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38,just getting back to life after rta .you just cant top kayaking around the connemarra coast .had two of my lads out swimming with 2 harbour seals off glinsk last september and cant wait to see what adventures await us this year.

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River Running, Creeking

Favorite Rivers:

corrib

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perception2 . 30year old lawerance spratt. Z one,pyrahna its sweet.

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swimming ,cycling and rambling . anything to get the lads away from xbox.

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oasis,u2,greenday,blink182.coldplay,dylan most stuff that my wife will turn off

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comedy any

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never read too busy

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taking time to make sure you dont miss it.

Hateful Things:

hate is a strong word ,try not to hate.

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At 8:20pm on October 24, 2009, Rick Dunseith said…: Hi Norman. Thanks for the welcome, and the note. You know, it was reading Chris Duff's book about paddling around Ireland was the first thing that turned me on to sea kayaking, after thinking that leusurely exploring local lakes and marshes in my sit-on-top would be enough to keep me interested. Lately, it's been my watching a set of Spencer Cooke's inspiring videos that's turning me onto an interest in white water kayaking, too. Thanks for the encouragement. Take care, Rick

At 6:22am on September 1, 2009, MARIO HUESCA NAVA said…: HI NORMAN I´M GLAD TO BE ON YOUR COMMUNITY, THANKS FOR YOUR WELCOME, I THINK YOUR SPANISH IS GOOD, MY ENGLISH IS NOT TOO GOOD, I HAVE A LOT OF PICTURES AND COMMENTS ABOUT MY KAYAK TRIPS IN MEXICO, WE HAVE BEAUTIFULL RIVERS AND LAKES TO ENJOY, I HOPE YOU CAN COME HERE SOON TO LIVE NEW ADVENTURES.

At 9:43pm on March 29, 2009, David Simonetti said…: Hi Norman,

Nice to meet you. I have a lovely semi-Irish girlfriend and she's always talking about us getting over the pond for a visit. Of course, I'm always thinking about the boating possibilities. If I ever do get over there, maybe we can get some runs in. Be well!

At 9:16pm on March 17, 2009, David Conrad said…: The Crashed Burn: Here's the story I got. Members of "Team Midwest Mountaineering" went out last June when we had abnormal rain amounts to a normally dangerous North Shore (Lake Superior) run and ran it above flood stage. Things got out of hand and Ben lost his Burn. He grabbed a cliff but the boat continued down the river/creek getting caught up and bashed here and there, and ended up in Lake Superior much to the surprise of the Coast Guard. Ben gave the boat up for junk. It was twisted a little and the port side by the legs was bashed in, and you saw the rear but may not have noticed the huge hole on the peak of the volume 1/3 meter behind the backbrace. I straighted out the boat through space heaters and hairdryers, heated up the side and popped out the dent, and heated up the back and messaged the rear back into shape, then went and bought a hot air gun and got some poly and welded the holes and cracks.

Ready to go.

At 10:15am on November 7, 2008, tdkayak said…: It is Marianne Saether, probubly somewhere in Norway.
Check her out at www.riverangels.com

At 7:59pm on February 27, 2008, Mike Womack said…: I forgot to ad location: Southeast U.S. - Georgia

Plenty photos/information can be found below:

http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River_detail_id_506_

At 7:24pm on February 27, 2008, Mike Womack said…: taken from wikipedia: Because Georgians long have assumed that Tallulah was a Cherokee word, there is no agreement regarding the derivation of the name for the Tallulah River. Tourism promoters in the late 1800s described the word Tallulah as meaning "thundering waters" in Cherokee. Some scholars later theorized the that tallulah meant “terrible” in Cherokee or was possibly derived from a number of other words, but it is more likely that there is no translation for the word.[6] It actually has no meaning in Cherokee. The most likely source of the word is the Okonee (a branch of the Creek Indians) word talula, which means "town." The Okonee People occupied northeastern Georgia and northwestern South Carolina for hundreds of years prior to the arrival of the Cherokees in the early 1700s.
In any event, there was a Cherokee Over-the-Hill settlement called Tallulah located on the upper portion of the river.[7]
I don't know how your American history is, but the Cherokees were a great race of indians that ruled this land before us pale-skins came in and ran them out.
Tallulah had been dammed for years and only started having scheduled recreational releases in 1997. I was one of the lucky ones to get a permit. It was real cool because for everyone that put on that day, it was like a first descent. Nobody new the lines. It's a class IV run. The lines are simple if you're with someone who knows them. Oceana is one of the most intimidating rapids I've seen. I've always run it but most walk it. Photos and video can be found on the web. Unfortunately we've been suffering a pretty ugly drought in the southeast, so releases were cancelled. It is a jewel for southeast boaters here in the states and it was terrible news. Hopefully we'll get enough rain over the winter and spring to bring the water levels up for next year.