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From: Colby Zebel

To: wildwater@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 6:50 PM

Subject: Re: [wildwater] winter training

Hey Chris,

How's it going? I'll be up on Saturday as long as levels are still
good and things are still ice free. Not sure if any of the other
central PA'ers will make it but I'll try to motivate them.

-colby

On Jan 18, 2008 1:31 AM, Chris Iezzoni <iezz@...> wrote:
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> My river is not frozen over, and the water level is perfect. Next weekend
> If anyone is interested you can knock the ice off your boat and come on up
> to the Lehigh for some attaining.
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> I like to paddle up for either 25 to 55 minutes. and then sprint back down.
> Some of the attainments are technically difficult, some require vigorous
> paddling. If you like a challenge this is fun. Length of the workout will
> depend on you.
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> Saturday around 1200 at Glen Onoko. I will paddle my wavehopper, because I
> hate fixing boats. And that little bit extra turning ability helps quite a
> bit with some of the attainments. However a regular wildwater boat would be
> fine. I've also done it in my slalom boat hundreds of times.
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> If you are not able to pull off big attainments you might want to pass on
> this one until the river level gets lower. Summer attaining here is still
> fun, but there isn't anything that's really going to give you the willies.
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> If nobody responds I will just go alone like usual, but I can't promise what
> time I'll be out there. This deal is good all year long. I highly suggest
> this to anyone who loves training and racing, especially wildwater.
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> Chris Iezzoni