where's waldo?
jonathon, givin'er
Happy Fall.
Monday, October 19, 2009
the best place to enjoy the fall foliage is from the lip of a big waterfall
After the skunking of a lifetime on the Green, Jonathon and I drove over to DuPont State Park in Brevard to run Triple Falls. There were quite a few leave-gawkers watching us, but I think we put on a good show. The leaves looked really good and jah was praised.
where's waldo?
jonathon, givin'er
Happy Fall.
where's waldo?jonathon, givin'erHappy Fall.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Rain? What? - Cullasaja/NFFB/Horsepasture Redemption
After one of the largest rain events I've ever witnessed in the southeast, Matt and I hit the road to run some fun drops in Western North Carolina. We got to run the Upper Cullasaja and the North Fork of the French Broad last Friday, and then we had a spectacular day on the Horsepasture on Sunday.
The Upper Cullasaja was cool, but I don't think I'll ever run it again. The first drop (Triple Drop) was awesome, but could very easily work as a park-n-huck. The rest of the run is kinda junky, and punctuated by one giant portage about 1/4 mile through, and then the run ends with some flat water.
The NFFB was fun. I haven't run it since last spring, so it was nice to get back out there. I ran the left line at Boxcar Falls (Blind Date) and it went a lot better than I was expecting. I think they call it Blind Date because you just sorta melt into it and you don't really know what to expect.
Finally on Sunday we went back to the Horsepasture River for a redemption run. Last spring, Matt, Jonathon, and I went there and didn't have the smoothest of days. This time the three of us went back and it was much better. Matt did however end up pinning in a sieve in the first rapid and destroying his boat, but Jonathon and I had a smooth day after Matt hiked out.
There's something about the Horsepasture: Every time I go there, it's incredibly painful between all the hiking, portaging, and scouting, and I always beat the hell out of my body, but whenever I leave all I want to do is go back. The next time I go back in there, I'll take more photo/video, but until then check out this video that Matt made from last weekend:
The Upper Cullasaja was cool, but I don't think I'll ever run it again. The first drop (Triple Drop) was awesome, but could very easily work as a park-n-huck. The rest of the run is kinda junky, and punctuated by one giant portage about 1/4 mile through, and then the run ends with some flat water.
The NFFB was fun. I haven't run it since last spring, so it was nice to get back out there. I ran the left line at Boxcar Falls (Blind Date) and it went a lot better than I was expecting. I think they call it Blind Date because you just sorta melt into it and you don't really know what to expect.
Finally on Sunday we went back to the Horsepasture River for a redemption run. Last spring, Matt, Jonathon, and I went there and didn't have the smoothest of days. This time the three of us went back and it was much better. Matt did however end up pinning in a sieve in the first rapid and destroying his boat, but Jonathon and I had a smooth day after Matt hiked out.
There's something about the Horsepasture: Every time I go there, it's incredibly painful between all the hiking, portaging, and scouting, and I always beat the hell out of my body, but whenever I leave all I want to do is go back. The next time I go back in there, I'll take more photo/video, but until then check out this video that Matt made from last weekend:
Horsepasture/Culli/NFFB from Matt Porter on Vimeo.
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