Kayak the mighty Nippersink thread

[Yaj Yak]

I was on the nippersink for 6 hours yesterday and it seemed low. The riffles all had exposed rock... Even in molded injected kayaks it was interesting.

you paddled it? from wondertuck to the chain or?

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[willsmysticcobra]

I thought I was going to be a big shot and go from keystone to the canoe base , but I failed and hopped off at pioneer . Morbidly sunburned

 

[Yaj Yak]

I thought I was going to be a big shot and go from keystone to the canoe base , but I failed and hopped off at pioneer . Morbidly sunburned

did you stop a lot? was it crazy hard? my buddy's and i want to do this from keystone to the chain...

 

[willsmysticcobra]

Some areas were stagnant , others you are against the wind so that made you push a bit . The riffles were actually pretty cool and make you plot your line through them . The ride gets a bit redundant with the constant irrigation switchbacks .... " oh look , another long left into a right with nothing but tall reeds to look at " lol

Overall it was awesome , we just had a bit to drink and burned out there. If you and your buddy paddle through and are focused you can rip the whole thing . I'll be tackling again soon .

 

[PANDA]

My dad owned a rental house on Nippersink creek in Spring Grove years ago. People would always yak and canoe.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Some areas were stagnant , others you are against the wind so that made you push a bit . The riffles were actually pretty cool and make you plot your line through them . The ride gets a bit redundant with the constant irrigation switchbacks .... " oh look , another long left into a right with nothing but tall reeds to look at " lol

Overall it was awesome , we just had a bit to drink and burned out there. If you and your buddy paddle through and are focused you can rip the whole thing . I'll be tackling again soon .

we're gonna bring food and a lot of beer and wingit

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

how long of a yak' trip is that?

 

[Yaj Yak]

15-16 miles iirc.

do you still have your yak?

finishing at rustic could be perfect

 

[Yaj Yak]

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

I have dos yaks.

I usually go to the desplaines River. put in at isle a la cache in romeoville and take out at the old division street bridge in crest hill/Joliet. the river flows well the whole way so you can not paddle like crazy. then the last 1/2 mile is some of the only Rapids in Illinois. it's about a 5 mile trip.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

that's a helluva trip if the water isn't relatively swift. I did 9 miles down the dupage and it's pretty much flat the whole time. I was over the paddling part about half way through

 

[Yaj Yak]

the water moves quite well through there most of the year, doing it sooner than later would be ideal though because immabettin' we're gonna see super low water levels come july.

i've had friends who have done that trip, all the way down the river, to my friend's house just before the locks... can't imagine how long that would have taken though.

i've paddled 6-7 miles on my paddle board before so i just kinda figured kayak would be doable with a bunch of buddy's and beer.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

gimme a tfti and we can fire up the ol' Barbie at rustic at the finish.

 

[PANDA]

could be enticed for YAK trip but 16 miles. fuck.

could the harbor master spilt the yak talk and bitching about water levels in this thread?