourke, Rep. 406 Mill Ave. S.W. Bob ~ur?eson,Rep. 705 So. Oneida St. . New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663 nox 844 Rhinelandcr, Wis. 54501 Temple, Texas 76501 PENNSYLVANIA AUSTRALIA American Youth Hostels, Inc. UTAH Indooroo~illvCanoe Club Pittshurgh Council Wasatch Mountain Club, Inc. Box 36 Bruce E. Sindquist J. Calvin Giddings, Rep. Indooroopilly 4068, Australia - 2.10 Colle e Park Drive - 904 Military Dr. ~onroevfle,Pa. 15146 Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 CANADA B. C. Kayak & Canoe Club .-Buck Ridge Ski Club VERMONT Hans Buehler, Rep: Erich Kozak, Rep. -- 11 55 Schoolhouse Lane . Canoe Cruisers of P. 0. Box 2237 - West Chester, Pa. 19380 Northern Vermont Vancouver 3, B. C. : Mrs. Kan Smith Canadian Youth Hostels Assoc. Central Ski Club of Philadelphia Shelhurne Farms Paul A. Liebman, Kep. Maritime Region Shell,urue. Vt. 05482- ~- 345 S. 18th St. Ruth Mackenzie, Rep. Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Norwich University Outing Club 6405 Quinpool Rd. L. J. Hurley, Rep. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Endkss Mt. Voyageurs Northfield, Vermont 05663 Louis Hopf, Rep. Montreal Voyageurs 285 Short Hill Dr.' - VIRGINIA Rene Bureaud, Rep. Clarks Green, Pa. 18411 360 Barherry Place Explorer Post 999 Dollard des Ormeaux - Penn State outing Club Tbomas J. Ackerman, Rep. Montreal 960, Quebec, Canada John .R. Sweet Mansion Circle .i18 S. ~nckhoutst. Hopewell, Va. 23860 ITALY State College, Pa. 16801 Blue Ridge Voyageurs Canoe Club of Milan, Italy -1 Philadelphia Canoe Club Ralph T. Smith, Rep. Eederico hlaccone, Rep. - 4900 Ridge Ave. 129 Hdl Crest Dr. Via Sammartini 5 : Philadelphia, Pa. 19128 Manassas, Va. 22110 Milano, Italy

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