Upper Gauley 1500cfs release 11/10-11/11
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:57 pm
Though I am not the one "technically" responsible for the trip report this round, I will go ahead and get it started and let others fill in the details...
The plan was finalized some time Friday afternoon for Angry Dave, Jen, Juggy, Guy, and myself to meet at the Summersville dam at 11am Saturday morning for a run on the Upper G.
I met Guy at his house around 7am and we left to go pick up Juggy in C-Ville. Luckily Juggy called to ask us where we were right about the time we were about to miss his exit off of 64. After a quick load up of gear and some quality coffee compliments of Donna and Doug we took off for WV.
Upon getting to the dam we met up with Kessman and Jen, then tried to figure out WHY the heck we were there @ low water in 30+F weather to paddle."Oh yeah, nothin else was running..."
We suited up and Juggy and I stayed at the put-in while everyone else ran the eleventeen hour long shuttle...
The level was 1500cfs, roughly half of what normal Gauley season release is. warming up through the first few rapids everyone was in good spirits even with the cold weather. the order of the day seemed to be Juggy, Guy, Me, then Kessman as we aproached Initiation. Somewhere below here Guy decided to pop into a pourver and see what would happen... Though uneventful, this would set the tone for Guy's upcoming performance...
Insert Guy's trip report here:...........................................
That evening we headed to Pies and Pints for grub then off to Ace's to hassle the one of the employees to hook us up with a chalet and hottub.
after many unsuccessful cell phone calls we were freezing and decided to hit the Quality Inn in Fayetteville.
While Juggy broke in his new helmet (with custom ear outfitting)
, Guy and myself went to the Hotel bar to have a few drinks and socialize with the natives. Two Modelo's, Vodka tonics, and shooters later we returned to the "Luxury" suite we procured earlier to find Juggy nearly passed out.
The next morning Juggy wrestled with his Burn outfitting for an hour then we took off for some much needed coffee at the Cathedral.
Fully caffinated and well fed we headed up to the Put-in for another run on the Upper.
Though Saturday's trip left no one with dry hair, I believe I was the only one who flipped this time( in part to a certain impatient paddler who though I was going to slow) dropping into a pourover and side surfing till I decided to only way out was to flip and hopefully get flushed.
All in all Sunday was uneventful with warmer temperatures and more sun.
I have no Idea about the drive home as I was completely passed out except for a quick dinner stop at the "Tweaker Bell" in Charmco WV.
Quote of the weekend from Donna and Doug:
"You can have a beer, you're not driving right?..."
More pictures for the Fans..
"Juggy's crown"
"Guy in the Champagne room"
More pictures to come, stay tuned....
The plan was finalized some time Friday afternoon for Angry Dave, Jen, Juggy, Guy, and myself to meet at the Summersville dam at 11am Saturday morning for a run on the Upper G.
I met Guy at his house around 7am and we left to go pick up Juggy in C-Ville. Luckily Juggy called to ask us where we were right about the time we were about to miss his exit off of 64. After a quick load up of gear and some quality coffee compliments of Donna and Doug we took off for WV.
Upon getting to the dam we met up with Kessman and Jen, then tried to figure out WHY the heck we were there @ low water in 30+F weather to paddle."Oh yeah, nothin else was running..."
We suited up and Juggy and I stayed at the put-in while everyone else ran the eleventeen hour long shuttle...
The level was 1500cfs, roughly half of what normal Gauley season release is. warming up through the first few rapids everyone was in good spirits even with the cold weather. the order of the day seemed to be Juggy, Guy, Me, then Kessman as we aproached Initiation. Somewhere below here Guy decided to pop into a pourver and see what would happen... Though uneventful, this would set the tone for Guy's upcoming performance...
Insert Guy's trip report here:...........................................
That evening we headed to Pies and Pints for grub then off to Ace's to hassle the one of the employees to hook us up with a chalet and hottub.
after many unsuccessful cell phone calls we were freezing and decided to hit the Quality Inn in Fayetteville.
While Juggy broke in his new helmet (with custom ear outfitting)
, Guy and myself went to the Hotel bar to have a few drinks and socialize with the natives. Two Modelo's, Vodka tonics, and shooters later we returned to the "Luxury" suite we procured earlier to find Juggy nearly passed out.
The next morning Juggy wrestled with his Burn outfitting for an hour then we took off for some much needed coffee at the Cathedral.
Fully caffinated and well fed we headed up to the Put-in for another run on the Upper.
Though Saturday's trip left no one with dry hair, I believe I was the only one who flipped this time( in part to a certain impatient paddler who though I was going to slow) dropping into a pourover and side surfing till I decided to only way out was to flip and hopefully get flushed.
All in all Sunday was uneventful with warmer temperatures and more sun.
I have no Idea about the drive home as I was completely passed out except for a quick dinner stop at the "Tweaker Bell" in Charmco WV.
Quote of the weekend from Donna and Doug:
"You can have a beer, you're not driving right?..."
More pictures for the Fans..
"Juggy's crown"
"Guy in the Champagne room"
More pictures to come, stay tuned....
. You guys be careful out there!
but was probably closer that I might have gone trying to see what Juggy was trying to look at. 
