boat for walking in and paddling out

boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 5 months ago #26994

alpacka Topic Author Offline Junior Member Posts: 10 Thank you received: 0	Has anybody else used these boats? Curious about your experiences.... Four pounds in weight, good to class IV low volume. Easy to carry and surprisingly tough. 10 mile walk-in 5 hours. more technical creeks, but not V
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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 5 months ago #27009

sparx Offline Elite Member Posts: 134 Thank you received: 1	id like to see someone roll one.
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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 5 months ago #27010

H20allergic Offline Senior Member Posts: 23 Thank you received: 0	they are soo funny lookin.
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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 5 months ago #27019

deon Offline Premium Member Posts: 88 Thank you received: 1	Somebody should take one through Hypoxia and see what comes out.
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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 5 months ago #27022

Golder Offline Premium Member Posts: 96 Thank you received: 0	"10 mile walk-in 5 hours." I recently busted out a 12 mile hike, with 3500 foot elevation rise and carried a total with my kayak of 90 pounds. Took me 6.5 hours and I am not in superb shape by a long shot, my vote stands with my trusty plastic creeker
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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 4 months ago #27138

alpacka Topic Author Offline Junior Member Posts: 10 Thank you received: 0	dude, yera stud -- not many as super human as you! BTW The Alaska walk-in had no trail....but, stand by your boat!
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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 4 months ago #27139

alpacka Topic Author Offline Junior Member Posts: 10 Thank you received: 0	Oh yea, these boats weigh under 3 kg so if yer flyin they fit in the overhead and are fun for Class IV -- cheaper than flyin yer real boat...here's a fly-in trip in Alaska where the boaters did two little side creaks -- one sorta steep. four guys for three days at 800 pounds total (bodies + gear + boats)
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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 4 months ago #27145

Golder Offline Premium Member Posts: 96 Thank you received: 0	fun
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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 2 months ago #27968

Chris2110 Offline Junior Member Posts: 9 Thank you received: 0	deon wrote: Somebody should take one through Hypoxia and see what comes out. Nothing but a helmet!
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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 2 months ago #27970

alpacka Topic Author Offline Junior Member Posts: 10 Thank you received: 0	Not a replacement for a hardshell, but a first descent machine for too distant/expensive to drag your real boat in:
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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 2 months ago #27973

BIG_GINGA_BEARD Offline Elite Member Posts: 149 Thank you received: 0	Is the bottom inflated? sorry hull!? dosent look like it from the video. I dont think you'd catch me on a high volume grade 1 river in that. Let alone the low water there paddling in. I think you'd bust your cheeks open if you hit a rock! I quite like my ass cheeks in one piece. Or am i missing summit? Matt
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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 2 months ago #27976

alpacka Topic Author Offline Junior Member Posts: 10 Thank you received: 0	You sit on an inflated seat. Grand Canyon has also been run in these (sort of like a high volume class I, right?) While those who paddle them may be hard asses, most of us learn techniques for not hitting your butt, sort of like learning techniques for not hitting your face with a hardshell
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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 2 months ago #27983

BIG_GINGA_BEARD Offline Elite Member Posts: 149 Thank you received: 0	Ah i get you now, there is some kind of seat inside. When he sent it down that rapid without a pilot it showed the hull and it looked just like an inflatable dingy. The kind you get from a beach shop(here in the UK anyway). Id pretty much never say no to most things but i think id rather sit in my plastid boat. Cheers for the insight, good topic. Matt
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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 2 months ago #28070

alpacka Topic Author Offline Junior Member Posts: 10 Thank you received: 0	More fun this week
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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 2 months ago #28072

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I like watching these videos, its something different. Have noticed one thing thou.

I know that there obviously stern heavy because of the way you paddle them and there designed to go in a rucksack right? so they need to be small. It seems that most of the time they capsize because the stern squirts and they fall backward! Has anyone thought about adding some weight to the front? Would this help? There is 1 guy on the latest video who seems to have a bag tied to the bow. Could you say, fill a dry bag with water and tie it down?

Just an idea, i could be way off.

Oh and that music is great

keep it coming.

Matt

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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 2 months ago #28078

alpacka Topic Author Offline Junior Member Posts: 10 Thank you received: 0	Thanks Matt for the encouragement....big water is often better with weight in the front, like here but litle creeks where you have to twist and turn fast -- well it's easier for me to go with no weight and scoot forward and have a good brace like this:
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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 2 months ago #28152

alpacka Topic Author Offline Junior Member Posts: 10 Thank you received: 0	Fun weekend trip in packrafts and a swim while paddling one handed
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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 1 month ago #28182

alpacka Topic Author Offline Junior Member Posts: 10 Thank you received: 0	OK, This is it, end of season highlights reel:
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Re:boat for walking in and paddling out 16 years 1 month ago #28285

alpacka Topic Author Offline Junior Member Posts: 10 Thank you received: 0	This is BIG NEWS: ROLLING A PACKRAFT!!!! Key are thighstraps that also give the 2 kg boat better control: SLOW MO of an icy drop:
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