Playak News Flash 2008-12-16

Playak News Flash - December 16, 2008

News Watch Headlines

David Taylor Maurier: Thule Bheri The Thule Bheri drains Dhaulagiri, the seventh-tallest mountain in the world. Its waters are strikingly pristine, carving through a series of gorges in an arid high-alpine environment as they fall toward the jungle, join the Karnali, and drive down to the low-lying plains separating Nepal from India.

Mike Dawson: The Longest Day Yesterday we decided to go as big as we can, after planning on flying up the Arahura as high as possible and running the "shit" up there we ended up flying to the 2day put in above the narl gorges and rapids in an attempt to bang it out in a day, as the Arahura was a little low we reckoned.

Isle of Man Kayak: Sea Kayaking Isle Of Man - Gnarly. It was a memorable weekend in the Calf Sound Tidal Races for myself, Ian and Jess. Saturday saw spring tides with little wind making the race playful. It lured us into taking ever greater risks and we all rolled in anger. Sunday was much more gnarly.

Total WW Fun: To Run A Low Head Dam Or Not? A good boof is what you'll need. Keep in mind that super low flow over the lip does not mean the hole will be weak.Hopefully you are lined up to land straight and with the ability to take some super quick turbo powered strokes to make sure that you maintain enough momentum to get past the boil line.

Bama Boys: First Big Rain Of The Season The time has come once again to dust off our creek boats and head out for some action on the steeps. 6 inches of rain came over the past few days and many a good boof followed.

Tribe News: 400km Self Support On The Pekans/moisie 10/10/2008 - On September 22nd Canadian Patrick Camblin and South African brothers Dave and Steve Fisher embarked on a 400km river trip down the Pekans and Moisie Rivers in north eastern Québec. Usually taking 14-21 days, these rivers have long been a favorite route amongst committed wilderness canoeists, canoes able to speed through the flat water but slowed by the many portages.

rockratrobinson: A Mad Dash... down south after I looked at my phone at 11:45am to find a text message saying that some mates were paddling the Greta, which runs through Keswick, and were meeting around mid-day. At first I thought I wouldn't be able to make it in time, what with not having any of my kit packed, or a boat on the roof, and I let them know this.

Canadian Ckayaker: The Nova Scotia Paddling Guy I went down to Halifax, Nova Scotia last weekend for a bit of socializing, pub crawling and, inadvertently, to experience their interesting December weather. As I drove through Maine, it was obvious that things would be a little out of the usual when I saw snowplow trucks lined up along the inter-state, their salt bins full and at the ready.

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