Tallulah Gorge PFD, 800 CFS, 2022-11-06

Whitewater Kayaking
Tallulah Gorge
800 CFS
Personal First Descent (PFD)
Thank you for showing us down the lines, Terran. It was a great day (and weekend) of paddling with you!
00:00 Tallulah Gorge PFD, 800 cfs, The Hike In
01:34 Last Step
01:59 Tanner's Launch
02:16 Oceana
03:04 Spectating at Oceana
06:18 Gauntlet (Left Side to Avoid Wood)
07:04 Bridal Veil
07:50 Zoom Flume
08:38 Lynch's Wrench
09:05 Amplitheatre
09:39 Around the Corner
10:04 Tit
10:27 Tat
10:59 Tom's Brain Buster
11:34 The Road to Aintry
13:29 Twisted Sister
14:24 Paddlesnake Ledge
15:14 Powerhouse
15:35 Maxwell's Last Drop
16:47 Damned Lake

[@rebeccashepard2366]

I'm the one who rolled up at the bottom of tat! Thanks for the cheers of encouragement!

[@paddlebikediveclimb]

Good job hanging in there; I'm always happy to cheer when someone rolls up out of a rough situation!

[@KhlaBaiTong]

So amazing

[@joeskaggs9799]

Lily's favorite stream!

[@IE_Tiger]

Great video thanks

[@paddlebikediveclimb]

Glad you liked it!

[@adulfdabo898]

I just can't stop watching!

[@paddlebikediveclimb]

:) It was a really fun run; glad you're enjoying it, too.

[@troyl5929]

You're super skilled! You make it look easy maneuvering around and through everything. It's super satisfying watching this and daydreaming that one day I can be as skilled as you. Hopefully one day I won't swim at every corner of whitewater I hit.

[@paddlebikediveclimb]

Thanks. I have my beatering moments, too. All I can say is keep at it; I haven't been paddling for very long, but I do get out most days, which really helps. I've also got a great crew that helps me safely push my limits and teaches me a lot.

[@marvinwenger5035]

Impressive moves!! Nice moves man 😃 quality filming too!

[@macfawlty]

A real nice look at Talulah Gorge. What a beautiful place with some great river features and awesome scenery. Well done staying upright through Oceana. Looked like you went straight through the center wave. Looking forward to your next PFD river cuz it looks like you’re on a mission.

[@paddlebikediveclimb]

Next up is Wilson Creek, which we got on the way home on Monday. I have a lot of footage, and it's slow going editing it all.

[@macfawlty]

@@paddlebikediveclimb I really wanna run Wilson Creek someday. I've seen sooo many videos of it from River King Pete.

[@paddlebikediveclimb]

That's who showed us the lines

[@macfawlty]

@@paddlebikediveclimb Pete's def one of my fav KZbin kayakers. The everyman's paddler.

[@NChillbilly]

Great video. Other than Oceanna I think Wilson's Creek at high water is a more challenging run than Tallulah based on the video. Wilson's at +1' is very sticky and the scenery is awesome. Plus access to the road makes it very convenient if you get in over your head lol

[@farbeyonddriven8173]

what creates that flume of water that shoots up from the rock slide? It seems like something you would run into.

[@paddlebikediveclimb]

I've not been when the water's off, but "The Thing" is some sort of rock. I wouldn't want to hit it straight on, personally, and I was warned to take a stroke as I go through it so that my right elbow doesn't hit it. Some folks joked at the put in that you only need a right elbow pad on this run. I did line up to take that left stroke the whole way down, which is kind of obvious, and I didn't feel any rock when I went through/by it on the left side (standard line these days).

[@pupukea3808]

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