The Ocoee is rocking right now !

[hdh]

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Harlan

[Tmuse]

Lets quit our jobs and throw all responsibiltys aside and go boatin! We can live out of our tents and be river bums for the summer.

[FarPastGone]

or you could just lower yourself to the level of scumbag and get a job as a raft guide.

- Matt

[Tmuse]

I don't want to work no more! I am burnt out!

[Heath]

or you could just lower yourself to the level of scumbag and get a job as a raft guide.

- Matt

I forsee this in my future, I will be a profesional bum when I grw up

[A Savage spanke]

I had a buddy sending me picture messages today, I bet its incredible. I've never run it above 2600 or so, but from what I've seen it only keeps getting better. My friend J.J. who I've worked with the last couple summers out there ran it at 8000cfs last year, he said "it was definitely runnable, and fun as sh*t". He said it was pretty much just one gigantic wave train. I imagine the play is huge, but I wouldn't really know I'm just a

- Scumbag

[Ryan Viser]

I bet the shoals are WAY less annoying at that level...

[chainsawmonkey]

Dang... How do you even launch a raft off the ramp? Or do you? Rock gardens no more...

[anthony]

I wouldn't really know I'm just a

- Scumbag

I am glad you have finally came to terms with that spanke.

[Dave Thomas]

I'll be in Chattanooga at the end of the month. I sure hope it holds 'til then. A buddy in Chat. said he talked to TVA yesterday, and they don't have a date of when the flume will be fixed. They said, due to it's historical significance, repair will take extra planning.

[chainsawmonkey]

Soooo is it running 24/7 right now?

[Dave Thomas]

Yepper!

[Tim Eubanks]

How many cfs? How variable/consistent is the flow?

[Ryan Viser]

So, all kidding aside, I will be out there at the end of this month and I've logged enough runs down the Ocoee to be pretty familiar with it. Do you think this boosts the rating up above IV? Obviously you wouldn't want to take a swim by any means, I'd imagine the possibility of self rescue would be pretty slim. But how often do you really get the chance to hit it at this level

Ryan

[Renee H]

Looks like current CFS is about 1500.

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