A Typical Busy Summer Day Of Ocoee River Rafting and Kayaking At Broken Nose on the Middle Ocoee

[@alowatsakima8950]

Great example of guide with limited ability in the opening scene. When forced to raft I always want to get in this hole for some play time.

[@alowatsakima8950]

A well trained guide.

[@GearGarageTV]

This is awesome. Thank you for sharing.

[@FastFredRuddock]

Glad you enjoyed it! I could have added more commentary to put this into better context but wanted to let other guides to have part of the conversation too.

[@TheNorwoodCat]

Good Lord!

[@FastFredRuddock]

Yes the safety eddy of Broken Nose is often the scene of chaos and mayhem.

[@Hippierocker01]

Looks like a blast!!!

[@danfromthesouth5352]

Back in mid June My guide sent us in sideways and I was front right and my brother fell into me from the left and helped finish me off head over heals head first backwards into broken nose. I ended up having to get pulled into a different raft down river a ways. 😂

[@HeritageStacking]

After watching this it makes me happy I run the Ottawa in Quebec. No places to get hung like that. Hard work for your crews. What's that rated a easy 3?

[@FastFredRuddock]

According to American Whitewater this rapid Broken Nose on the Middle Ocoee River is a Southeastern benchmark class III+. It is technical and some lines are narrow compared to big water elsewhere. Normal follow is just 1250 cfs so margins of error are narrow.

[@HeritageStacking]

@@FastFredRuddock ah. Where i work the Ottawa was running at 18800 cfs. This is a normal level for this time of year. A week ago we where at 34000. That level is high level normal. It can get up to 100000 and over. Big pissy river. I do like your videos. Been watching a bit. For me it's about the carnage.

[@jfo738]

What's the water temp this time of year? Looks pretty warm based on the amount of time they're in the water and lack of clothing.

[@FastFredRuddock]

The water temp is about 70. It is very nice.

[@wagnersfarm]

Noc was the most entertaining

[@joleenperry9040]

Are the ww kayakers annoyed by all the rafting congestion? 🤷‍♀️🚣🏻‍♂️

[@FastFredRuddock]

No, the kids were having a great day but their camp counselors needed to provide better instructions and guidance. I honestly believe the counselors were also lacking some guidance too. I had a friendly chat with them and gave them some tips for better times and safety on the Ocoee River in the future. The kids were stoked and appreciated the inside scoop.

[@joleenperry9040]

Can’t hear you Fred!

[@FastFredRuddock]

I am experimenting with a new camera and shotgun mic... there might be a learning curve and I may buy another mic too...