Re: [Paddlewise] The whitewater industry

On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 02:17:52PM -0400, Rcgibbert_at_aol.com wrote:
> I don't know where you live (sounds like W V?) but there is an awful lot of 

Maryland -- but WV is where I started doing whitewater, and it's where
my favorite river is (the Meadow, a tributary of the Gauley) [1].

> desire to run rivers here in WA state. We had a dry spring and poor snow pack 
> this year so my WW was limited, but I see a some concern for the rivers, 
> themselves and river running, in general. It's rarely what you want it to be, but it 
> is ok for the most part.

I'm pretty much in agreement with this: I'm just concerned, that's
all.  I think of all people who pioneered these river runs (whether in
Appalachia or in the Cascades), of all the hard-won advances in technique
and equipment, of all the people who have worked so hard to make sure
that all those streams are available/accessible to all of us...and
sometimes I wonder if we're failing to capitalize on all that hard work.
Maybe I have an overactive sense of history...

Or maybe I'm just getting old. ;-)

---Rsk

[1] NOT the Lower Meadow, which is a legit class VI hair run so hideous that
the Upper Gauley (which must be run to get to the take-out) is the easy part.
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