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I wonder if people using these boards for rivers will start using poles.

There'll be a goodly number of canoers on the Arkansas in Colorado this weekend, too.

See
http://www.cboats.net/c_db/list.php?typ ... &name=Atom

I must have had the year wrong for the Concordia that I went to. It was probably in 2000,

For a historical perspective, I went to a C1 Concordia in the mid-90's and Andy Bridge was asking the same question and getting very similar responses.

If Andy couldn't get a new design made then, I doubt it'll happen now unless the manufacturing costs have come down.

This link was posted on boatertalk:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ESPi-Lczw

How long does the mold stay in the oven?

Tiggy's boats are being sold here:

http://www.mountainbuzz.com/swap/showcat.php?cat=22

Media attention for running waterfalls continues:

http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html ... d=playlist

Seems like this could be an interesting book and movie. "There's a book by Chris Hedges, 'War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning,' which is a fascinating read," Bigelow says. "And he delves into the fact that there's a sense of purpose that moments under extreme pressure can give you that normal life ...

Divisiveness amongst boaters has come about with the growth in the sport.

Some paddlers compete for their place in a hierarchy for social and monetary reasons.

With separate saddles, you'll have to get strips like these:
http://www.northwater.com/html/products ... addle.html

Mohawk's triple saddle would be easier to install, but not as comfortable, see:
http://www.mohawkcanoes.com/whitewateroutfitting.htm

In order to enjoy whitewater, do we always have to seek greater challenges and their increasing danger? One of the things I like about canoeing is that you can challenge yourself in situations where the risks are more manageable. As far as the public image issue see: http://www.mountainbuzz.com/foru...

You are of course correct it is a personal decision to boat, but we are social beings and nothing we do is independent of those around us. You've got to continually assess the risks and know that any tragedy won't just affect yourself. I do respect Jamie McEwan’s opinion, below: Neither of us was th...

He doesn't come to a strong conclusion, but I wouldn't expect that in Parade.

He puts multistory waterfalls in a different category, but I don't see them as different than boating the Tsangpo.

This article gave me more appreciation for the rewards of running multistory falls, but the risks still seem excessive:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... %3Darticle

There's a photo here:
http://www.mountainbuzz.com/gallery/sho ... php?i=3702