The First video is the river at is peak 1530 cfs. It has not been that high in 24 years.
Playboating the Ogden Narrows at 606cfs
Friday, May 20, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Murtaugh Canyon of the Snake River, Idaho. 18,000 cfs
This is a beautiful canyon tun that is full of big wave, and tons of fun. Next time I plan to bring my play boat.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
South East Boating Trip
This is my video from my South East Trip. Please watch in HD.
When I decide to head back to South Carolina to visit family, and boat my dates were chosen because of Tallulah Gorge, and Cheoah Release dates. One week before my trip I found out they cancelled Tallulah once again, and two of the solid boaters that I had contacted to boat with had gotten hurt just before my trip.
The first several days consisted being sick with a sinus infection, then trying to find boaters willing to take a chance on my word that I could handle most things thrown at me. Luckily a guy from my home town, got me on the water. Then a friend of mine from Utah pulled through, hooking me up with a crazy open boater from Tennessee. So I drove from South Carolina stopping a non-boating friends house in Polk County. That next morning a met up with Shawn. An open boater with a strong character that does head stands, and flips on the top of his boat in between rapids. That day we ran the Tellico, and Bald River Falls. After a redemption run on Baby Falls, and a hand paddle run down Bald River I was ready for the next day to start.
Luckily I was able to hook up with a solid boater. I met up with Jay from North Carolina with the intentions of running the Cheoah. When I met him close to the NOC, he suggested we run the Nantahala Cascades. Not wanting to miss the Cheoah release I was not real happy about the suggestion, but after seeing, and running it once I knew I had to do it again. After the second run it was off to the Cheoah.
At the Cheoah we met up with some guys from Atlanta that were just at the Nantahala Cascades, and we ask to hook up with them. To me the most impressive thing about that day was a red headed Atlanta boater hand paddling everything, making me want to step up my hand paddling game.
So I headed back to South Carolina, hoping to run the Green Narrows the next day only for them to shut the water off. So oh well maybe next time.
Every trips has it ups, and downs, but I will focus on the highlights.
To me to major highlight was being able to hook up with an old friend at his cabin, and have the opportunity to wake up overlooking a beautiful pond, and Tennessee forest. And visiting with family that I have not seen in a few years.
The boating highlight was running the Natahala Cascades( A run I almost skipped, but luckily was talked into it.)
Last, but not least the food highlight. Being from the South there are things I miss. Like boiled peanuts, Cheerwine in a glass bottle, Fried Chicken from the Steak House in Walhalla, South Carolina, Ice Cream from Sweet Treats in Seneca, South Carolina, and Zaxby's Chicken found in most places in the South.
Overall my trip went well, and it is nice going home for a little while to visit, and do what you love.
When I decide to head back to South Carolina to visit family, and boat my dates were chosen because of Tallulah Gorge, and Cheoah Release dates. One week before my trip I found out they cancelled Tallulah once again, and two of the solid boaters that I had contacted to boat with had gotten hurt just before my trip.
The first several days consisted being sick with a sinus infection, then trying to find boaters willing to take a chance on my word that I could handle most things thrown at me. Luckily a guy from my home town, got me on the water. Then a friend of mine from Utah pulled through, hooking me up with a crazy open boater from Tennessee. So I drove from South Carolina stopping a non-boating friends house in Polk County. That next morning a met up with Shawn. An open boater with a strong character that does head stands, and flips on the top of his boat in between rapids. That day we ran the Tellico, and Bald River Falls. After a redemption run on Baby Falls, and a hand paddle run down Bald River I was ready for the next day to start.
Luckily I was able to hook up with a solid boater. I met up with Jay from North Carolina with the intentions of running the Cheoah. When I met him close to the NOC, he suggested we run the Nantahala Cascades. Not wanting to miss the Cheoah release I was not real happy about the suggestion, but after seeing, and running it once I knew I had to do it again. After the second run it was off to the Cheoah.
At the Cheoah we met up with some guys from Atlanta that were just at the Nantahala Cascades, and we ask to hook up with them. To me the most impressive thing about that day was a red headed Atlanta boater hand paddling everything, making me want to step up my hand paddling game.
So I headed back to South Carolina, hoping to run the Green Narrows the next day only for them to shut the water off. So oh well maybe next time.
Every trips has it ups, and downs, but I will focus on the highlights.
To me to major highlight was being able to hook up with an old friend at his cabin, and have the opportunity to wake up overlooking a beautiful pond, and Tennessee forest. And visiting with family that I have not seen in a few years.
The boating highlight was running the Natahala Cascades( A run I almost skipped, but luckily was talked into it.)
Last, but not least the food highlight. Being from the South there are things I miss. Like boiled peanuts, Cheerwine in a glass bottle, Fried Chicken from the Steak House in Walhalla, South Carolina, Ice Cream from Sweet Treats in Seneca, South Carolina, and Zaxby's Chicken found in most places in the South.
Overall my trip went well, and it is nice going home for a little while to visit, and do what you love.
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