Saturday, September 24, 2005

Whitewater Rafting on the Gauley, WV




What's left to say? We did the Gauley Marathon - the whole gorgeous river in one incredible day! From the put-in at Summersville Dam to the take-out at Sugar Creek 23 miles (and over 7 hours) later, we ran more than a 100 named rapids...over 60 are Class III or better, including 6 Class V+ monsters! I got tossed from the raft four very exciting times and didn't get hurt once! As far as accidents go, I can't say the same for the rest of our troop, though... multiple bruises and one swollen knee... but this is still too much fun for one single day of thrills and spills!

5 comments:

Jen said...

Jon, those photos are AMAZING!!!!

jen.ackie said...

There's a little green envy monster sitting on my shoulder.

Jon said...

Glad you like them! I was blown away by how good they came out! We had a great tour guide too.

J. Macotela said...

¡Oye! ¡Pues cuando no estás estudiando, estás en la aventura! Me da gusto que la estés pasando bien. También te felicito por estas fotos y por las de Bangkok, muy muy buenas. ;)

Anonymous said...

Wow, that looks like an awesome experience! I hope I can do that sometime!