Many of you must have heard about the lucifer rapid on the gatineau river. The big hole in the middle known as lucifer's butthole is a nasty place to spend some time, which is quite well demonstrated here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKJObqfnFV8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-tcvkiW6Pc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsNkxVc1APM
Even big tandem canoes can't seems to punch that monster hole.
Have fun viewing!
Lucifer's butthole
Moderators: kenneth, sbroam, TheKrikkitWars, Mike W., Sir Adam, KNeal, PAC, adamin
-
marclamenace
- CBoats Addict
- Posts: 711
- Joined: Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:28 pm
- Location: Quebec, Canada
Lucifer's butthole
Watch out; that river has rocks on the bottom. 
-
the great gonzo
- Paddling Benefactor
- Posts: 1718
- Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2003 2:03 am
- Location: Montréal, Québec
Ah, Lucifers... I had the 'pleasure' myself to gain some inside knwledge of the 'workings' 
of this feature.
Turns out that when trying to thread the needle between Lucifers and Rototiller having a look at the line beforehand would have been a good idea , particularly when running a river for the first time in the Riot Groove (which has virtually no primary and secondary, but tons of tertiary, i.e. upside down stability 
).
After watching me spend some quality time in there, nobody else seemed to be interested in running that line any more, oddly enough... ...
TGG!
of this feature.Turns out that when trying to thread the needle between Lucifers and Rototiller having a look at the line beforehand would have been a good idea
, particularly when running a river for the first time in the Riot Groove (which has virtually no primary and secondary, but tons of tertiary, i.e. upside down stability ).After watching me spend some quality time in there, nobody else seemed to be interested in running that line any more, oddly enough...
...TGG!
Everyone must believe in something. I believe I'll go canoeing - Henry David Thoreau
ahh yes, I know these people. The two videos of tandem canoes (Exhibits A and B) were taken on Canada Day 2008.
Damage report:
-1 exploded flotation bag
-2 gunnels ripped off the boat
-1 drowned camera
-3 canoeists converted to kayaking
Its a tough line to judge....you're either on it or you're not, and by the time you know for sure, its too late to do anything about it. But its a heluva ride if you hit it.
There'll be lots of carnage there this weekend at Gatineau Fest, I'm sure.
-Dan
Damage report:
-1 exploded flotation bag
-2 gunnels ripped off the boat
-1 drowned camera
-3 canoeists converted to kayaking
Its a tough line to judge....you're either on it or you're not, and by the time you know for sure, its too late to do anything about it. But its a heluva ride if you hit it.
There'll be lots of carnage there this weekend at Gatineau Fest, I'm sure.
-Dan
Re: Lucifer's butthole
The original videos got taken down somehow...but have now been re-posted:
Exhibit A - http://youtu.be/unvbpVqz_BQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Exhibit B - http://youtu.be/AliY6nGgmqg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Enjoy!
Exhibit A - http://youtu.be/unvbpVqz_BQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Exhibit B - http://youtu.be/AliY6nGgmqg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Enjoy!