2016 Upper Gauley White Water Rafting in Class V Rapids-Wipeout!

Coming into pillow rock on the Upper Gauley...a Class V dangerous rapid with severe undertows and a dangerous brush with Volkswagon rock- WE WIPE OUT! 9:07 time segment

[@tracietarpey415]

We did this back in 92-94! A group of 25-30 of us. One of the best experiences!

[@marcotenthousand]

The narration is the greatest!!

[@justanotherintrovert1012]

I love white water rafting here, its so exhilarating, once we had to save a kayaker stuck in one of the eddys, she came out okay but we all feared the worst

[@shaftfloat]

Great video great video boater great editing

[@coryshepherd3495]

The Gauley is where class III guides run class IV rapids and call it class V. Video guy is awesome though, he’s selling super soakers like they’re AKs.

[@Adamtfrank]

Is that p love?!?!? 😊 right in brother man!!

[@michaelhill56]

Just wanted to let you know that you had an encounter with Pillow Rock, not Volkswagen. And yes, the river is very deep there...

[@dantorchio9668]

Thanks all...my videographer was awesome...funny as hell.

[@usethetools]

Carlton is my first and Favorite and great Guide ... in the Ocoee and he mentioned the 14 foot drops along the Gauley... NOPE, THATS NOT FOR ME, CARLTON.

[@matthewellingsworth2759]

this dude is amazing

[@rhondahamm4168]

Bluegrass music would have been great. Looks fun

[@heartskate8515]

this is some hilarious commentary

[@emmytolkein3320]

This looks awesome! Did Chattooga section 4 but this looks faster.

[@dantorchio9668]

This was my first time ever on the Upper Gauley ..I had no idea the power of that undertow...When we flipped on Pillow Rock .. what an experience. Scared the hell out of me!

[@GuadalupePicasso]

I’ve never rafted the Chattooga, but I grew up in Georgia, and used to camp and hike along it a lot growing up. This looks a lot more wide then I remember the Chattooga as being. I’ve been up in Pennsylvania for awhile now, and just recently rafted the upper section of the Youghiogheny River, which has a nice, long section in the middle that’s exclusively class 4 and 5 rapids (probably took us close to 3 hours to get through that section). Our guide kept saying how much he loves the Gauley here, though he had never heard of the Chattooga.

[@GuadalupePicasso]

Oh, and regards to speed, I think that the Gauley here is damn fed, while the Chattooga is “wild”, meaning that it is all determined by a combination of snow melt and rainfall.

[@biggusdikkus4184]

They sell crack in the gift shop don’t they

[@terabyte6881]

this guy is fcking crazy

[@razzokhadka]

Have you hear Nepal and sunkoshi River which include top 10 rivers in the world.

[@loshanrai2894]

Been to lower bhotey koshi back in 2013

[@tombellamy7167]

Who was your guide?

[@dantorchio9668]

Scott

[@RRBuilder611]

The camera man is so... interesting

[@anitapalmer4049]

Hahahaha, you are a hoot!!!!

[@brianoneill860]

lol the toilet

[@meshacaudle2551]

What city and state is Upper Gauley white water rafting??

[@hannahraye1597]

@@meshacaudle2551 West Virginia around Summersville and Fayetteville

[@hannahraye1597]

@@meshacaudle2551 also if you aren't an experienced rafter, not sure on your skill level, you can get some class 3 and 4 rapids on the New River in Fayetteville with rafting companies. Highly recommend either

[@bdh3949]

The only way to watch this is with no volume.

[@alycecaters9039]

This is amazing! I'm a reporter for Caters News and we'd love to feature this video in a new tv series we're working on. Can you please email me at [e-mail] for info - thanks!

[@gilfamaertarsatir8497]

so many blablabla

[@oklahomagrower590]

Spinning sucks

[@nika953]

Could not watch this video. Too many screaming and running by author..