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Trip Date: Saturday, August 25, 2007
Trip Leader: Michael Carter
River Level: 1.33 ft (USGS @ Lillington)
Weather: 100 F (Erwin, NC)
Trip Length: 4 miles, 8:30 am to 4 pm

Participants: Gil Williams, Bob Brueckner, Kate Kelleher, Larry Ausley, Nancy Guthrie, Brian McPherson, Kevin Kizer, Brent Langston, Bobby Simpson, Ryan Poling

Boats: 2 tandem canoes, 3 solo canoes, 2 kayaks

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WOR, drought conditions, high gas prices. Why was I again driving a long distance to a very dry area? To paddle the “same old” dam released rivers? No. To meet friends from many far flung areas that I haven’t seen in a year? Perhaps. To hope for unpredicted “weather”. Sure, it has happened before.

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I led several trips during the WOR, to the Upper and Middle Ocoee on the first Sunday, a kid’s trip on the Nantahala on Monday, a low water fish release on the Cheoah, a full release trip on the Cheoah on the last Saturday, and a kid's trip on the Upper Cheoah on the second Sunday.

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Dates: June 27 – July 2, 2007

 

I want to dispel ALL the rumors of a great Middle Fork Trip.

Plainly put, it was AWFUL, six full days and nights of suffering.

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The Narrows is a special place for many reasons: the reputation, the race, the gradient, the mystique. I got a chance to paddle it this past Sunday after getting skunked on a Saturday run (Operational schedules are determined daily, but I secretly think it's hourly sometimes).

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It seems that at every CCC event there is always some incident, good or bad, which provokes campfire conversation and laughter. The CCC 2004 Easter Weekend was no exception. As paddlers, there is a new quote that we should all exercise before putting on the river: “Ask questions, assume nothing”. I’m told credit for this goes to Ron Tolley, after a 6 hour trip on the French Broad from Barnard to Stackhouse. It’s a quote, after learning, which I failed to exercise myself before getting on the Nolichucky with 20 paddlers. Never again, it is now my golden rule.

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