ab3@pucc-h (Rsk the Wombat) (07/10/84)
I'm interested in starting a discussion about rafting; a number
of us from Purdue have done the New River near Summersville, W. Virginia,
several times, and have now signed ourselves up to die on, err, experience
the Gauley River (in the same general area).
We've also looked at the Youghiogheny in Maryland/Pennsylvania,
the Moose in New York, the Chattooga in Georgia, and the Nolichucky in
Tennessee. Comments on these or other North American rivers are invited.
For those of you interested in trying the New for the first time,
drop me a line and I'll tell you what I can about it.
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Rsk the Wombat
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"Now wher're you boys goin' with all that beer?"cmsj@ihdba.UUCP (Chris Jachcinski) (07/10/84)
Although they can be somewhat expensive (>= $280), trips run by
the Colorado Outward Bound School on the Green and
Colorado Rivers in the vicinity of Canyonlands National
Park (southeastern Utah) are definitely a worthwhile
experience. They also run trips on the Yampa River
in (I think) the northwest Colorado-northeast Utah
area.
These trips are not for the weekend rafter; the shortest
ones run about 5 days, during which you float (if that's
the right word!) down the river and take some "off river"
hiking treks into the surrounding canyon regions.
I took one of their 5 day trips last year which started
on the Green River (near an area called "Mineral Bottom" -
somewhere southwest of Moab, Utah) and ended on the Colorado
at Hite Marina in the Glenn Canyon National Recreation Area.
The first couple of days were smooth water rafting
(where we were taught how to control the rafts; Outward
Bound is big on teaching you how to do everything, including
being "in charge" of your raft) and some hiking through
some really fantastic canyon areas. The last few days
were what has to be a white water lover's dream: Cataract Canyon.
If anyone wants more information about these trips,
send mail and, if there is sufficient inquiry, I will
post to the net.
Chris Jachcinski
AT&T Bell Labs
Naperville, IL
*!ihnp4!ihdba!cmsjfhb@hou2f.UUCP (F.BUTLER) (07/10/84)
For some great multi day trips, try the Middle Fork of the Salmon in Idaho, or the Green or Yampa rivers in Dinasour National Monument on the Utah/Colorado border.
bill@cornell.UUCP (Bill Nesheim) (07/12/84)
I would welcome any news on river conditions, levels, etc. As an avid kayaker, I must admit I generally don't care for rafters (I've been run over MANY times!), but am quite willing to discuss rivers, etc... Have any of you rafters (or kayakers) run the Ottowa river? What do you consider a good level? Where should one call to get the current level? Bill Nesheim Cornell U. Dept. of Computer Science
grd@iwu1d.UUCP (grd) (07/12/84)
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You can sign my name to the list as being interested. We just finished
rafting the New River during the Fourth of July (1.5 ft above base level).
Garry Daly
iwu1d!grd
AT&T-T
(312) 979-7231
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