Ditto on that Mike. Some good memories. One not so good pin where I left my boat submerged and hiked up the worst part of the gorge in neoprene booties. Not fun. Lucky it flushed out and I found it the next day. Of course I blamed the POS Pyranna Mountain 300 and sold it promptly at WOR at Nantahala. Miss the hell out of it now that I'm 59.
@@NChillbilly LOl I remember one time when we were running shuttle, these two good old boys were having a fistfight by the side of the road. Another time a guy tried to portage Hydro and still got stuck in the hole when he tried to peel out of the eddy.
Get you and old Dagger RPM, easy to paddle and roll. It made rivers easy in my early days that I would struggle with in other boats. It's a classic and a dinosaur. I say this partly in jest because I don't even know if you could find one in this era of new boats. But I wish I had started in it way back in my day. I chose some poorly outfitted long high volume boats when so mostly creeked and it set me back in my progression. Find a roll class in a pool if you can find one and maybe you can meet some good folks willing to help you learn and try out a few boats. Join a paddling club. Good luck.
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That brings back lots of memories back when I was a fairly good boater in the 90s.
Yeah this place has been a classic forever
Ditto on that Mike. Some good memories. One not so good pin where I left my boat submerged and hiked up the worst part of the gorge in neoprene booties. Not fun. Lucky it flushed out and I found it the next day. Of course I blamed the POS Pyranna Mountain 300 and sold it promptly at WOR at Nantahala. Miss the hell out of it now that I'm 59.
@@NChillbilly LOl I remember one time when we were running shuttle, these two good old boys were having a fistfight by the side of the road. Another time a guy tried to portage Hydro and still got stuck in the hole when he tried to peel out of the eddy.
Love the look of that drysuit on you man.
The blue?
This why I am a supporter👍🤙
Appreciate you buddy 😎
Same - apart from the great reviews, Wade's a fountain of helpful info, and then you get these fun run vids thrown in for entertainment value. ;-)
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Looks like a Scorcheous day ;-)
Yeah Pyranha was looking strong out there
Still the scariest place I’ve ever been hahaha ! Great day 🤙🏼
Yeah it’s fun scary
Super nice looking 4/4+ classic as
It’s one the best 4ish runs in the southeast
@@WadeHarrison the old 4ish - more than 3, not quite 5 🤣
King Arthur 🤴😆
hahha yup it worked
This is awesome I need to try kayaking what's a good starter boat?
That’s a very open ending answer if never been in a kayak there’s a ton of options
Get you and old Dagger RPM, easy to paddle and roll. It made rivers easy in my early days that I would struggle with in other boats. It's a classic and a dinosaur. I say this partly in jest because I don't even know if you could find one in this era of new boats. But I wish I had started in it way back in my day. I chose some poorly outfitted long high volume boats when so mostly creeked and it set me back in my progression. Find a roll class in a pool if you can find one and maybe you can meet some good folks willing to help you learn and try out a few boats. Join a paddling club. Good luck.