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I’ve done a decent amount of white water and stories like this make me shiver. If you’re in moving water, standing is surprisingly dangerous. Float or swim (depending on the current) to calm water and get out there.

If you stand (and especially walk) in a fast current, you’re asking to get your foot caught and then drowned.

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My story was short. A tree at chest level knocked us over a couple feet from the end of fork. We floated a couple feet until we were dumped back into the main channel were there is little to no current. My heel caught a treble hook from my fishing pole. I had to dog paddle the kayak a couple feet to the bank and get the hook out of my heel.

There aren't even any classed rapids in this area its more of a lazy river thing. An hour or so away there are some cool rapids leftover from prior Olympic Games that has a consistent dam release.

We were on sit on top kayaks.

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