Archives: Trip Reports
Shooting the Hooch
So there's a new whitewater park in GA, which only opened this spring…
Upper Gauley First Timers Trip-2013
Paddlers: Lisa Birskovich (fearless leader), Joe Berry (room of doom guy), Matt Daniels (calm, cool, collective), Bret Harrison (the captain), Jon Godwin (Mr. Encouragement), Luke Osborne (The Starchild), Stuart Samuels (knowledge base), Sejal Kinker (Mrs. Smooth), Dennis Ashford (rookie), Jereme Adams (rookie)
CCC Yough Trip 2013
Paddlers- Nancy Guthrie, Joe and Tammy Laurick, Jim Wendling, Allen Freeman, Jamila Squires, Martha Mount, Mary Ellen Griffin, Matt Swaim, Jeff Hatcher, Jen Fahey, and the incomparable Larry Ausley.
CCC – Week of Rivers 2013
http://tntboating.blogspot.com/2013/08/ccc-week-of-rivers-2013.html
Pigeon Sunday Aug 11th
The Pigeon doesn't have scheduled releases on Sundays, but the lake level was high and there was substantial inflow so we knew that Duke would generate at some time during the afternoon. There are several creeks that enter the 'Dries" between the dam and the powerhouse. Among them Hurricane Cr, Cold Springs Cr, and Big Cr, which can be seen from the put-in. On this morning the natural flow from these creeks was 700 cfs (minimum to run the Pigeon is around 300 cfs)
Week of Rivers Firsts 2013
This list is partially transposed from soggy papers from the wettest WOR on record, from many emails and Facebook messages. All errors herein are probably due to Cruise Chair. Thanks to Bill Dement and Marlow Durbin who helped read wet and runny hieroglyphics and to Sarah Ruhlen for her editing and remarks. Happy Memories and Happy Reading All! Joan Monnig, Cruise Chair
Set up Circus Tent by 10 am, Dennis Lyons
Big Laurel
The trip was advertised as "Paddler's Choice' and the votes were for Big Laurel Creek. It's normally a treat to catch Big Laurel up in the summer, however it has been above minimum from late June until the present. The level was about 5 inches on the painted gauge, a great level. It was still a treat. .A picture is worth a thousand words so Les Case's video must be worth a couple million. http://youtu.be/Di8c4-xdK4Y
What's going on in the video – after initially checking the gauge
Low water Cheoah with notes re pin potential at Bear Creek Falls
Initial caveat, I don't know how to rate this river at this water level per the CCC descriptions. REALLY STRONG eddy catching skills are recommended.
Hopefully I'm operating the photo gizmo correctly and an image of four lovely sweaty athletic women in red canoes below a waterfall appears above. It's tough for me to imagine a better start to a paddling trip.
WOR – Toe Gorge
Trip attendees: Shelia, Pete and Rowan Chapelle from Maryland, Beth Zielinski from Virgina , Will from Virigina, Diana Haywood from NC.