Idiots tubing lower narrows today

[prozoned]

Anyone else see the 4 or 5 stupid frat guys attempting, but failing miserably to run the lower narrows poudre. I drove by to see a ranger pulled over with a throw rope, 3 or 4 dudes in just swimsuits no safety gear whatsoever scattered along the highway. Then I saw about 3 empty tubes/walmart floaty raft things in the big bottom eddy, and 1 or two more tubes in some of the eddies below the higher drops. Anyone else hear about/see this? It didnt look like any major injuries, and I couldnt tell if the ranger had to attempt a rescue or not. I mean the poudre's not very high but these idiots had no idea what they were doing, other than get nominated for darwin awards

[chrispy]

Will they do it again? For peanuts?

[chrispy]

Do they have one for me ... I'll bring extra helmets, lifejackets and booties (to drink beer out of... Before and after the carnage!)... Get your rope ranger dude... Time to earn your pay.

[watermonkey]

Somebody needs to file a complaint. Why would anyone in their right mind save a frat boy?

[hojo]

No pictures? I wish the rangers would come out every time I ran the narrows. Maybe they'd chase my paddle for me!

[idahofloater]

I think that its fuuny that we "the whitewater community" would call them idiots. Maybe they are just testing what is possible? Thats how our sport started. And these days kayakers are dropping crazy ass stuff and it don't matter how much saftey is set, if they bail, thier dead! Now I know that the frat boys were running a plan for complete danger, but hey its thier lives to live or die. Its the rescuers choice to go in after thier ass. Its a judgement call based on their skill. I say let them do thier thing and don't judge. Hell most people think we are idiots for doing what we do. Live and let die.

[hojo]

How timely: Morals in the form of Freedom

[Jensjustduckie]

Originally Posted by idahofloater

I think that its fuuny that we "the whitewater community" would call them idiots. Maybe they are just testing what is possible? Thats how our sport started. And these days kayakers are dropping crazy ass stuff and it don't matter how much saftey is set, if they bail, thier dead! Now I know that the frat boys were running a plan for complete danger, but hey its thier lives to live or die. Its the rescuers choice to go in after thier ass. Its a judgement call based on their skill. I say let them do thier thing and don't judge. Hell most people think we are idiots for doing what we do. Live and let die.

Absolutely, part of freedom is being free to take risks, even stupid ones.

The only thing is, if they do get pinned in an undercut or sieve their bodies will pollute people's drinking water... which is gross and means someone will have to go "rescue" the body. This is expensive and not fair to search and rescue persons, so sometimes it's better to have a ranger spend a few minutes to prevent a massive search and rescue event.

[idahofloater]

Originally Posted by Jensjustduckie

Absolutely, part of freedom is being free to take risks, even stupid ones.

The only thing is, if they do get pinned in an undercut or sieve their bodies will pollute people's drinking water....

Man that explain why the water out that way smells like body oder.

[the_dude]

i saw a bunch of folks parked in the lower pullout yesterday afternoon but couldn't figure out what in the hell for. this explains it. i also saw about 10 emergency vehicles coming up canyon as i was headed down. hopefully there were no injuries.