Talk:International Scale of River Difficulty
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[edit] not a copyvio
I wrote this on my own using several sources as a guide. Jordanmills 22:48, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
- I am compiling a similar article and only just found yours. I'll just add my details to this one instead ;). See my Sandbox for the work in progress.
[edit] Needs editing?
Rivers are graded by the hardest/most technical section on the river. I.e. the river could be virtually flat up to a waterfall, the waterfall could be grade 4 and so the river would be grade 4.
Just thought this would be usefull for you to know, but I will not edit this as I do not have much knowledge of editing wikis. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 165.84.1.72 (talk) 03:44, 13 May 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Photos illustrating grades
We could do with some better photos illustrating grades in my opinion. The current grade 3 and grade 5 shots are particularly poor illustrations, because ideally the photos should all be taken at approximately the same eye-level above the river, and approximately equal distance from the rapid concerned. That way it will offer a much better comparitive illustration. Someone kayaking down the rapid will help to show scale too.
I just swapped out the grade six photo because someone had put a my photo of Guile Triple-step in there, which is not a grade six rapid. It's grade 5. I've paddled it myself! Rhine Falls is undisputably grade six though (it being the biggest waterfall in Europe!) But ideally we have one which is a more reasonable size river, but still grade 6, and with somebody in it somehow to illustrated scale.
-- Harry Wood (talk) 11:02, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
- I agree with you on the pics for grades 3 and 5. I selected all these pics when I reformatted the article. But unfortunately we are limited to the available photos on Commons. Some new ones may need to be taken... Note that even if a river has been run, at high levels it may become unrunnable. This needs to be taken into account before categorically stating that a rapid is grade 5 just because it has been run. -- P199 (talk) 21:36, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
