University of Limerick Kayak Club

Mark and I are heading to the glens today!
Meeting at the sprinter for 2:30. We are meeting Graeme Henebry out there also. The gauge is fairly high right now but we'll be making a decision there.
It'll be cool to get some others to come too.

It's at 1.4 and still rising rapidly. Ye're crazy.

GavinSheehan wrote:It's at 1.4 and still rising rapidly. Ye're crazy.

:O What I find crazy is the idea of sitting in college dreaming of gliding down Glens in perfect flows

Perfect levels on the Glens today!

Caution is 100% necesssary when it comes to paddling.
But telling people not to run a river because of outdated fables and elaborate whisperings is a bit much.

If anyone wants to know how today went down I'd love to chat about it on the phone! Think we could learn something from it.

True That, Great day on the river!

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stephenodea wrote:True That, Great day on the river!

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Still, not a like in sight.
Fair mean with um there Stephen.

mmmm_scandalous wrote:

GavinSheehan wrote:It's at 1.4 and still rising rapidly. Ye're crazy.

:O What I find crazy is the idea of sitting in college dreaming of gliding down Glens in perfect flows

Perfect levels on the Glens today!

Caution is 100% necesssary when it comes to paddling.
But telling people not to run a river because of outdated fables and elaborate whisperings is a bit much.

I never told anyone not to run a river. I never mentioned any outdated fables. 1.4 is high now and it was high 20 years ago...It's high no matter what year it is or which gauge you're reading it off. I don't see it as elaborate. Pretty straightforward really.

Fair enough, don't want to be attacking you individually about it or anything.

But I've always just seen people jump to conclusions and write off river trips because of high levels, trees down in spots and various other reasons etc, etc.

Truth is it is impossible to make decisions unless you are actually there, in person, looking at the drop/feature/river with a boat on your shoulders, paddle in hand and a head able to decide for yourself.

mmmm_scandalous wrote:Fair enough, don't want to be attacking you individually about it or anything.

But I've always just seen people jump to conclusions and write off river trips because of high levels, trees down in spots and various other reasons etc, etc.

Truth is it is impossible to make decisions unless you are actually there, in person, looking at the drop/feature/river with a boat on your shoulders, paddle in hand and a head able to decide for yourself.

I have full confidence in your judgement Mark

Probably helps when you've spent the previous day at the O'Sullivans cascades!

That has to be good for shifting the perspective a bit!

Yeah I'm a smartphone wanker now!

Okay.. so still buzzing from glens so maybe I came a bit strong off the bat.

I would simply like to challenge a certain mentality I see all over the place in the paddling community. As it happens, I also see it in this club.
Too many times i've heard "Oh that's huge", "That's crazy", "We're not able for that", "Did you hear about so-nd-so last year? He got f#cked".

All of the above serves as reminders that paddling can be dangerous and we should all look out for eachother.
I dont believe it should stop us from getting out there, givin' her a go and seeing what happens.

Decisions on wheather or not to run a rapid should be made in that moment, looking at the rapid with a solid head on your shoulders and a good crew behind you.
I dont believe decisions on wheather or not to step up and run the sh#t should be based on decisions made for you by others the day before you're even at the river. Or worse, murmurings that go decades back in the club.

EoinK wrote:Probably helps when you've spent the previous day at the O'Sullivans cascades!

That has to be good for shifting the perspective a bit!

Yeah I'm a smartphone wanker now!

Yep! Undeniably true!

But I dont want that to take away from anything. Im also talking about scaring people away from a regular glens run, a first time flesk and MOST OF ALL a first time CC run.. Cause we all know that a first time CC run is a game changer. I'd absolutly hate to deny anybody that.