2015 WHITEWATER RAFTING CARNAGE VIDEO on Ocoee, Gauley, Yough Rivers, and more (Copy)
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- The Gnarnivores' 2015 Carnage Video featuring clips on the Ocoee, Gauley, Yough, Cheat, Chattooga, Chattahoochee, Tellico, and Cheoah Rivers. Video made in 2015, but clips are from 2012 - 2015.
UPDATE: The song "Going the Distance" got this video removed from our channel, so we had to mute that song. So if you are unhappy with the silence between 9:00 - 12:00, blame UA-cam.
Music:
Lux Aeterna - Clint Mansell
Bridge Washed Out - Warner Mack
Going the Distance - Cake
99 Problems - Hugo
Jewish Flow - Lil Dicky
Dark Waters - Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr
And that, in one video, is why I don't kayak the Ocoee anymore. So many rafts (pig boats) going down, mostly out of control, and I hate playing rescue boat when they dump their carp, but I can't not play rescue boat. What do you get for thanks? Run over by a out of control pig boat with a load of carp. Then when you do try to make a rescue, they grab at your cockpit and not only pop your spray skirt, but pull you over too! It's kind of like trying to run a marathon on a freeway at rush hour. You're going to get hit, and likely you'll be hit over and over again until you are dead, or very nearly so, and no one is going to stop or slow down because they're essentially out of control. There is only a pretense of being in control so that the carp will keep coming and feel like brave conquerors of the river rather than dead weight along for the money grab. If one or two drown every now and then, it's no problem. It's the cost of doing business. They run you over and sink your kayak? Good luck getting so much as a beer out of 'em for your loss. It's no fun running the Ocoee, the Nantahala, the Gauley, or the Yough anymore. I'd rather boof an 90 foot waterfall than run any of those rivers these days.
It's back. Huzzah!
Yes, we got it back. Apparently using the song "Going the Distance" made the video blocked in the United States, so we had to mute that song unfortunately.
Oh man !
I’m so glad I found this video again !
It disappeared from my favorites a while ago :(
I missed it !!
3:41 thru 3:43 Me getting donked by mother nature. 😂
I LOVE THIS VIDEO! Will is the best! I hope he's doing well. I don't know how I found myself here in this clip! I'm actually wearing the black longsleeve underarmor right now from that trip as I'm typing this. It was my first time going ever, and I'm still wanting to go again one day!
I think when I had went, it was the first week of July 2015. Our group was paired up with Will and my ex's entire family was on the boat too. We were crossing over Double Suck, and I'm positioned center and left, and you can see my hand sticking up out of the water on the left side of the raft! I was actually pinned under that raft at Double Suck. Somehow I was able to remain calm and hold my breath as I felt my way from under, and I was very relieved once I felt I was getting unwedged. Once I was free, I crossed my arms and legs, and it felt like an eternity to surface. I was thinking, "how long will it take me to float up with this life vest?" I thought of my family and my dog, Zelda, and I saw some purple streaks of light--when suddenly my face felt air, my face broke the surface and I took a huge big breath in. I was still in that arms crossed position, and I'm calmly floating until I hear "GRAB THE ROPE!!!!!" a few times. I realize i can stand in the still part, and there must have been 20 ropes aimed at me.
Before and after this trip, I've been lifeguarding on post when the special forces combat divers would train on my shift. I think it was no accident I was able to observe their amazing calmness and long breath holds. I had been practicing their technique while I would watch them, and I believe that had ultimately saved my life.
Stay safe always, my river friend ✨️🙏🪶 Erica