11-07-08, 10:15 PM | #1 |
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Floatin da river
i live a mile or so as the crow flies from the Lynches River in SC. I along with some buddies [probally dad too] want to float the river. Total of 140 mi. and we wanna float half of it.. any ideas on wow long it'd take
also whats your opinion on floating it in the winter or summer? -Scott
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Well, if you assume that you would average 3 mph over 70 miles that would be 210 hours or 8.75 days. No sleep, just a lot of floating. In all, I would plan on a couple of weeks. Sounds like fun!!!
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11-07-08, 10:33 PM | #3 |
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thats if we float with the current.. but a few hours of GOOD paddleing..floating..sleeping..then same thing over and over. probally could cut it to 8 days total..
i wish just me and my friends could do it..but i doubt that'd happen.. maybe float like 1 day by our self... or a couple nights with my dad.. maybe after we graduate and were "on our own" we'll do it
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Depends on flow rate???
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bumping this up.... My buddies and i want to do this maybe one night in Febuary... And again on spring break with 4 of us, me, two friends and my navy cadet senior instructor...former marine sniper
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i'd float till I hit a deep hole and stay there ...good luck n stay warm!
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Allot of factors will affect your floating time, but when fishing figure an average of 1 mile per hour. I'll let you do the math.
I float a 33 mile streach of river every year. Takes me 7 days and 6 nights. We fish it hard. |
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were planning on two trips, an introductary one in febuary for 1 or 2 nights . were floating a 4 hour normal float trip but were going to stop and camp.
then spring break in april, were gunna float it for a week
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Anybody hear a banjo playing in the background???? Just make sure you know how to squeal.......
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lmao.....seriously that sounds like a cool trip but i would wait for warmer weather if it were me.
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That movie permanently ruined camping for me lol
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what movie?
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Ye sure do have a purty mouth.....
Before you go, rent "Deliverance".
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Depending on the location I think I would be packing!
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i'm looking forward to going. Spring break will be quicker than ya know it
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Don't ask what movie and don't watch it if any one tells you. It may not ruin all camping, but it sure makes floating a river less appealing.....
For me Blair Witch was the screw camping movie. Of course I saw it the day before going camping. Didn't sleep much
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haha i guess i'll just nod my head and smile, and back away slowly
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Smart man!!! Good advice and if you ever come across a blind boy on a porch playing a banjo......use it!
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haha.. wow..
i know of one guys house that i'll see .. haha rich guy that owns the city's nursery [plants]
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Let me hear you squeal boy!
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Poor old Ned Beatty, I sure hope they paid him well.
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Oh , sorry. i thought this thread was about a jet in a river...
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