Sunday, December 25, 2011

The first three paddlers to successfully kayak Le Grande Chute - Kipawa

The first successful descent of Grande Chute by kayakers occured in 1998
In the pictures you'll see Brent Cooper, Ben Aylsworth, and Mike McCubbin

Remarkable, dangerous, and exceptional accomplishment.




The white and the light

From the deep and the dark
A space where sound does not exist
Where the heart is felt but never heard
We are called to witness the coming of the light
The light of day, the light of God and the light of life
a gift and wish inspired
Reached out in infinite rays
from a beginning so impossible
to conclude beyond thought and belief
An event borne of inspiration
both magical and implausible
revealed in prophesy
then realized one moment in time
with the promise of a future
where life and death converge
The moment of light is a moment of white
of such fright yet with the hope of life
The moment of truth
wrested from emptiness
on wings of design
not once in that instant
but three at a time
near grey rocks and water
and sun kissed besides
Yet arms raised high in victory
knew brief reward
they emptied quickly
with the flight of life from fright
leaving flickering knowlege
of the white and the light

kayaky

Rafting on the Kipawa 2005 vintage sequence

**********Have a Nice Day**********
Davey Jone's Hole, Hollywood Rapid as it pours into Lake Temiskaming




Picnic Rapid Surfing