Playak News Flash 2010-11-14

Playak News Flash - November 14, 2010
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Fall Update 2010 Level 6 - Check out the Fall update video!!!!

Elk Creek, AKA Hoffstadt's younger brother, AKA Why isn't this in the guidebook? Mt. Hood H2O - Pete sent out the call to do some exploring in the Kalama drainage. I had a feeling as to what we might be up to as my dad had sent me these two enticing pics the year before on a trip to the Kalama.

Pyranha Fest 2010 Team Pyranha - Pyranha Fest is an annual event which draws huge numbers of like minded paddlers to the banks of the mighty Tryweryn in North Wales.

Kayaking the Caves and Arches of Port Renfrew Paddling Instructor Blog - Alex Matthews and Nick Castro kayak the caves and arches of Port Renfrew - a small community on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The video gets exciting after the 1:30ish mark.

Red Panda Falls and a Weekend of Paddling Near the Sichuan Earthquake Epicenter Astral Currently - With increasing amounts of mischief within the British camp, whilst kayaks were being held hostage by an air freight company, it was decided that a weekend out of the city could only be a positive thing. So we headed due north into the epicenter of the earthquake that hit Sichuan province in 2008 to paddle the Balang River.

Ode to the Club Boater - whitewater river kayaking carnage video by tgerencer1 BRT Insights - I haven't been a big fan of whitewater river boating carnage videos, but this one has a great combination of video, music, lyrics and humor.

Save the Date: Anson Fogel's "WildWater" Screening in Boise Immersion Research - James McLeod-of Banks Mag fame- sent us a heads up yesterday for all of you in Boise and Boulder: Be sure to check out a special screening of "WildWater" by Anson Fogel.

Gales VI The Lake is the Boss - Our annual Gales of November paddle happened to fall on the actual 35th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald on 10 November 1975. The weather on Wednesday was nothing like that legendary storm 35 years ago, but we had a small preview of things to come. Temperatures were a relatively balmy 60F at 2pm when we launched but we had a southeast wind of about 15mph, judging by the whitcaps and foam lines in the lake. Rain hit about dusk, when happy hour on Wild Goose Island was winding down, reminding us once again that 'an east wind blows no good' in these parts. We paddled back to the launch in the artificial dark, our path lit by our headlamps and the ring of lights around this decidedly urbanized body of water.

Landfall on the golden sands of Sannox SeaKayakPhoto.com - The approach to Glen Sannox in Arran must be one of the finest crossings in Scotland.

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