Hi, I'm new to the area
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Topic: Hi, I'm new to the area
Posted By: PaddleGirl
Subject: Hi, I'm new to the area
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 6:10am
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Hey Everybody,
I'm moving from NH to Seattle on 2/11 (boats coming between 2/15-2/18, and my car a little later)... and I'm looking to connect with some paddlers in the area. I'll bump this when the time gets closer.
I'll be looking to paddle on some intermediate class III runs. Not used to higher volume and haven't been in my boat in what feels like too long. And that whole "rapids are over rated back east" thing.
Looking forward to meeting some of y'all and boating in the PNW.
Jen
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Posted By: jella
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 8:37am
Welcome to the PNW!
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Posted By: water wacko
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 8:56am
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Welcome, Jen. It'll be great to have you. There are plenty of II+/III trips within an hour or so from Seattle. Take a look around the site, there are LOTS of boaters. ------------- "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ~Howard Thurman |
Posted By: PaddleGirl
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 9:52am
| Thanks guys... Forgot to mention that I have 3 weeks of from work... so after my boats and car get here, I'll be looking for some weekday boating (like the week of 2/28). |
Posted By: GHannam
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 10:34am
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Welcome to the PNW and to ProfessorPaddle, Jen! There's a TON of people here with a great range of skill levels (class II-V+). Just as an FYI: You'll find great peeps here on PP to boat with, but a great place for pre-organized II-III trips is Washington Kayak Club: http://www.washingtonkayakclub.org/ - www.washingtonkayakclub.org/ (check out their calendar). Looking forward to hearing more about you when you arrive!!
Travel safe!
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Posted By: Jed Hawkes
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 10:57am
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Hi Jen, welcome to the PNW. I am also originally from New England, being from NH you'd call me a Massho... well I'll try to keep the euphemisms to a minimum. As far as soft East coast ratings, it's not quite cut-and-dry like that. The way I describe the differences from the E coast and WA is this, East coast has undercuts and sieves and WA has wood and a bit more mank, not a lot like CO but more than New England granite.
Also the NW is in constant transformation, floods come through and move wood, rearrange boulders, create landslides, and so much more, whereas in the 4 years paddling in NC there were never any changes that I was aware of. Kurle made a video that is a perfect example of this. <object width="640" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YIcqx-utcow&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YIcqx-utcow&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></embed></object> With all that said, glad to have you as an addition to the community, and in true MA fashion I urge you to "paddle wicked hahd". ------------- The line will become apparent 978-273-7723 |
Posted By: Jed Hawkes
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 10:59am
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hmm, that video embedding thing never works for me. If you want to see what I was talking about go to this link - http://www.professorpaddle.com/rivers/riverdetails.asp?riverid=627 and watch the video at the bottom of the page. ------------- The line will become apparent 978-273-7723 |
Posted By: PaddleGirl
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 11:44am
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Hey, that's a nice vid. a massho, eh? i pretty much lived on the deerfield dryway last summer. Glad I found this place.. someone pointed me here from our east coast board. |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 11:50am
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If you lived on the Dryway then you'll be totally fine on the Middle Middle Snoqualmie, Skykomish, and Green Gorge, the 3-4ish runs frequented by Seattlites. If you ran the right side of Dragon's tooth then you'll be looking for the challenging lines on these runs. The tough part is getting used to 4 seasons of boating. These folks never rest. Welcome to the area. -Owen |
Posted By: Jed Hawkes
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 12:08pm
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The Dryway is where I cut my teeth so to speak, like Monk said you should do fine on the runs he mentioned. ------------- The line will become apparent 978-273-7723 |
Posted By: PaddleGirl
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 12:10pm
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ah, that is good to know then, thanks Owen. the green river gorge looks pretty cool. i never ran the death slot after seeing some bad beatdowns, but i did some of the creeky lines elsewhere - like the left side of labrynth.
guess i'm underselling and also looking to find some people i'm comfortable with before running anything challenging.
and most everything is frozen here, it sucks!
And one more thing... where are the easy clean 10'- 20' waterfalls out there?
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Posted By: JayB
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2011 at 11:19pm
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Hey PG: Think I may have been the cross-poster on NPMB? Welcome to the land of year-round boating! ------------- -Jay |
Posted By: PaddleGirl
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2011 at 7:23am
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Hey Jay,
Yep, that was you. And both Randy and Mark R have both told me I should hook up with you to paddle. Randy showed me down part of the bottom moose last spring (no fowlersville or anything after agers) and i have ran the dryway with mark... so they can speak to my ability anyway!
I am eager to get out there.
Jen
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Posted By: PaddleGirl
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 4:36pm
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Bumpity bump...
What's going on for Saturday? I would love to get out. So far I've run the sky, lower green, and the yoyo. Anyone interested in showing me something new? |
Posted By: JoesKayak
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2011 at 3:45pm
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Originally posted by PaddleGirl ah, that is good to know then, thanks Owen. the green river gorge looks pretty cool. i never ran the death slot after seeing some bad beatdowns, but i did some of the creeky lines elsewhere - like the left side of labrynth. guess i'm underselling and also looking to find some people i'm comfortable with before running anything challenging.
and most everything is frozen here, it sucks!
And one more thing... where are the easy clean 10'- 20' waterfalls out there? A bit of a drive from Seattle area, but EF Lewis has 2 of the best "easy" falls and some real nice 3-4 in between. http://professorpaddle.com/rivers/riverdetails.asp?riverid=486 Later in the spring lots of folks will be flocking to Fall in the Wall. Lots of ledges there and fairly user friendly and low to moderate levels. http://professorpaddle.com/rivers/riverdetails.asp?riverid=603 |
Posted By: KBfree
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2011 at 4:37pm
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I'd be interested in paddling Saturday... but don't see much to choose from.
The Tumwater in Leavenworth might be an option but a lot of folks I know are headed South to Hood River.
Otherwise it may be a low water Sky run....
I'm just north of downtown Seattle.
Kirk
503-891-four900 ------------- Kirk B |
Posted By: dave
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2011 at 4:57pm
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Hi Kirk, Not sure what is going on tomorrow yet, I may go up and take pictures of some Friends possibly doing a waterfall, but the Sky may be in the wheelhouse for tomorrow too. Wont know until tomorrow morning sometime though.------------- Nomad |
Posted By: PaddleGirl
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2011 at 7:59pm
| Yeah I have been eyeing the cc runs and they loook pretty sweet. Its been great easing into things though since I haven't paddled all winter. |
Posted By: Blair
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2011 at 12:56pm
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Hey Kirk, probably should have pm you on this one. You interested in a San Juan weekend paddle on the 18 of this month? I have a couple of friends going out for a weekend. You remember Jimmy? lived by u in Anacortes.
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Posted By: Blair
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2011 at 12:57pm
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OOOPs, I am at Blairs house and logged in to his computer accdiently....My bad...its Dave...cANT delete posts on PP.
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Posted By: dave
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2011 at 1:02pm
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Umm, ya that was me...borrowed Blair computer there...
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