Scariest Experience

third day on the river i blew up a boat in Kirschbaums during the gore race. swam it from the top.

watched a guy go over stupid falls on the east without a boat.

boating partner swam for about a half mile on the upper A. still gives me chills thinking about that one.

and possibly the scariest was a rescue of one of the best boaters i know on the taylor who had been trying to help his girlfriend who was in a ducky when he got hung on a log upside down and none of us were in the best position to help.

off river, i was holding onto a cam strap with one hand and my boat with the other driving down I-70 after boating westy from on top of a pickup bed fully loaded. doing 80 with a semi behind you for a half hour gets the nerves a bit.

oh yeah and i swam in the surfer's left eddy of the m-wave in my first season.

some of your stories are pretty hairy. spiders everywhere!

-aaron

M-Wave is scary. The wave, the eddies, getting in. All of it. Super fun though.

I don't envy you for swimming that one.

Gonehuckin' you boated Gore on your third day on the river?!! That is some huge balls. What does blow up a boat mean?

We are going to need more details on the swim of Stupid falls.

I have had some long swims on the Upper A. I lost my boat and had my booties blown off in a hole. That was one long walk out with no shoes.

I have been thoroughly worked in the left eddie of the M-wave. That pipe over there is fucked up. I finally got out and threw up on my boat.

Boating in CO is sic! :)

yeah gore, it was pretty dumb, but i didnt know any better at the time. i had a decent playpark roll and i had run the taylor, shoshone and then most of gore without a problem. then the shit hit the fan. I'll post pics of the boat when i get home from work but Riot told me they thought it had been hit by an 18 wheeler and therefore wouldn't warranty it, as they shouldn't have because it was totally my fault. corran gave me a bunch of shit on boatertalk for lying about how the boat was destroyed until i had him talk to one of Riots spancered boaters who was with me and assisted in my rescue.

the guy going over stupid falls was an idiot. he swam up high, after the the last slide, he then proceeded to run down the bank after his boat and jump in to try to retrieve it. well he lost his footing while throwing his boat back to shore and went over the falls while trying to recover. we ran down to the bottom of the falls and pulled him out. he got lucky and managed only a broken hand/wrist. his boat was fine because in his effort to toss the boat it managed to stay on shore.

I was too much of a beginner to be in m-wave nd therefore it wasn't much of a surprise that i swam. we once had a moonlight paddle there that was a ton of fun and totally nerve-racking. the muddy slippery drive in was as hair raising as the paddling.

walking out of the upper a without shoes...fuck that.....i would have freaked cause i'm a puss when it comes to my footsies.....

-aaron

Did you run Gore and Tunnel? It seems the people who took you down should have known better. I have done that before and watched my buddy take the beating of lifetime. He literally swam 20+ times and was in a couch for a week after.

I would have paid money to see someone swim stupid falls. :biggrin:

took the sneak on gore but paddled tunnel. I still say that toiletbowl is by far the worst rapid in that canyon. that pourover is just deadly. I saw a cow in there for what looked like days.

-aaron

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Originally Posted by kayaktheworld

This forum has been slow for a while so I thought I would ask everyone: What is the scariest thing that has happened to you while kayaking? This can be things you've witnessed, safety, drops, carnage. Anything.

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The road to the Shotover river put in is always good for a serious clench, especially when riding shotgun in a 20-seater bus.


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Heh, nice picture. The guy who built that floater is a most excellent dude. I highly recommend his book. (sorry for the spam)

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-aaron

"Blow up", I get it now. Nice pics. Good job on running Gore and Tunnel! That is one fast learning curve. :eek:

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-aaron

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O no man!
That sucks, They going to warentee it?

na, totally user error. and this was about three years ago. the shell of the baot is long gone and i sold the insides to the local riot dealer as spare parts for their demos.

-aaron

Nice pics! I've got an old, but barely used Ultralight Trickster that i'm looking forward to playing around in this summer...hope i don't do that to it!