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The Turkey Raft

The Turkey Raft

The cobbled-together little boat was as ugly as its name, but it was also, in its way, rather ingenious… until it disintegrated.

Len

Where There’s Will There’s a Way Downstream

In the beginning, every West Virginia rafting company was mom and pop, but some were mommier and poppier than others.

Sweets Falls

The Guide Strike

“We were just being goofballs as much as anything, and then it started to take on some seriousness.”

Black Saturday, Cheat River, 1986

Black Saturday

1986, Cheat River Canyon: After a violent flip at Big Nasty, Trip Leader, Mark Lewis, finally managed to eddy out on the bank, where he and his guides began to pick up the pieces of their stunned trip. Once ashore, it dawned on Lewis that he and his people were a tiny piece of a larger story unfolding around them.

Bud Franz

The Tale of Bud’s Boner

If you’ve heard anything about the Gauley River rapid known as Bud’s Boner, it’s probably far more dramatic than the truth, which involves neither phallic symbols nor bizarre sexual proclivities nor, for that matter, the death of Bud Franz.

Gauley River, Tumble Home

Happy 50th, Gauley River!

Come On In, the Water’s Weird is to press and Memorial Day, 2011, marks the 50th anniversary of the first descent of the Gauley River.

Mt. Easton

Mt. Easton: Indoor Climbing on MD’s Eastern Shore

What happens when a YMCA in a sleepy little town on the Eastern Shore of Maryland drops a healthy coin on an indoor rock climbing wall? Mt. Easton happens, that’s what.

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The Turkey Raft

The Turkey Raft

Posted on June 14, 2012

Where There’s Will There’s a Way Downstream

Where There’s Will There’s a Way Downstream

Posted on February 18, 2012

The Guide Strike

The Guide Strike

Posted on January 28, 2012

Black Saturday

Black Saturday

Posted on November 14, 2011

The Tale of Bud’s Boner

The Tale of Bud’s Boner

Posted on October 21, 2011

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