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Paddling Logsby Tom Todd Do you maintain a river log? River logs are a great way to keep track of your paddling experiences and organizing the information about rivers you’ve paddled. It is obviously enjoyable to go back and review descriptions of your paddling experiences on a particular river, descriptions of scenic or tricky sections of the river, interesting incidents, and lists of who paddled with you. The river long might include directions at an intriguing drop that you might want to run differently next time. Ever wonder why some people can arrive at a river exactly at the assigned meeting time? A river log can be used to record travel times and distances to the meeting place, descriptions of the put in(s) and take out(s), portages, lunch spots, and a description of the shuttle route. River levels can drastically change the paddling experience and conditions on a river. Your river log could include a descriptions of the paddling conditions match against the gage level so that you can tell ahead of time what the paddling would be like once you looked up the gage. Records of the on-line gage levels in conjunction with the contemporaneous local painted river gage readings can help develop a conversion table between the local and government on-line gages. Hopefully in the future someone can correlate the read readings and allow us to publish conversions for the numerous gages. Another use for your river log is to remember good restaurants and phone information for places to stay. As your enthusiasm for paddling increases with your skills, you will eventually find yourself wanting to lead trips on rivers you’ve paddled. Your river log will prove to be invaluable in helping you lead trips on those rivers including giving out directions to the meeting spot and guiding your fellow paddlers down the river. Of course the best reason for maintaining a river log to keep details of the tall tales you can tell about your fellow paddlers. Copyright 1999, Tom Todd. All rights reserved.
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