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Lucifer's butthole
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:46 pm
by marclamenace
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!
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:59 pm
by the great gonzo
Ah, Lucifers... I had the 'pleasure' myself to gain some inside knwledge of the 'workings'
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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
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, 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
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).
After watching me spend some quality time in there, nobody else seemed to be interested in running that line any more, oddly enough...
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...
TGG!
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:07 pm
by djutzi
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
Re: Lucifer's butthole
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 4:41 pm
by KateM
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!