River: Other

The fifth annual Families Paddle, Too was a big success! Based on Hot dog count we had around 100 folks at the event.  Weather was great all weekend and no injuries were reported.

Lee Martin and Lara met me at the put in for the first lap. There might have been six boaters in front of us when Lee and I put on Saturday morning. It was a fun lap. I think Lee had a quick flip and roll but otherwise a dry hair run with no sneaks. The afternoon lap was spent helping POC recover swimmers and gear. Sunday temps dropped and reduced the number of boaters. The morning lap was quite chilly for spring.

Chapel Hill Roll Session January 27th

In the spirit of Trip Reports gone by.

There were around 15 boats. 2 really long kayaks. One 2 man kayak with a woman. 4 playboat kayaks. 1 ruined kayak. 2 creek boat kayaks. 4 river runner kayaks. Some of them were blue. Some of them were red. Some of them were green. One of them had blue, green, yellow, red, fade, orange, black and white. One of them was orange. Several had several colors.

There were a lot of kayaks upside down at one time or another.

The end.

JMB

Trip Report Yellow River China

I bet this is a first; The Yellow River in China.  But this story is more than just a story about a trip to the Yellow River, it is a story about karma.  But then, aren’t all stories about rivers actually stories about karma, the karma of what happens before the river, the karma of what happens on the river, and the karma of what happens after the river.

I’ve seen this rapid before.

I’ve stood, trembling slightly, on these rocks and surveyed the length of whitewater before me, in an attempt to figure out how to avoid all those nasty little places where I don’t want to go but would inevitably end up.

by Ron Miller

Members of Carolina Canoe Club and Carolina Kayak Club gathered with Forrest Altman on Saturday, Dec. 7, for the 31st Annual Sprig Outing in Lillington, NC.

http://tntboating.blogspot.com/2013/08/ccc-week-of-rivers-2013.html