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chaga
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Shooting Lower Basswood Falls
Dec 3rd, 2011 at 12:19am
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I don't know if anyone here has seen this.
Disturbing.
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Re: Shooting Lower Basswood Falls
Reply #1 - Dec 3rd, 2011 at 3:00pm
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There's a reason one can win only one Darwin Award...
  
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Re: Shooting Lower Basswood Falls
Reply #2 - Dec 3rd, 2011 at 3:40pm
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A friend and I watched three kayakers make several attempts each, to run Lower Basswood Falls, and never were successful in staying upright all the way through.
Paddlers unfamiliar with northern MN rivers should keep in mind that the rocks are jagged and sharp, not nice and smooth/rounded like other rivers might be.  AND the deep pockets under water are filled with tough drift wood that can catch the boat and paddlers like fish in a net (under water).  Shocked
  
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Re: Shooting Lower Basswood Falls
Reply #3 - Dec 3rd, 2011 at 3:47pm
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Interesting
Shockingly dumb

Looks like it was years ago?  the comments on the bottom of page are dated years back.  Looks intentional by their comments.
  
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Re: Shooting Lower Basswood Falls
Reply #4 - Dec 3rd, 2011 at 4:04pm
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Stupid with a capital "S". 
  
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Re: Shooting Lower Basswood Falls
Reply #5 - Dec 5th, 2011 at 6:58pm
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Didn't there used to be an aluminum canoe t-boned on a rock in Lower Basswood, years ago?
  
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Re: Shooting Lower Basswood Falls
Reply #6 - Dec 5th, 2011 at 8:53pm
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Some have tried at Niagara Falls.  The kayak was usually recovered.
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