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simon mitchell
Приєднався 23 лис 2012
Arkansas Boater
West Fork, Tuckasegee
West Fork of the Tuckasegee. Class IV+
Dam release was 250cfs.
July 6th 2024
Personal first descent
Due to a storm the night before, local boaters that have paddled the river before believed the release was up to 100cfs more to lower the lake levels. Multiple locals said the river was probably at 350cfs. Additionally this storm knocked down many new trees that made for additional hazards.
West Fork of the Tuck only releases 10 times per year making it a rare river to get the opportunity to paddle. However this also makes it a very challenging river because new wood could be in play and rapids are ever changing so each trip is different. This trip turned into a first descent style voyage with local boaters leading us down and scouting everything for wood. The trip was intense and high anxiety. This is the hardest/most dangerous river I have done in my paddling career thus far. Looking back I had a blast, I hope to return and run some of the rapids I portaged.
Dam release was 250cfs.
July 6th 2024
Personal first descent
Due to a storm the night before, local boaters that have paddled the river before believed the release was up to 100cfs more to lower the lake levels. Multiple locals said the river was probably at 350cfs. Additionally this storm knocked down many new trees that made for additional hazards.
West Fork of the Tuck only releases 10 times per year making it a rare river to get the opportunity to paddle. However this also makes it a very challenging river because new wood could be in play and rapids are ever changing so each trip is different. This trip turned into a first descent style voyage with local boaters leading us down and scouting everything for wood. The trip was intense and high anxiety. This is the hardest/most dangerous river I have done in my paddling career thus far. Looking back I had a blast, I hope to return and run some of the rapids I portaged.
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Baker creek (IV) small beater reel on the first ledge drop. This was my first time on Bakers. Little to no boof stroke, nose dived straight into the pour over. Tried to hang in there but felt like it wasn’t gonna flush me. I was 1 day away from hitting my 1 year milestone of running white water rivers and I have had zero swims since I started. Thought I was gonna get to complete my 1st year wit...
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Perfect line above the hole
Gorgeous run thanks for posting. If that was 350cfs, then 250 must be quite boney! The run from 18:30 down looked really fun.
asking for a rope while upright. make sure to pay your club dues lol
Yeah the crux was a tricky line with all the wood, I was important to keep good speed in the last hole and punch left. We had two people in our crew walk it.
That was my friend with the pitoned antix and dad with the broken paddle, lol. We still don't know exactly what my friend pitoned on, and my dad's paddle broke right about where you see him swimming at mini-gorge, I suspect his blade got pinched in some rocks. Crux was definitely pretty dirty that day, with the amount of wood in there and the higher flow. Normally the rapid is much more straight-forward. For the paddle - I traded my dad and single-bladed out from mini-gorge, which turned out to be pretty fun. Also - it's a long drive, but you should check out BeaverFest in NY.
Think I may have talked to you at the take out. Blue hot whip? I didn’t even realize there was somebody in the middle of the river at mini gorge until I watched the playback, wasn’t sure what was going on there. At the time I was so juiced I was just worried about myself lol.. makes sense now tho because I do remember a crew debating carrying the blue rewind out of the gorge. West fork tuck was sick, glad I was out there with you guys, probably my biggest stout so far, maybe next time I can get the crux too. Relatively new boater (2 yrs paddling whitewater) still have a lot of rivers to get checked off… Beaver fest looks wild and is on my radar. Wanting to get gauley fest checked off the list too. I’m in Arkansas though so they are both a journey.
Yup, that's me! Pending the wood is cleaned up the next time you visit, I'd definitely say to go for the crux. When the line isn't effed up there's normally a crew there making sure everyone gets out of the hole alright. I actually haven't been to gauley myself, I will probably make it out there this year though. If you make it out to gauley, make sure to get some pepperoni rolls somewhere along the way.
Hells yeah brother!
You're moving on up, Simon! I just saw your video running Pine Creek.
Looks like a fun run! One thing consider widening your hands on the paddle shaft out to the bent section. Don't be a close gripper.
I find the werner bent shaft position to be a couple inches too wide. Especially if the blades are small like the freestyle paddle he’s using, a slightly narrower grip gives more leverage and allows for more vertical, optimal strokes. It appears he’s paddling an OG which is extremely wide, so every bit more blade he can get in water helps.
@@jackkayak You bought the wrong paddle then.
i use a 201 based on my arm span, which is correct, but the werner bends are too far apart(and not customizable when you order) to be comfortable
@@jackkayak any reason you aren't using straight shaft? Lettman and galasport offer a lot more customization than werner but you have to pay $$$ for it.
@@alecthompson9585 I do use a straight shaft lettmann nitro now
Thanks for getting vid of me!
Lol
Although the ledge hole isn't eating raw meat yet... if you f up and swim.... it's going to be ugly..
Not to diminish your accomplishment because its still a rough, even modestly dangerous rapid but it has been pretty well accepted that at low water, and anything under 1000 would definitely fit this category, Pine Creek is a IV+ at most. I make this comment not to be an armchair expert but to keep the beta realistic so any viewers can more accurately gauge this drop against their own skill levels. Really you need to start seeing 1,500+ cfs for this to resemble class V by modern standards. Even Colorado Rivers & Creeks ("the Bible" of Colorado whitewater) agrees with me and it first came out in the 90s
Wow, what an idiot !! Go to the mulberry!@!!
💕Wow🤍🤍🤍🤍🧡🧡🧡
Woof... sorry about the knuckles. I did chuckle at the little "Ow".
Looks like jolly good fun, nice wave at the end too!
Solid edit bro! Keep 'em coming!
Super juicy
Heck, you've got nothing on my swim...🙂
Funny you commented, I believe I watched the one you’re referring to on the front range FB group or one of those FB groups… I was videoing, this was not me, but I’m sure it will be soon enough! Always good to be humbled… “everyone is in between swims.” Maybe I’ll see you out there one day!
Yeah, not a lot of people admit swimming, but it happens a lot. I’m glad your bud is ok. My swim, well, it’s my favorite section of clear creek, also a meat grinder. It really hurt, and paid for lack of speed. I teach newer boaters speed is your friend, because it is. Anyways, good to just have lighthearted fun watch non-consequential swims.
tiny little hole...😋
Oh man! And he even caught that first roll in the hole.
Beater
Don't quit your day job..
Did you ? I hope not cause I feel my tax dollars are already being spent on enough jackoffs.
That drop looks fun!!
Excellent example of when NOT to throw a rope.
Agreed. dude did say yes to it. But I agree shouldn’t have been thrown that early on a hole that will likely spit out
I was the rope thrower. In a normal situation yea I was way early with the throw, but we were really concerned about that tree on the left, it had real snag potential to it. I wouldn't have even been remotely worried had the tree not been there.
@@ozarkdave Yeah, that tree looks pretty ugly. The situation never looks quite the same in a video. If I was stuck in that hole, I would have wanted you to do exactly what you did.
@@ozarkdaveGood Job, follow your gut
@@ozarkdave Good save, excellent throw, and the guy asked for it.
Saw you at the put in that day!
Great music cool video
Cool video... But they gonna bust ya for the tune..
Dude sup Simon. Song name?
Head on the deck ASAP. Tuck for safety. Don't b lazy. Keep safe
Were you wearing noseplugs during this?
Don’t remember 100% but most likely. Rare that I paddle without them.
I made a video of myself boating on this day, but your editing is better!
I am guessing you took the hit on the later roll attempts, because I remember it being pretty deep immediately below the "second feature". Edit: I think you can see the rock at 0:26.
That was a fun day on the water man! Glad I could be there with you. You going to the Gauley or Ocoee this fall?
Probably wearing one of those good looking kayak caps took me two black eyes and a crushed ear to learn that lesson I don’t kiss rocks any more proper helmet
Without risk, what’s the point?
Extreme Funishment.
Soooo coool!
Appreciate it🤙🏻
OMG! I was just there the other day. Well.. maybe it was about 17 years ago, but it SEEMS like the other day. Is it still called 'Stinky Hole'?
Way to hang, when you gotta go you gotta go
that is why I kayak with a full football style helmet with a face mask - I avoided a few injuries like that one
Some of my friends have told me to get a full face
Boof?
rolling of the rock sucks
I agree
Solo boating?
Promo-SM 👉
This is actually a really impressive fight for your first time swimming. You are doing way too much up top, blindly paddling hard and praying one of your strokes is timed to boof is not a strategy. Set your angle take maybe one stroke on the way in to keep your boat on line, plant the lefty, build pressure and lean forward as you pull your stroke. Never pull a boof stroke until you can see your landing. Sorry for the unsolicited advice.
All good, Still working on perfecting the boof and remembering to actually do it. We scouted the drop and had a game plan and knew what to do. When it actually came game time though the adrenaline was flowing and I just didn’t execute correctly.
That's why I surf rather than run rivers. The most dangerous thing to hit in the ocean is my boat.
Reef breaks can be pretty hairy at times...
Could’ve been worse. I can relate though. #helmetswork
You should see that hole with another 2' of water, you just think it's bad now....
Hoping I’ll get it at a bigger level next time. Probably not in the rockstar tho