Thompson River PFD by wildwildwes | Jan 25, 2019 | Video, WhitewaterThompson River AW BETA: https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/1133/ Dennis Gilfillan, Josh Dalton, Matt Dalton and I were blessed with the perfect day to get our Thompson personal first descent with bluebird skies, great medium level and temp over...
Personal First Descent of Great Falls by ethanfrangenburg | Apr 13, 2018 | rivers, Video, WhitewaterThis past December, I got my first ever runs in on the Potomac’s most incredible piece of whitewater known as Great Falls, an amazing class V run with a variety of lines and moves. After much training with Danny Stock, one of the smoothest paddlers on the falls, to...
First D With White Mountain School Kayak Team by teamjk | May 12, 2017 | Creeking, River Running, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThe White Mountain School’s Whitewater Kayak Team recently brought our advanced members out for an exploratory mission on an upper section of the Gale River that we think may be a first D. After hiking up the drainage they were rewarded with scenic creek style...
The elusive first descent by chad | May 10, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Creeking, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesOh the elusive “first descent”. If you have been kayaking for any length of time I am sure you have heard the term. Living in the Appalachian Mountains of TN, waterfalls and creeks that have not been run are very hard to find in this day and age. Most of...
A Look Into Chris Korbulic’s Journal Entries leading to the Descent of Kundawika Falls by christopherkorbulic | Jan 28, 2012 | Creeking, River Running, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater Dec. 30 There’s a small path to the river from the last village, the truck can’t go. The villagers say it’s 20 km, but the GPS says 12. To rent bikes from the village, we have to take a rider too, so the longer the trail, and more time we have...
