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Carolina Canoe Club's Week of Rivers, June 30, 2014


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The path to the long hike through the woods to the access at Earl's Ford


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A group of local canoeists and kayakers accompanied Texas paddlers Marc McCord, Tom Taylor, Walter Velez and Jason Jones on the legendary Chattooga River


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Walter Velez looks downriver toward the first rapid of our trip


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Walter Velez poses for the camera


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Tom Taylor relaxing before the next rapid


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Whitewater canoes still thrive in the Southeast where the water is white and big


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A couple of canoeists show us the way downriver


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The Chattooga is every bit as beautiful as it was in "Deliverance"


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The river narrows at the bend just ahead


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A fog hangs in the air ahead of us


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Tom Taylor conversing with a couple of local kayayers about the rapids ahead


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Jason Jones contemplating ... something, but who knows what?


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Tom Taylor getting directions from local kayakers on the best line through the rapid ahead


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A local kayakers runs one of the easier class II drops we would encounter on that day


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The pourover drops create great play spots for kayakers and open canoeists on the Chattooga River


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Jason Jones (left) and Tom Taylor watch kayakers playing in the rapid behind us


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Another local kayaker nails the drop


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Another local kayaker nails the drop


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Gathering up to proceed downriver after the first class II rapid


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The boat is not abandoned ... we just had to stop for a restroom break!


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Another playboat fun spot is just ahead


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Walter Velez taking a break


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Waiting on the C-1 boaters to take a restroom break - watch out for the poison ivy in there!


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Jason Jones getting ready for another good rapid


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Scouting Bull Sluice Rapid (Class IV to IV+) - the biggest rapid on this section of the Chattooga River


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That's a LOT of water and a very strong current!


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Jason Jones paddling out after nailing Bull Sluice Rapid


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Here comes a local open boater into the right side of Bull Sluice Rapid


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And THAT is how it is done! The take-out is just downstream a short distance.


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