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Kayakers make splash in flood-stage rivers

Kayaking high water through Eagle Falls of the Skykomish River.
Kayaking high water through Eagle Falls of the Skykomish River.

WATERSPORTS -- Whitewater paddlers have been enjoying an early season throughout much of the Northwest, knowing that it might be a short one with the dearth of snow in the mountains.

But the kayakers in this just-posted video are taking on huge water in the Skykomish  River and in the roadside run through the Wenatchee River's Tumwater Canyon.

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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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