G Fest 2010

[jdub]

Thanks to Dave for hooking it up with a new great campsite and a good time with friends. Had a great time playing it up on the Lower on sat, and sunday got to run the upper. Thanks Sejal for the great lines on the upper. I can't wait to get up there with you guys again. And once again thanks to all the pro shuttlers that make things so much easier.

John

[Paddle Daddy]

Thanks to Dave K for organizing everything. And Ken and Alicia for showing me lines on my NRG PFD.

[tolyho]

Thanks to all that helped bring it together! My first Gauley Fest has me a bit too tired for a trip report... tells you how much fun it was!

Thanks Stan for the Big Rubber on the Lower Gauley Friday, to KessmanN and Brandon for getting the camping straightened out and again to Lee, Ken and Alicia for reminding me of the lines on the NRG Sat and Sun. Looking forward to my hard boat experience on the LG in October!!

[fatdoug]

nice job with the NRG trip coordination once again Kessmann. Well done.

[guy66]

KessmanN- Outstanding!

Thanks for all your hard work and thanks to everyone else that helped with plans, shuttling, food, cooking, letting me make fun of them, ect.

[paddle_luke]

Great job on the camping and shuttles and good times one and all, with a big shout out to Kessman for once again putting it all together. Guy and Greg, thanks for the great lines on friday on the LG, they were good and fresh for my sat run as well, even if I did end up swimming (big difference in a borrowed playboat). All in all a stellar weekend

[Shannon]

Terrific trip, Thanks Dave for the coordination and showing me the lines down the Lower G and for encouraging the raft trip on the Upper. I had a great three days of boating (NRG on Saturday).

Thanks to Justin for guiding the raft on Sunday...what a great river.

Thanks to the cooks for great food and to everyone for a great time boating and camping....see you next year....but hopefully sooner.

[Pack]

I too want to thank everyone for putting it together. Had a great time and look forward to the next time. A big thanks to Mark Walker for showing me the line on the upper gauley. Had a great time.
Jacob

[marykmills]

Thaks for inclduding me on the NRG trip last weekend. I wanted to say thank you to Ken and Alisha for guiding me down. ALso does anyone know the website for te photographer at the Upper Railroad rapids? I have pictures I will post when I get home. my email is marykmills@gmail.com if anyone got a picture of me in the Yellow Diesel with light blue helmet, green splash jacket. If anyone goes to W NC or N Ga and needs a guide on The Ocoee, Nanty, Chattooga, Tellico etc. look me up.

Thanks again for a great trip.
Mary Mills

[fatdoug]

the pics can be found here: http://leisuresportsphoto.com

click on the private boater links, and follow the links to the river, day, and time you want to see...

[JimmyT]

I ended up doing a day trip on Friday for the Lower Gauley and it was great! It was my first time on the lower. Thanks to Ken and Alicia and everyone else who helped me with the lines. Ken and Alicia have been great guides on first time runs twice for me now, resulting in clean runs for me on the NRG last year and the Lower Gauley this year. Can't wait to get back on it again soon. Jimmy

[stephanieb]

Awesome week end, thanks Dave, Ken, Alicia, for the trip on the LG, Ken and Alicia have shown me down many of my PFD's, Juggy for the really cool trip on the UG Sunday, river guide extraordanaire. Thanks everyone for the shuttles and good company. These club trips just get better and better. It was great fun seeing and playing with everyone.

[MarkT]

big thanks to Dave for all the organization and the lines + sick boof rock on Friday! Thanks also to Tolyho for the ride out and shuttle services to the put in (despite almost running the car out of gas at the bottom of the gorge.... ) Glad to hear everyone else had good days on Saturday and Sunday - I was on the NRG Saturday afternoon somewhere behind the big group and climbing at Summersville lake on Sunday - great weekend all around!

[slo2rol]

Thanks to DaveK for organizing the weekend and reserving the campground. It was great to see everyone out there! Thanks to Guy and Greg for the lines on the LG - love this run and can't wait to go back. I had a fun, relaxing run down the NRG Sat with everyone and got to catch up w/ JDaddy getting down at Lollygag. Big apologies to Luke for getting him shafted out of paddling Sunday only to end up going myself. On Sunday, Big Mike hatched a late plan to take a relative newbie down the Middle Gauley and check him out. If ready, he would join us and MegMags on the LG down to Swiss where Mike's truck was pro-shuttled by PeterL. We ended up doing a half flow read-n-run down the Middle with lots of rescue practice for the newbie. The reduced flow and available time kept us from continuing down to Swiss. So we took out at Peter's Creek and worked a couple shuttle poaches to get Mike to Swiss and me back to Mason's Branch. Big Thanks to Charlie Walbridge and his wife for my ride back to Mason's Branch. It was a great weekend and I'm stoked looking forward to the next time I make it up there!

Best quote: "There are only two rapids on this river {LG}, the first one and last one; everything in between is read-n-run class III." Thanks Guy!

Most memorable image: Watching Guy give the one finger salute in the runout of the first ledge on the NRG and promptly flipping.

Favorite meal: Pies-n-Pints Friday night.

Least favorite moment: My read-n-run line into the hole @ Lower Mash. Ooops... Gurgle... gurgle...

[MichaelME]

Least favorite moment: My read-n-run line into the hole @ Lower Mash. Ooops... Gurgle... gurgle...

The undercut/hole? Glad your ok, watched a boater swim under it from one end tother a while back, wasn't pretty.
http://www.gauleyriverrapids.com/lower-mash-rapid.html

be safe,have fun


-- -- . MME