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Flash flood ordeal recounted by paddlers

Paddlers from the Spokane Canoe & Kayak Club paddle toward the Buttes of the Cross in Canyonlands National Park during their September 2013 float on the Green River of Utah.  ( Debbie Pierce)
Paddlers from the Spokane Canoe & Kayak Club paddle toward the Buttes of the Cross in Canyonlands National Park during their September 2013 float on the Green River of Utah. ( Debbie Pierce)

NOTE DATE:  The date for this program was incorrect in today's print version of the announcement.

PADDLING – Four Spokane Canoe and Kayak Club members who survived a close call with a  freak flash flood event while kayaking the Green River of Utah will present a free slide and video program on the trip Monday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. at the Mountain Gear Corporate Headquarters, 6021 E. Mansfield Ave. in Spokane Valley (go north on Fancher Road from Trent and turn right just before the tracks).

Debbie Pierce, Lisa Helmbrecht, Marlene Landis and Susan Luchesi were trapped on a quickly disappearing sand bar out of reach of rescue-attempting park rangers until the flood formed a temporary dam that gave them a short window for escape.



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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