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Nobody wants to be THAT person: you know – the chick who keeps ending up with a mouthful of foot, despite her best intentions. But most subcultures worth joining (like, say, whitewater paddling) come with webs of unspoken rules that are easy to get tangled up in.As someone who’s still shaking the wet from behind my ears in this community, I’ve had the opportunity to be a keen o …
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What…why is he calling me?“Hey, slight change in plans. Do you mind going to North Carolina? It means the river starting with a ‘G.’”“Yes! Let’s do it.”“We’re going to need a shuttle.”“Dana will do it.”“Cool. I’ll get it planned.”I didn’t sleep for three nights. Excitement coursed through my veins like a child’s on Christmas Eve. Chasing sleep, I began visualizing the things I …
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“Different strokes for different folks.” -Muhammad Ali My friends ran a river I really wanted to do. It’s class III/III+, with lots of technical moves required, and it has a pretty straightforward 20 foot-ish waterfall – perfect for challenging my current skill level, without being too intimidating. It’s also beautiful. The gang had a great time – I know because they pos …
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It was a hot day in late June and we had just been hit with quite a bit of rain a few days prior here in Middle Tennessee. The rivers had gone down, just about to their normal level but I figured there would still be some run-off from some light rain the night before. Run-off always brings with it the potential for stained or even muddy water but I wasn’t about to let that ke …
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Have you ever wondered how to find fish in a body of water that you have never fished before? I wonder that just about every time I go fishing. My wife and kids just recently moved to Chattanooga from Jackson, TN in the past year. I have spent majority of my life fishing in West TN. Back home I knew just about every body of water in West TN. I could still tell you exactly …
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