Coastals

Sunday, 11:am, on the Lower Yough
River Level 2.4'
Temp Mild, Foggy and Rainy
Kayakers:
Wallace and Gromit
JR
Shannon
Justin
Giggles
PaddleCat with Oar Rig
Mango

After getting a frame and oar rig for the Mangles PaddleCat, I decided that,
after 2 warm ups runs on the James, that I was ready to tackle the Lower Yough.
The rest of the group came along to witness the event, and with no doubt, hopes of seeing some carnage.
The river was a little higher than normal, which padded out Entrance Rapid and made the river a little pushier.
The pictures attached are from Cucumber Rapid. My line was a little right of my entended goal.
Although I thought that I was in for sure, fate was on my side this time.
After making adjustments to the oars, that Justin suggested, I had better control after Cucumber and no further incidents to report.

Thanks to everyone for your support and pro-shuttle!

The rest of the pictures from the series.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15119405@N ... 855280013/

Cool! (Although I would have liked it better if you were wearing a helemt)

Yeah Dad, where's the helmet.........but more important, where am I!
Not in the raft, that's where I'm not.
Once again, left to be the "Shuttle Lab-by"!

pink hat??????????

Mango wrote:
After making adjustments to the oars, that Justin suggested, I had better control after Cucumber and no further incidents to report.

Adjustments? Like keeping the left one out from under your knee?

Nice photo series / trip report, thanks.

(Who shot the photos?)

Ken

Pics 3 & 4 are awesome Wade. Way to run the MEAT!

As Guy says, "The clean lines don't make the headlines".

Pictures were taken by the Ohiopyle Adventure Photography person who
is always sitting on the rocks at Cucumber.

The under the knee thing was something I came up with on my own,
wasn't Justin's suggestion. Took awhile for him and Giggles
to stop laughing before he could make any suggestions.

Not a pink hat, must be the lighting ......not that there's anything wrong with that.......

Big thanks to all that made this weekend possible for me, especially Wade for the boats... Good to see everyone that made it up and paddle with you all.

As always, thanks to Dave KessmanN for hosting....

Yeah, a huge thanks to KessmanN for another great time at the Triple K. And to everyone else that cooked, shuttled, cleaned, and helped out.

WOOOT!!! Sadly, I was too busy making my own way thru Cucumber to witness Wade's adventure. Great pix and certainly worth the price!

Gromit and I had a fantastic weekend, too! We should all count ourselves lucky after such a great time spent together. Super big thanks to Erin for setting the shuttle from hell for us to run the Cheat on Saturday and to Justin and JR for doing double shuttle bunny duty on Sunday.

Dave K, we can't wait to get back. Triple K is becoming a hot destination for us!

Great pictures - too bad I was busy preping for my cucumber swim to see it in person. But I was there for the Hoots of laughter from Giggles as she scrolled through them at the shop....

Another awesome time at the Triple K. Thanks Dave

Great accomodations, pro shuttles on the Cheat and Lower Yough (neither of which I had to run), tasty food, fireless fire circle on the front lawn, and excellant paddling with good friends.

Thanks to all who made it happen, I had a great time and feel sad for anyone that missed it.

Yep, another great weekend. Thanks to KessmanN for the triple K ranch, huge thanks to the shuttlers and to Sue for doggie watching.
Lots of happy memories.
Mango was sporting huge grin while being "oarsome" on the river. The LY was really fun at 2.4 (or whatever it was).

It beats the poo out of working, that's for sure!

so that's how it's done in one of those, I like it. thanks as well to everyone who made the weekend/fest happen, especially Dave for opening the house and graciously showing me lines and leads all weekend. 3 pfd's in three days, best paddling for me ever . also huge thanks for the shuttle drivers, i'd be stuck in a rut without you. stay safe, and see ya'll downstream...

Way to go Mango!!! Firing up the boof line in the paddle cat

I had a GREAT time at the Triple K Cheat Fest weekend!!! A HUGE THANKS to Dave KessmanN for opening up his home to all of us and for leading the way down this weekend. Many thanks to all the shuttle drivers, cooks, and handy-folks that painted, wired, hung doors, etc. in the down time. It was great to see and hang out with everybody this weekend.

I scored three PFD's this weekend: Middle Fork of the Tygart on Friday, Upper Yough on Saturday, and Cheat Canyon on Sunday. I can't imagine a better way to spend a boating weekend!!! I'm already looking forward to next year!