After having about 8 hours of sleep the night before, Wednesday we woke up bright and early.We grabbed our set of extra dry clothes and were on our way to who knows where.Everyone was making guesses about the next exciting whitewater adventure we were going to have, but none of them seemed to make sense.When we arrived at the Green River in North Carolina, most of us were terrified that our crazy councilors were going to have us run the narrows (Class IV and V rapids made for pro’s only).Finally they spilled the beans and said we were going to paddle the runoff section of the narrows, a lesser, but still very significant section of the Green.Me and the rest of the paddlers started the long hike to the put-in.It took what seemed like forever, however it was only about 1/2 mile.Once we got in our boats we discovered that creeking down this river was going to be super fun.We boofed a few boofs, and caught a few eddies, and made our way down to the two big ones.The first one was called toilet bowl.It was maybe a seven foot drop into a swirling hole.The trickiest part was that thirty feet below was the next big one.Hammer-factor was the biggest of the day.This six foot drop into a ten foot slide just looked cool.Those who dared to decend were shown the proper path by world-class creeker Andrew Holcombe and sent on there way.The day ended with a short drive back to camp and a delicious dinner of chicken fingers and Chinese food.Although we are all wiped out, everyone is satisfied with their courageous efforts and ready for one last day of great paddling.
Regards,
Henry (Huck Southeast Camper)
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