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re: Swimming across the Mississippi River in south Louisiana
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:39 am to The Boat
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:39 am to The Boat
My dad told me he swam the river between New Madrid and the island off New Madrid (Madrid Bar) for his Boy Scout 1 mile swim. That would have been in the early 1960's. People used to ski and swim in the river up there.
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Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:40 am to nicholastiger
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people don't even get in kayaks in that river
I’ve paddled my pirouge across the Mississippi.
A close friend is a NOBRA river pilot. ( the ones that make bank ). He works a lot in the command center for the river. He gos nuts every time I tell him that we are in the river.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:43 am to The Boat
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Wear a go pro if you do it.
And a rope so we can haul your carcass in and watch it.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:43 am to The Boat
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Swimming across the Mississippi River in south Louisiana
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuùuuuuuuûüuúuck that
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:47 am to Stealth Matrix
^^^what he said
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:47 am to LSUengr
shite, instructions unclear, now I'm flowing down from dow hahnville. can someone fish me out around 9 mile?
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:47 am to PoppaD
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Seriously what makes the Mississippi more dangerous for a kayak then say a Class 4 or 5 rapid?
We used to swim in it off of a sandbar way down south of LSU. Those of us who got the big idea to swim across it would get maybe 70 yards out and come back.
When you try to tread water that far out in the river your body feels like it is one of those air clowns in front of a car dealership. The current is different at every level, so you'll experience physics like no other swim outing. Also that water is cold even in August.
We never even got far enough out to be in the channel and worry about barges, but that would def add a whole 'nother element of pucker factor.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:48 am to TH03
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now I'm flowing down from dow hahnville. can someone fish me out around 9 mile?
I'll catch you around the Huey P and Glassman will buy us lunch at The River Shack
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:49 am to tgrbaitn08
ty gent
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:49 am to OweO
quote:im sure the poor guy was extremely disappointed in the way his son turned out
My dad used to tell me about when he lived in Minnesota and could walk
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:50 am to LSUengr
I think you would be better off starting at that island at the bottom of your pic leaving from Sunshine/Plaquemine Point. You can probably wade to the island which is right across the river from the Dow docks. Leaving from there you should arrive in downtown Plaquemine with the current.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:51 am to OweO
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when he lived in Minnesota
You call that living?
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:52 am to LSUengr
I gotcha. Yea different people call the areas different stuff. Manchac is usually referred to as being more downriver than your pic
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:52 am to The Boat
Drowning is a great way to die
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:52 am to Chad504boy
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with biohazard protection
The Mississippi River might be the least polluted body of water in the state.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:52 am to The Boat
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:54 am to Oates Mustache
This ranks just behind going over niagra falls in a barrel in the dumb arse Olympics
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:55 am to Tiger Ryno
Jeff Buckley says bad idea
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:55 am to The Boat
I started a thread on this several months ago. I had it planned out. Y'all told me not to do it, but I did it anyway. No pics because frick y'all.
Posted on 10/19/22 at 9:56 am to The Boat
I worked with a guy that said he swam it around the plaquemine area. Dude was a nut job so probably true. I think barring Getting hit by something it wouldn't be a problem if you weren't fighting the current and just ended up wherever. If you want to end a particular spot on the other side that's a different story. That book about the 1927 flood is a good one explaining how the river works.
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