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Standard whitewater ratings are not always a good indicator of packrafting difficulty. Some very technical rapids that are low volume and shallow - dangerous in a kayak - feel easier and safer in a packraft. Meanwhile, big, high volume but technically easy rapids can be tough in a packraft. Hence the following system, which should be considered open ended.
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Packraft Rating (PR) System
It was great that you had an article on packrafting just to let us know that it is out there, but lately every time I check the website it has packrafting front and center. Now you are selling how-to-guides. I pay my membership each year to backpackinglight not Packraftinglight and you should consider a seperate website for those interested in packrafting. We all have lots of varied interests and we go to different sources for those interests. Please focus on backpackinglight.
Thanks for the free informational article, folks. Keep the packrafting info and discussion coming!
Packrafting, a variation on a theme of backpacking. It's music to me. Don't stop the music, but who am I to tell the conductor what to do. Simply buying a ticket doesn't give me that right.
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