paddling over a low head dam (Columbia TN)
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If this dam is like any other low head dam, you are extremely lucky to have paddled through it and lived. Low head dams do not work like regular hydraulics!!!!! The bottom floor is usually cemented evenly which creates a hydraulic that has pulled people from 30-40 feet downstream into the dam and drowned them. The downstream current is much harder to find than in a normal hole at the bottom. About 200 firefighters, kayaks, kids, idiots on tubes and mattresses, and canoes have drowned in them
3 years ago 10
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I really like this video because it shows how a dam that looks easy can be dangerous
4 years ago 7
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Well, I'm the 3rd to ask, did you get your boat back? The Duck River is a dangerous little river! I live near it myself.
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Too dumb to die
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very lucky indeed
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Ya, did you ever get your boat back?
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what happened to your kayak?
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you're a dumb fuck for doing that
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why? paddle a bathtub with a useless deck? maybe go talk to some experienced paddlers about the right gear for the job
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Yes you are very lucky to be alive. They nay seem impossible to escape but they are not. When I wad taking my texas boaters education course I learned that when you are at the very bottom of the boil you can swim out. You see when the current is about to lift you back up there is a tiny gap to swim out of. Wearing a life jacket is also helpful. One more thing low head dams are really dangerous when the current is down stream because it is harder to tell when to get out of the current.
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You're very lucky to be alive you TARD!!!
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ITS not a lowhead dam i think.
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It's just an overflow! It's not a actual dam! If you go to cresco,Iowa. You can walk and swim on and around it! No big deal
720honda 1 year ago
@720honda YA YOUR RIGHT ITS A NATURAL CONCRETE TWENTY FOOT DROP, NOT A DAM!!!!!!!! BTW THIS IS IN CENTRAL TENNESSEE DUMBASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
srynmsbntkn 1 year ago 4
It is at such a low flow in this video that the recirculation is not very strong. As the flow increases, the recirculation would become overpowering.
The boater appears to be in a rec boat without any rocker so it just speared in. It also appears to have a large cockpit without a spray skirt. That is why the boat remains vertical. The bow immediately filled with water. It is also why the boater was able to immediately eject and swim away.
fresnoflats 4 years ago 4
Thank you for the comment, Yes I was in a rec boat (dagger zydeco 9.0) but I was wearing a rec spray skirt which worked fairly well till I decided it was time to swim. This is a deep hydraulic and my first hydraulic. I took one stroke with my hand and I knew I needed to use my paddle to get out, you can paddle underwater if you have the right offset and know how to use it!
srynmsbntkn 3 years ago