We saw search and rescue at the bridge above kanasket while running shuttle to the fishing put in. They said someone "capsized" but didn't say what actually happened. Hoping this was a happy ending.

It sounds like one boater (the one that is fine) was in over his head and maybe not even in a ww boat?

Yep. The woman was a whitewater kayaker running the headworks section. Chris found her boat and pulled it out in the Kanaskat-Palmer above the gorge.

A very sad day indeed. My comment was intended to be facetious. I apologize if it was taken the wrong way. That said I would take issue with the idea that 2750 "is by no one's definition the high end of runnable". Obviously people run the Green much higher on the occasions it has water but that doesn't mean this is not high for a novice paddler. Personally, I would not take a beginner on any section aside from the Yo-Yo at this flow. I will remove my previous comment to avoid further confusion.

Oh man, that is terrible news

Sorry if my above post seems speculative. But, despite three different links to this story, there is no- absolutely no- information of substance, leaving only speculation. I mean, if I wasn't a paddler and I read those news reports there is no way I could know anything about what happened.

Now, the Kiro story actually wasn't that bad. But, come on- kayakers don't "fall" out of whitewater boats. Makes it sound like she was paddling a canoe.

The Komo story wasn't much worse, it only seemed like it was written by a 7th grader who wasn't interested in his or her homework assignment. But saying the second boater who got into trouble was "thrown into the water" just doesn't describe what happens out there.

But this Q-13 Fox report by TOM YAZWINSKI really takes the cake. It doesn't meet the standards of a 7th grade english assignment at all. I have a few problems with it, but the following quote sums it up:

"Emergency personal said a helmet, life-jacket and always kayak in a group."

Yo- Tom Yazwinski- you suck. There's a process called "proof reading" that I suggest you, um "investigate". Adding the word "wear" in front of the words "a helmet" might make that sentence intelligible. My other suggestion is that you lay off the spell check and try using an actual dictionary once in a while, Tom. Because "personal" isn't the correct word, and you used it twice, bitch. The correct spelling is personnel. As in, "persons employed in any work, enterprise, service, ect."

I go to the lengths to point this stuff out, not because Tom the 5th grade reporter might actually read it but to point out to you guys on this forum how illegitimate these reporters are when it comes to how they cover our sport, and river incidents.

Its lame enough that in an age where so many people type (write) to communicate, that so many of them are sloppy and inarticulate. But news reporters? They are proffessional writers. That is deplorable and inexcusable.

Minor nitpick, but an important one for kayakers to know about. You're only half right.

When you look at all cases where people were given CPR, survivability is pretty low. However, the rates go way up when you exclude people with heart attacks and major trauma and just look at drownings and electrocutions. In those cases, the victim often has a healthy, functioning circulatory system that needs a little help through a temporary disturbance.