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This list is a work in progress, please check
with organizers before showing up.
We are updating this for accuracy as fast as possible. If any club members have updates to this
list, please contact Rick Bloom (rickpb@aol.com)
to make additions or corrections.
Note: Trips in August are still in the planning stage. Please check back for more details as we
finalize these trips and add more.
Anyone planning a trip is urged to contact Rick Bloom so that it can be posted here ASAP.
There are
people using the WhiteWater park just about every evening; show up for
practice and fun.
Middle Yough
Trip on Sunday, August 15. Meet at
Ram Cat Put-in at 10 AM. We will do
a car shuttle and try to put-in at 11 AM.
Bring lunch for on the river.
This is a great beginners trip and good practice for the rest of
us. Contact Rick Bloom for details.
August 22
(Sunday) the Cannonman Triathlon at Shawnee State Park is looking for
volunteers (15 kayakers) to serve as safety boaters. This is from 6 AM to 9 AM. Volunteers can earn money for the club. Contact Rick
Bloom for details.
“Just Past” Full
Moon Paddle on the Que on Friday, August 27.
We will meet at the Quemahoning Recreation area at 7:00 PM. The club is providing a fire and light
sticks for your boats. You should
bring snacks to share and your own beverage. We will have snacks and then paddle under
an almost full moon. Moon rise is at
8:53; so you don’t have to be their promptly at 7. Afterwards we usually have a fire and
trade lies about our river running skills.
Make sure that your boats have a launch permit or are registered
(see bottom of page for notes on this).
PFDs are mandatory. Contact Steve Podratsky or Rick Bloom for details.
August 29
(Sunday): Jason Rigby and RMK is hosting a free whitewater clinic on the
Lower Yough. You should be
comfortable paddling the loop. You should
call or email Jason so that he has an idea of who will be there. Also, he has both rental boats and demo
boats available.
jason@rockymountainkayaks.com
412-610-2303
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Kayak
Lessons:
Rocky Mountain Kayak will be hosting a
waterfall / creeking clinic on Sunday August 15.
Cost for clinic is only $25pp
Make sure to call or email to reserve a
spot. Class size is limited to ensure a proper ratio of safety boaters to
class participants.
more info can be found at http://www.rockymountainkayak.com
or http://www.epicprep.com
Rocky Mountain
Kayak is proud to announce that we will be holding regular weekly kayak classes
at on the Stonycreek starting the first tuesday after the rendezvous
Tuesday May 18th and continuing throughout the summer. Classes will be led
by RMK's new head of paddlesports instruction professional kayaker and ACA
certified Matt Fithian. We will be teaching everything from the roll all
the way to playboating and river running skills.
Cost for lessons will be $25.00 each session which includes equipment
rental and weather appropriate paddling gear, and helps to cover insurance.
Only $15.00 for student with their own equipment.
Also, students that take the weekly roll classes will be eligible to
participate in our on river classes in Ohiopyle on sundays at a drastically
reduced rate of only 10.00 pp for this all day class. Sunday classes start
at around 10:30 am at the ferncliff parking lot working on the last rapid
of the middle yough until 3:00 at which time we move class down to the loop
a 1.5 mile class 3 section of pool drop whitewater.
This is an amazingly affordable way to get people into whitewater paddling.
Traditional paddling schools charge as much as 125 - 250 a day for private
instruction and as much as 65 - 125 a day for group lessons. The price of
our lessons basically covers the expenses of running the class and we can
consider special accomodations for families, and larger groups.
Please call ahead if you or someone you know wishes to attend classes so we
can make sure to bring along the appropriate # and sizes of boats to
accomodate the classes. Walk-ons will be considered on a first come first
serve basis.
To reserve a spot in class or for more information ....
Jason@rockymountainkayaks.com
412-610-2303 or 1-866-675-3975
If you don't talk with me, please leave a message with contact info.
Classes will
start at 5:30 pm and go until 8:30 pm
Classes will be
held near the Faustwell Bridge put-in.
Call for details.
Beginners
– don’t forget about kayak roll session at Rocky Mountain Kayak in New
Stanton. They begin at 7 PM and are free to
members. Also Jeff Prcyl meets every
Sunday now through September at Ferncliff Parking Lot at 11 AM for beginner whitewater
instruction. He then does the Loop of the lower Yough at 3 PM.
Beginner instruction will be plenty.
Again, this is free if you are a member. Gear can be rented from Jeff at $25/day
for all that you need.
Note:
many paddling events require that your boat be registered with the
state. You need a “sticker” if you
are at a state park, use Pa Fish and Boat Commission access or have a motor
on a boat. But you only need a
Launch Permit sticker unless you mount a motor on your boat (then you need
an official Registration).
Launch permits are simple and relatively cheap. You can get them online at the PA Fish and Boat Commission
or at several locations in each county (locations are given on the web
site) and they will let you print up a temporary launch permit for
immediate use. Here are the
locations for Cambria County:
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Dream
Machines Auto Sales
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814-472-2210
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189
Mini Mall Rd
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Ebensburg
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15931
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Ebensburg
Fishing And Hunting
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814-472-5980
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3657
Admiral Peary Hwy
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Ebensburg
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15931
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Wal
Mart Store 2663
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814-471-0200
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300
Walmart Dr
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Ebensburg
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15931
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Galls
Ins And Notary Service
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814-886-2961
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506
Main Street
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Lilly
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15938
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Dj
Accounting And Notary
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814-674-8577
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1092
Carroll Road
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Paxton
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16668
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