Any River
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Topic: Any River
Posted By: Tobin
Subject: Any River
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2010 at 9:21am
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If you could kayak any river in the world WHAT would it be?
And why? What makes it your perfect river? Have you done it before? I am not looking for a list - pick 1. It will be the one you think about when falling asleep. For me? Rio Futaleufu, Puente to Puente, Patagonia, Chile Why? It looks absolutely GORGEOUS and scares the crap out of me at the same time. I love South America and the journey to the river would probably match the boating time! I am looking forward to seeing the rivers / places I have never thought of, bring it. ------------- Sure? |
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Posted By: STLboater
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2010 at 9:33am
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The clear aquamarine waters of the futa have my vote as well.
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Posted By: huckin harms
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2010 at 9:55am
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I'm sorry Tobin, but this topic if it held true would likely end my paddling career. Just that for me personally, boating has always been about exploring rivers and places that I've dreamed of visiting. If I was relegated to running just one run for the rest of my sad life, well then, it's probably just a matter of time before it's all over....
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Posted By: James
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2010 at 10:07am
I don't think he was going with the whole no cars pick one river for the rest of your life thread. We've done that, I think he was going for pick one river in the whole world your itching and dreaming of boating. Just one, share it, dream about it, then come back to reality and boat around here some more !!!! 
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Posted By: huckin harms
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2010 at 10:09am
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oh... ok, well, mmm... this is really tough, cause there are so many to choose from... stymied! ------------- |
Posted By: matta
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2010 at 10:13am
| The mystical river that would actually inspire my wife to get out with me and think that whitewater kayaking was fun. I forgot it's name . . .. . |
Posted By: huckin harms
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2010 at 10:14am
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wait a sec, stymied isn't a river. I'd be happy just getting into Silver Crk (sky) ...
sorry it's not more creative or foreign or exotic. just hard to get into right now. ------------- |
Posted By: water wacko
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2010 at 10:22am
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Posted By: Tobin
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2010 at 10:23am
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Harmes,
Knowing you and your expansive knowledge, there has to be one (no one will hold you to it, this isn't a test) that tickles your craw? ------------- Sure? |
Posted By: James
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2010 at 10:23am
| Matta I think your talking about the dreamonish... Put me down for that one, the only problem is that getting to the put at shambhala is pretty tough, and to reach the take out in Asgard you have to pass through the garden of eden and I hear everyone gets kicked out of there so although enticing ... that might be a fantasy. |
Posted By: fiddleyak
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2010 at 10:57am
| Indus River Pakistan. Get there, put on, and run class V big water on the same river for two weeks. On the same river for two weeks! |
Posted By: James
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2010 at 11:55am
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Although I agree the Futa sounds amazing and it is in my top 3 for sure, I am going to have to go with Bashkaus. The whitewater is world class and the run is pretty long with so much constant quality that it is like a week of Robe stacked up with a 2 day class III-IV ending. Deep in an isolated gorge on the opposite side of the world, It gets run enough that there is beta so you aren't risking getting skunked and at the same time it is not a paddling meca that hollywood boaters flock to... |
Posted By: franzhorner
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2010 at 2:10pm
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The Onyx river in Antarctica has always been a fantasy river for me. Somehow I have always imagined running it as my swan song when I'm too old to run whitewater and just want to go off to pasture. Its been rafted before but not during big water.... Its the only river I have ever heard of that flows AWAY from the ocean! ------------- MORE RAIN PLEASE |
Posted By: Shaun
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2010 at 6:06pm
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First river I thought of was the Tsangpo, then it was the Fu.
To come up with my final answer, I would have to do a lot of research, look at a lot of pictures and watch a lot of video, so these are just the first that came to mind. |
Posted By: jP
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2010 at 6:12pm
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The Bruinen. It would absolutely be the Bruinen River. It's made up of two steeper tribs that I believe have some stout sections of creekin on them.
There aren't any Robe Gnomes on it, either. Maybe some Goblins and Wargs on those upper tributaries, though, so be careful. ------------- 🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋 |
Posted By: SOPBOATER
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2010 at 12:47am
| Clear Fork Cowlitz. So good, so close. |
Posted By: STLboater
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 6:20pm
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Now that I think about it some more, I have a friend who scouted a run in Chile that is created from caved in lava tubes. As you float down the river, you see a strip of sky due to the fact all the walls are round and overhung because of tubes have only caved in at the top, you actually have to repel in due to this feature. Supposidly the run also has a clean 20, 30, 40 footer on it. My friend who worked with NOC said that a 40+ yr old woman hucked the 40 footer w/o much experience, sounds truly badass.
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Posted By: up4air
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 11:14pm
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Tiger Leaping Gorge? ------------- More water, please. |
Posted By: Tobin
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2010 at 9:54am
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Originally posted by Shaun
First river I thought of was the Tsangpo, then it was the Fu. To come up with my final answer, I would have to do a lot of research, look at a lot of pictures and watch a lot of video, so these are just the first that came to mind. This question is a good excuse to research and look at hours of river porn! ------------- Sure? |
Posted By: Hisdudeness
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2010 at 7:08am
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i would like to run baranof river in alaska. it has to be the shortest river in the world. at a little more than 1/2 mile it is a solid class IV with one class V... until the very end which is a class VI fall. there is one must hit eddy with shore access on the left just above the fall... missing this eddy will most certainly have tragic consequences. i'm not sure if it's ever been run, wikipedia is looking for confirmation. |