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 Should little kids be paddling Class V? New
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Date: Apr 07 2008, 18:33 GMT
From: HarrisonMetzger
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I was browsing through some of the crazy shit being paddled on the AW page and saw photos of a little kid running an obviously Class V drop on Henderson Creek. At Ain'tLouieFest I saw an 11-year-old girl run Baby Falls. But that was at low water with her parents there and tons of safety. I wonder about letting a 9-year-old run Class V
At that age it is really the parent's responsibility to determine what risks a child should take. I am not trying to criticize anyone else's choice but to raise what is obviously going to become a more common question as more and more children take up paddling. So much depends on the individual kid's personality, skill and fitness. But is there an age before which a kid should not be running the heinous?
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- well with the one I seen they won't do it till they are ready, but that up to us, unless we are the parent, it kinda Louie New
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- Right...I'm asking how parents feel about allowing their kids on hard, dangerous ww <NT> HarrisonMetzger New
 What is class V?? Baby Falls at low water? miltymann New -
- Yep - about skill not age. RiverChique New
- Miscommunication on my part...I wasn't saying Baby Falls is a V. It's a IV. HarrisonMetzger New
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- No worries and for the record, little girls been leading the way down that rapid for some time: miltymann New
- have to be high water to be a IV, very high <NT> Louie New
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- It's the tallest class III in all the SE and Short Creek Falls is the tallest class II <NT> TheBroncoKid New
- on kids and pregnant women paddling III/V, my opinions are unpopular. BLUEEZ New
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 I had a friend loose a baby when she took a look cold swim. <NT> davegg New  I agree with you on all counts abbeysway New - 19 yr old female running big boy LL_lilA New
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- I had the same take on things at 19 too. BLUEEZ New
- I take exception...you can run a rapid blind more than once, just close your eyes mtnsport New
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- MARK STOVER! BLUEEZ New
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- thanks mtnsport New
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- Congrats Mark! yakdaddy New
- beg to differ G New
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- like I said originally, my opinions are unpopular. I'm ok if you disagree. I still feel the same. <NT> BLUEEZ New
- well alright then, many people were running blind... mtnsport New
- May the Force be with you my young Padawan. ;-) Now close those eyes and Boof, mister. miltymann New
- Congratulations Mark on your big news HarrisonMetzger New
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- Thanks Harrison & Stuart, yep it's the first, so I'm getting ready to get turned upside down mtnsport New
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- You have bombproof roll, so you will be upright in no time, right? <NT> HarrisonMetzger New
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- Absolutely! <NT> mtnsport New
- I am a parent of a 14 yo boy with a lifelong disability Learning_to_Swim New
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- You are damn straight about that! JediMaster New
- My wife paddled some stuff while early in pregnancy willdabeast New
- Word is there is a 10 yr old here running the lower 5 of the NF Payette... EricS New
 What about using your 10 yr. old kid to sell boats? abbeysway New  Here is my $0.02. I've had my daughter paddling as long as she can remember. She's 14 and can paddle class IV and has smitho New -
- I was with you all the way Terry until the last line HarrisonMetzger New
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- I'm not a lawyer either but it just sounded like something an over zealous prosecuting lawyer would do. <NT> smitho New
- Your child paddling class IV is at equal risk as another child paddling class V thehead New
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- I disagree...I led Terry's daughter down some of her biggest rapids ever... bigsurfwaves New
- The lawyer thing might have been over the top but there is a huge difference in class III and class V. And no matter how smitho New
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- I didn't say there wasn't a difference in the two it was to point out different perspectives thehead New
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- It's really none of my business what class of whitewater parents let their children paddle. But some of these class V smitho New
- I think there are many kids capable at paddling at that level t_h_o_m_a_s New
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- brief addition ClayW New
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 When I was talking speed, t_h_o_m_a_s New
- Depends on the kid and the family ClayW New
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- Well put Clay. Thanks. <NT> miltymann New
 I figured you'd say that when I saw your name. <NT> BLUEEZ New -
- I think the issue for me is more "parental responsiblility" BLUEEZ New
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- "own blood" he doesn't have <NT> abbeysway New
- and Depends on your comfort zone ClayW New
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- I see where you're coming from, but death is death regardless of being comfortable or geeked out scared. BLUEEZ New
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- How many parents lose their kids to thing that they wouldn't suspect fahimaz7 New
- You should definitely quit paddling jkodadek New
- no.... fahimaz7 New
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- so are you insinuating a parent should teach their kid to weave in & out of traffic? mtnsport New
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- absolutely not fahimaz7 New
- Quick Clay... plug that cord back inta' yer neck!!!!! decker New
- There is a reason they don't let kids drive before 16. They aren't capable of making good decisions. After all we all smitho New
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- <No Subject> lifeofloon New
- I think many kids are capable of making good decisions BMan1 New
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- Yes, but we as parents bear ultimate responsibility for our minor children HarrisonMetzger New
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- Well, on that we agree BMan1 New
- You think? fahimaz7 New
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- actually abbeysway New
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- 1 incident with a rock... and in that time about 80 people killed in backcountry avalanches in the US. <NT> fahimaz7 New
- It is up to the parents to be parents HarrisonMetzger New
- TOTALLY!! My dad had me shooting high powered rifles before age ten, but he thinks kayaking class 2 is unsafe! bigsurfwaves New
- I was allowed.... hardboater New
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- I never have understood abbeysway New
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 Maybe they won't stop lawn mower blades but whitetrash New
- kids and class V firescape New
- I think that since they're not my kids - I don't even have kids - I don't have a right to tell anyone else how to GRITS New
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- <No Subject> <NT> ClayW New
- It is all dependant on the family and the child...... aqua_chic28 New
- Any kids been hurt? curtis_elwood New
- At 5 yr. old, I almost fell from a 40 ft water tower, when my parents thought I was playing with a kid down the block... rbowman New
- If capable, yes (within limits) and here's why BMan1 New
- Absolutely NOT! You let an 11 years old paddle Gnar and Will_Carry New
- I say NO because... penny New
- Really NOT an Issue of age. riverpig New
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- I beg to disagree HarrisonMetzger New
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- Are you a parent? b6 New
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 I'm a parent. My kids stay home playing video games where they belong. Will_Carry New - Yes I am HarrisonMetzger New
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- List the fatalities then fahimaz7 New
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- The point is not to have any to list, if possible. HarrisonMetzger New
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- What bothers me is fahimaz7 New
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