I haven’t personally run either Boone Fork or the Upper Watauga, but I had always wanted to paddle Boone Fork. American Whitewater announced earlier this week that there is a dispute on the lower sections of Boone Fork and Upper …
The Nantahala River, as usual, provided an excellent means to escape the summer heat last weekend. Kathy Cusick and Martin Doyle joined my last minute quest to knock off some rust after a long layoff from paddling, and the Nanty …
The Carolina Canoe Club hosted their first Safety and Rescue clinic of the year this past weekend and we couldn’t have asked for better weather or river level. I consider myself lucky to have had the awesome mentors in this …
Tar River (Shock Overton Rd to Hwy 15), 2.17 miles Aaron Vaughan and I ran this section that we had read about in Paul Ferguson’s Paddling Eastern North Carolina. It was the second most exciting in terms of gradient that …
Normally I’d be sharing full details on where we went today for the Paddler as a B-Sides. I’ve got a few more creeks that I’d like to check out before I write one specifically on the Haw drainage. This trip …
It was a gorgeous spring day, with a flow of ~1900 cfs, and I must admit that I was a little nervous. Having scheduled a paddling trip on the same day and section as the Battle of the Broad mass-start …
Anna and I found ourselves in Richmond on 2024/04/14. The James was higher than we fancied running with just the two of us, 10+ feet, so we made our first descent of the Appomattox ( Chesdin Dam to Ettrick ) …
Participants: Tom Womble (Bryson City), Nate and Karen Taylor (Durham), Trish Hipgrave (Bryson City), Dave McClure (Murphy), Brian and Felicia Friesen (Charlotte), Rich Ruhlen (Johnson City, TN), Mark Holmberg (Andrews). Weather: Sunny, Blue Sky, Breezy, high 60s low 70s. Water …
Howdy Everyone. This is a copy of the press release we sent out. Thanks, Jenny Edwards and everyone who helped write this. We did not hit the big time like last year and so far have not been picked up. …
Gregory Moon and I ran the upper part of the Flat River. Level was just under 5 ft on the gage, which rivers.run considers high flow. Visually, it didn’t seem high or even close to flood level, but the current …
