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3 Survive Rapids Attempt With Wal-Mart Raft
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| 5/27/2006
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Posted on 05/28/2006 6:04:01 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: Drew68; ßuddaßudd
I think most of us were lucky to survive being a teenager and early twentysomething. I didn't shoot the rapids, but benign canoeing on a calm lake can become dangerous when you and your buddies have three 12-packs of beer.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Is he wearing body armor???
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posted on
05/28/2006 7:17:54 AM PDT
by
Eagles6
(Dig deeper, more ammo.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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posted on
05/28/2006 7:21:13 AM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways Guero » with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona....)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
One of the rivers near me has a sign, says something like: "Class 5 rapids - don't even think about it"
I think from there on it drops somethin like 600 feet in about a third of a mile stretch.
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posted on
05/28/2006 7:22:35 AM PDT
by
djf
(Bedtime story: Once upon a time, they snuck on the boat and threw the tea over. In a land far away..)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
We were kayaking on the Rogue River in Oregon 30 yrs. ago and the same thing happenned. We rescued 2 guys and their girlfriends and 2 6' blue and yellow "bathtubs". We fished out beer and food for the next couple of miles. We were poor so their misfortune was our good fortune.
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posted on
05/28/2006 7:22:53 AM PDT
by
Eagles6
(Dig deeper, more ammo.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
3 Survive Rapids Attempt With Wal-Mart Raft Soon to be followed by "3 File Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart Over Defective Raft".
To: Mrs. Shawnlaw
I guess too many conservatives feel the need to shill for Wal-Mart any way they can. Its almost as annoying as the anti Wal-Mart shills.
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posted on
05/28/2006 7:28:30 AM PDT
by
VanDeKoik
(Quick! Press the Sarcasm button!)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
A case of beer, a Wal-Mart raft, and mountain river rapids. What could go wrong?![](http://squeallikeapig.com/images/deliverance2.jpg)
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Well...it could've been worse. |
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posted on
05/28/2006 7:29:37 AM PDT
by
Fintan
(Okay, sometimes I don't read all the articles.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
The big question that one has asked, is of course; how did the 2 12 packs fare in this ordeal? Are they ok?
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posted on
05/28/2006 7:32:21 AM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(Never bring a knife to a gun fight, or a Democrat to do serious work...)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
A case of beer, a Wal-Mart raft, and mountain river rapids. What could go wrong?
LMAO!!
The adventure is nothing new to Williams, who said he also seeks thrills skateboarding, snowboarding and bungee jumping.
They forgot acting first and thinking second.
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posted on
05/28/2006 7:32:27 AM PDT
by
Fruitbat
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Low, low prices, always (for a reason).
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posted on
05/28/2006 7:33:42 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
To: Mrs. Shawnlaw
"The raft was probably a Coleman brand!"
Made in China probably.
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posted on
05/28/2006 7:37:56 AM PDT
by
dljordan
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
scrapes from the knees down and were stripped of most of their clothes. Methinks there is a "Deliverance" story here that isn't being told.
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posted on
05/28/2006 7:41:58 AM PDT
by
Hardastarboard
(Why isn't there an "NRA" for the rest of my rights?)
To: glock rocks; NormsRevenge; SouthTexas
My friends, and you are my friends, please switch to a good cheap California Wine before you find yourselves in over your head like these younger lads...
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posted on
05/28/2006 7:42:48 AM PDT
by
tubebender
(Tagline...I don't need no stinking tagline...)
To: VanDeKoik; Mrs. Shawnlaw
I'm sure it would've worked out a lot better if the guys had bought the raft at Target or Shop-Ko (yeah right).
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity; Mrs.Nooseman; Diana in Wisconsin; bfree; Graybeard58; CSM; metesky; ...
Gratuitous WalMart reference PING.......
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posted on
05/28/2006 7:44:45 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Proud to be a WalMartian --- beep)
To: dakine
You are never to old. I ran the Colorado River, all 221 miles through the Grand Canyon, rowing my own boat in a private party. We had waited 9 years to get the permit.
I only flipped my boat once. It was a 18 footer, There they classify the rapids on a 1 - 10 scale. We went through a bunch of nines. Great trip. Oh yes, I was 67 at the time.
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posted on
05/28/2006 7:58:51 AM PDT
by
stubernx98
(cranky, but reasonable)
To: stubernx98
My point was to folks who were gonna reply that they were never young and stupid/foolish...
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posted on
05/28/2006 8:01:40 AM PDT
by
dakine
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
In this case I doubt it matters where the raft was purchased. As a matter of fact I believe its irrelevant to the story. The writer of the story seems to just want to use the incident as an opportunity to take a cheap shot at Wal-Mart.
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posted on
05/28/2006 8:02:56 AM PDT
by
KoRn
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I've done my share of river rafting as a guide and as an instructor. Those light PVC rafts fron Wal-Mart, et. al. are possibly - and I'm being generous here - suitable for a glass-smooth lake that is shallow enough to stand in when it springs a leak or otherwise dumps you in the water. Also, they typically aren't rigid enough to provide support if you need to torque hard on the paddles (or oars) to accelerate, slow down or turn rapidly.
Even though class 3 rapids aren't generally exceedingly complex, in this kind of raft the are equivalent to class 6 (impassable) in a "real" river raft.
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