800 FEET PER MILE CREEK; PROBABLY CAN'T BE PADDLED ALIVE

Post by **CAPTAIN ALEVE** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:20 pm

This short segment of Wagon Creek is awful rough. The creek is flatter above and below this part. I don't think this part can be paddled successfully. Photos:

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/5709 ... t=outdoors" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I have not scouted the rest of the creek downstream yet. I'll probably save that for October.

Captain Aleve, alias Mike Coogan

Post by **Fish** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:19 pm

Team Stupid eats that stuff for breakfast. No big deal.

- Fish :)

Post by **RomanLA** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:13 pm

Just paddle and lean forward...it will be fine.

Post by **turboturtle** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:51 pm

There's a Richland creek on the Cumberland Plateau that has a thousand foot or so mile "gradient", if that's what you call it. Some call it falling. I get excited thinking about it.

When Billy and I went east one time we were asked what our paddling past had been. When Bill replied Richland and Falling Water, The group from Georgia Said, "shouldn't be a problem paddling with us then". It was later when we found out these creeks over there were hitting the thousand foot mark.

Whoo Hoo!

Post by **jjones03** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:20 pm

the only richland creek i know of on the cumberland plateau has an average gradient of 180 or so...

Website · Post by **Ryan Viser** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:12 pm

Chuck Norris can do it......so can Dale Barton

Post by **canoe** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:18 pm

I've paddled Indian Creek from Copperhead falls down to Buffalo, about 500ft?mi, and Wolf Creek in Va., about 400ft?mi. in sections. can't fathom 1000ft/mi. Dale

Post by **FarPastGone** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:30 pm

I've paddled 400-600 fpm Class III, go figure...gotta love Mexico.

-Matt

Post by **RandyJ** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:22 pm

Ryan Viser wrote:Chuck Norris can do it......so can Dale Barton

My money's on Dale and not Chuck.

Post by **canoe** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:41 pm

True story, Paddled Ocoee when Chuck Norris was rafting in his Captin America outfit twice. Also was on New River Gorge when the river bosses shut the river down so that Ice Tea could film a video of him running the last rapid upstream on a jetski, and pulled Johnnie Bench out of the river several times on the Middle Fork Salmon River. Dale

Post by **canoe** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:53 pm

OOps, not Ice Tea, but Vanilla Ice, can't keep those rappers straight. Dale

Post by **Roger** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:08 am

canoe wrote:OOps, not Ice Tea, but Vanilla Ice, can't keep those rappers straight. Dale

Either one would work for Robert Matthew Van Winkle!

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