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notbob wrote:
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> On 2013-09-15, Ophelia > wrote:
>
> >> There's a fine line between crazy and stupid! I'd not put on that
> >> water unlelss I KNEW it was a clear float for miles below, and a
> >> guaranteed easy exit point.

> >
> > Too right!

>
> The CO governor came on TV this morning and declared anyone caught
> rafting or kayaking the floodwaters would be arrested. I personally
> don't understand it, except to take the heat off overworked rescue
> workers. CO's biggest industry, other than beef, is river
> rafting/kayaking. Ppl die every year doing it. That's what it's all
> about. Dancing with death.
>
> nb


Creeping nanny-statism...

I went kayaking in CO a month or so ago (Arkansas river, Lower Brown's
Canyon) and had a blast.