Watauga River "1ST Timers Day"

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[@mikemiller5052]

That brings back lots of memories back when I was a fairly good boater in the 90s.

[@WadeHarrison]

Yeah this place has been a classic forever

[@NChillbilly]

Ditto on that Mike. Some good memories. One not so good pin where I left my boat submerged and hiked up the worst part of the gorge in neoprene booties. Not fun. Lucky it flushed out and I found it the next day. Of course I blamed the POS Pyranna Mountain 300 and sold it promptly at WOR at Nantahala. Miss the hell out of it now that I'm 59.

[@mikemiller5052]

@@NChillbilly LOl I remember one time when we were running shuttle, these two good old boys were having a fistfight by the side of the road. Another time a guy tried to portage Hydro and still got stuck in the hole when he tried to peel out of the eddy.

[@MCKNEW77]

Love the look of that drysuit on you man.

[@WadeHarrison]

The blue?

[@brentwade9346]

Looks like a Scorcheous day ;-)

[@WadeHarrison]

Yeah Pyranha was looking strong out there

[@huntergipson3447]

Still the scariest place I’ve ever been hahaha ! Great day 🤙🏼

[@WadeHarrison]

Yeah it’s fun scary

[@gemmawatson6100]

Super nice looking 4/4+ classic as

[@WadeHarrison]

It’s one the best 4ish runs in the southeast

[@gemmawatson6100]

@@WadeHarrison the old 4ish - more than 3, not quite 5 🤣

[@FeWolf]

This why I am a supporter👍🤙

[@WadeHarrison]

Appreciate you buddy 😎

[@brentwade9346]

Same - apart from the great reviews, Wade's a fountain of helpful info, and then you get these fun run vids thrown in for entertainment value. ;-)

[@WadeHarrison]

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[@LuckyTuba-zf3vr]

This is awesome I need to try kayaking what's a good starter boat?

[@WadeHarrison]

That’s a very open ending answer if never been in a kayak there’s a ton of options

[@NChillbilly]

Get you and old Dagger RPM, easy to paddle and roll. It made rivers easy in my early days that I would struggle with in other boats. It's a classic and a dinosaur. I say this partly in jest because I don't even know if you could find one in this era of new boats. But I wish I had started in it way back in my day. I chose some poorly outfitted long high volume boats when so mostly creeked and it set me back in my progression. Find a roll class in a pool if you can find one and maybe you can meet some good folks willing to help you learn and try out a few boats. Join a paddling club. Good luck.