Well, maybe we could do an all-girls rowing/paddling trip, with token men as our bow-sprees. My hubby and I are planning Deso in early September,we want to do a trip with the dogs. No date set yet, but don't want to do it in the blasting heat, and dogs aren't allowed till mid August either.
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So here's a challenge ladies? Look how well the women's teams did in the vert challenge. Not about competing??? No we all had a great time and did some rivers we wouldn't normally do (3 times at least). If you love to paddle I suggest the mass formation of some more women's teams for vert challenge, it's a great way to meet other women paddlers and travel to their rivers all on neutral funn loving river territory
I encourage all paddlers to join an Eddyflower.com Veritcal Challenge team. The point of the challenge is to raise money for a great cause, First Descents who offers a kayaking camp to young adult with cancer, while paddling as much as you can!
I was a bit amibivalent last year and couldn't talk any of my friends into joining a team, but I signed up as a team of one. In the begining, I thought that I'd just put a sign up at the office and just log the runs I'd normally do, but a competitve desire to do more emerged. Signing up for the challenge was the best thing I did for my paddling: I made new friends, I ran new rivers, and I gave a chance for someone else that has much to gain from the very sport I love.
I saw paddle rafting teams participating in the challenge as well! Just check out the eddyflower.com to get more info.
I encourage all paddlers to join an Eddyflower.com Veritcal Challenge team. The point of the challenge is to raise money for a great cause, First Descents who offers a kayaking camp to young adult with cancer, while paddling as much as you can!
I was a bit amibivalent last year and couldn't talk any of my friends into joining a team, but I signed up as a team of one. In the begining, I thought that I'd just put a sign up at the office and just log the runs I'd normally do, but a competitve desire to do more emerged. Signing up for the challenge was the best thing I did for my paddling: I made new friends, I ran new rivers, and I gave a chance for someone else that has much to gain from the very sport I love.
I saw paddle rafting teams participating in the challenge as well! Just check out the eddyflower.com to get more info.
Well I was thinking, why not? It would be fun. I was reading the info, and saw that it was applicable to only certain runs, and it seems that they don't have a rep that knows the boating around Missoula. Not a single listing for the Clarkfork River (not Clarks Fork), and only 1 for the Blackfoot, a damn long run that is rarely run in one day. I might check with them to see how to add runs, a friend of mine is putting out new river maps, so has gps coordinates and such, which might help them approve the runs. They do list a lot of Lochsa runs, which I hope to run a lot this year.
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Any runs not listed you just need to add to Eddyflower.com:
Vertical
The Vertical Challenge is open to all paddlers from all states, however the run details must be listed on EddyFlower and must have a valid put-in elevation and take-out elevation to be eligible. Teams must use put-ins and take-outs defined in the run details for contest credit. See the Rules on the Details page. If your local runs are not listed please let us know and we'd be happy to get the runs listed. Each run listed below is linked to a run details page, just click the run name. The following runs are eligible for the EddyFlower Vertical Challenge (listed) and:
Don't see your local run on this list? Add it here
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I just took a quick look to see how many Montana runs are listed on EddyFlower and how many Montana runs are eligible for the Vertical Challenge i.e. must have Put-in Elevation & Take-out Elevation...
I just took a quick look to see how many Montana runs are listed on EddyFlower and how many Montana runs are eligible for the Vertical Challenge i.e. must have Put-in Elevation & Take-out Elevation...
OK, I'm up for a chica-Buzz team, how about the rest of you? Who said we have to boat together? Who cares how much/well we do, except that we raise some money. Wait, I don't see the rules excluding rafters, but I don't paddle. Assuming it doesn't matter....
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I just joined Mountain Buzz this week and was really happy to see a women's forum on the site!! Well, I'm 57 years old and began paddling in earnest at age 37. I still paddle class III (I never did more than III with some IV's thrown in mostly because fear got in the way, but that is another post). I can't imagine not being a boater, so I plan on staying in shape so I can continue forever. For the record, I thought my best paddling years were ages 41-48, mostly because I had more time to spend on the river and had more friends to paddle with. Good to see there are other women out there in their 50's!!
OK, I'm up for a chica-Buzz team, how about the rest of you? Who said we have to boat together? Who cares how much/well we do, except that we raise some money. Wait, I don't see the rules excluding rafters, but I don't paddle. Assuming it doesn't matter....
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