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Last weekend me and 3 friends decided to do the Chattooga. I had
previously done Sec II a while back. One guy had fished Sec II another had never been and Matt has gone on 2 GCA (Georgia Canoe Assoc) trips on Sec III. We had 2 digital 3 megapix cams and one point and shoot Pentax WR90. The scans from the Pentax were very crappy amateur scans so we don't have much in the way of many nice quality pixs but I thought some of ya'll might enjoy the fall colors and some river pixs of the Chattooga. Four of us put in Sat. at Long Bottom and paddled to Sandy Ford where we camped. Two of the guys were taking out there and me and Matt were gonna stay one more night dump our camping gear and run the rest of sec III the next day. Unfortunetly the weather turned and started raining non stop early Sunday morning and our weather radio said heavy rain and 10 to 15 mph winds the next day so we decided to go home and try it another time. The portage out of Sandy Ford was brutal with our big boats and all the camping gear. I ain't nevah doing that again. I brought back a killer flu which has had me bed ridden since last monday. Next time we go we'll prolly car camp at Earls Ford the first night then run Sec III the next day. Levels were at 1.4 and Sec II was very bony. There were many areas thatthere was no choice but to get out and drag the boats. The river totally changes character after Earls Ford and it is absolutly beautiful. The Rock Garden, and Dicks Creek were just jaw droping beautiful. I'm really stoked up to do the rest of Sec III now!! Specially with empty boats. We walked Dicks since it was the end of the day and we we're all pretty tired and also it just looked too low and and making that first eddy right after the drop did not look too inviting with the low water and our loaded BIG boats. Matt was in the 16 ft Appalachian and even with decent levels making that 1st eddy with a loaded 16 ft boat woulda been a challenge. Hope ya'll enjoy the pixs. Set you screens to 1024x768 for best viewing www.paban.net/toog SY'llOTR Pepe |
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![]() "Pepe" wrote in message m... Last weekend me and 3 friends decided to do the Chattooga. I had previously done Sec II a while back. One guy had fished Sec II another had never been and Matt has gone on 2 GCA (Georgia Canoe Assoc) trips on Sec III. We had 2 digital 3 megapix cams and one point and shoot Pentax WR90. The scans from the Pentax were very crappy amateur scans so we don't have much in the way of many nice quality pixs but I thought some of ya'll might enjoy the fall colors and some river pixs of the Chattooga. Four of us put in Sat. at Long Bottom and paddled to Sandy Ford where we camped. Two of the guys were taking out there and me and Matt were gonna stay one more night dump our camping gear and run the rest of sec III the next day. Unfortunetly the weather turned and started raining non stop early Sunday morning and our weather radio said heavy rain and 10 to 15 mph winds the next day so we decided to go home and try it another time. The portage out of Sandy Ford was brutal with our big boats and all the camping gear. I ain't nevah doing that again. I brought back a killer flu which has had me bed ridden since last monday. Next time we go we'll prolly car camp at Earls Ford the first night then run Sec III the next day. Levels were at 1.4 and Sec II was very bony. There were many areas thatthere was no choice but to get out and drag the boats. The river totally changes character after Earls Ford and it is absolutly beautiful. The Rock Garden, and Dicks Creek were just jaw droping beautiful. I'm really stoked up to do the rest of Sec III now!! Specially with empty boats. We walked Dicks since it was the end of the day and we we're all pretty tired and also it just looked too low and and making that first eddy right after the drop did not look too inviting with the low water and our loaded BIG boats. Matt was in the 16 ft Appalachian and even with decent levels making that 1st eddy with a loaded 16 ft boat woulda been a challenge. Hope ya'll enjoy the pixs. Set you screens to 1024x768 for best viewing www.paban.net/toog SY'llOTR Pepe Hi Pepe : Thanks for the pics. Brings back some fond memories of a great river. It's pretty bony at 1.4 ft. on the Hwy 76 guage. I've been fortunate enough to paddle Sec. II & III at varying levels but always between 2.0 and 2.2 ft. on the guage. John S. |
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Thanks for the pics. Brings back some fond memories of a great river.
It's pretty bony at 1.4 ft. on the Hwy 76 guage. I've been fortunate enough to paddle Sec. II & III at varying levels but always between 2.0 and 2.2 ft. on the guage. John S. You're welcome John. I'm really looking forward to Sec III at decent levels. I'm hoping to get a chance to do it before it gets too cold this fall. Pepe |
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In rec.boats.paddle.whitewater Pepe wrote:
You're welcome John. I'm really looking forward to Sec III at decent levels. I'm hoping to get a chance to do it before it gets too cold this fall. Enjoyed the trip report and pictures. Are the rapids harder than they look in the photos? Even Bull Sluice doesn't look too difficult, though I know there are many underwater entrapment points. What does "falling" mean in this context? Does it refer to canoeing as a gravity-assisted sport, or is it some new-school term I don't know? |
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Bill Tuthill wrote:
What does "falling" mean in this context? Does it refer to canoeing as a gravity-assisted sport, or is it some new-school term I don't know? Well Bill, you remember lookin' at the pictures doncha? Whut season was it when these gents ventured on the rio? -- Michael, Camp Meeker, CA |
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Enjoyed the trip report and pictures. Are the rapids harder than they look
in the photos? Even Bull Sluice doesn't look too difficult, though I know there are many underwater entrapment points. Glad you enjoyed it. We did Sec II and only did the very begining of Sec III and that's when the river is classed III/IV and Vs at higher levels. There's only one rapid of any consequence in Sec II and that would be Big Shoals which I would prolly class as a II+ maybe III at the levels we did it at. It's hard to tell at Dicks creek from where we shot our pixs since we walked it river right of the classic line . The classic line is a 5/6 ft drop/slide with a must make eddy right immediately after the drop. I can really see swiming there in a 16 ft loaded boat and if you look at the pixs leading away from Dicks you'd know you wouldn't wanna be swimming that. The levels were very low (1.4) so I'm sure things looked a lot tamer than at levesl over 1.8 or so. The pixs of Bull Sluice both because of the angle, light and low water is a bit deceptive. Being that that was the first time I've seen the Bull live I also thought "well daimm, this don't look as difficult as I've heard tell". I have a video of 2 guys running the Bull on the classic approach and catching the eddy left just above the drop and then peeling out and going river right of Decapitaion Rock and while I doesn't look super difficult I'll reserve judgement for when I try the same thing in my 15ft OT Cascade .............;+D There are also a coupla must make moves on the approach to the eddy left above the drop that I can see could be a bit of work at higher levels with much pushier water. What does "falling" mean in this context? Does it refer to canoeing as a gravity-assisted sport, or is it some new-school term I don't know? Oh, just a bit of "colorful" (hint,hint) poetic license...........;+D |
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Michael Dooley wrote:
What does "falling" mean in this context? Does it refer to canoeing as a gravity-assisted sport, or is it some new-school term I don't know? Well Bill, you remember lookin' at the pictures doncha? Whut season was it when these gents ventured on the rio? Doh! (If I were any yellower, I could *be* Homer Simpson.) The [Cha]Toog[a] looks like a great trip, and one of the good reasons for living in the southeast. Out here in California, there's nothing (nearby) left to run except the Yuba below Englebright Dam. Yawn. |
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