http://georgiakayaker.com/forum/tags/mcintosh-reserve Richard Grove's Paddling Friends en-US Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:02:24 +0000 bbpress 1.0-alpha-2 q http://georgiakayaker.com/forum/search.php http://georgiakayaker.com/forum/topic/2009-chattahoochee-river-challenger-48-miles-2-days#post-74 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:36:15 +0000 Site Admin 74@http://georgiakayaker.com/forum/ <p>Ok, let me try this to fool some of the evil spam bots...</p> <p> </p> http://georgiakayaker.com/forum/topic/2009-chattahoochee-river-challenger-48-miles-2-days#post-73 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:20:14 +0000 Chris 73@http://georgiakayaker.com/forum/ <p>It was really nice paddling with y’all despite the buzz kill of Tom’s misfortune. It could have happened <em>to more than one of us</em> and Tom took it for us all this time. More on <strong><em>it</em></strong> later, once I’ve had a chance to compose my thoughts.</p> <p>I'm going to needle Tom into writing about this drama so that we can deal with this sort of thing responsibly. I'll also set up some email alerts on Craigslist and ebay in case someone sells a mango-colored Tsunami in the next year...</p> <p>Please, please, please send me your trip reports and links to your photo's (or share your thoughts below!) so that all of these experiences can be enjoyed vicariously by others.</p> <p>Well it looks like I can't embed more than one slideshow in a post (which makes sense. Imagine loading a page of 30 slideshows!) so <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/chris.chaperon/Paddle_Event_GA_River_Challenger_Chattahoochee_River_McIntosh_20090404_Album_Chris?feat=directlink">I'll post a link to my photo's instead.</a></p> <p>The photo's are unfiltered so you may wonder why I bothered taking that shot at all... Many of the shots are for use on Google Earth and will probably be deleted from the public album (how many creeks and bridges do you want to see?), but hopefully they'll inspire the participants to upload and share their pictures! I can help with that if you need guidance!</p> <p>See y'all soon.<br /> Cheers. </p> http://georgiakayaker.com/forum/topic/2009-chattahoochee-river-challenger-48-miles-2-days#post-72 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:12:12 +0000 Richard Grove 72@http://georgiakayaker.com/forum/ <p>Thanks everyone for going on the trip. River trips are what they are -river trips. </p> <p>On Saturday the weather was beautiful. We got muddy and then we got washed off. What more could you ask for? When I look back maybe we should have stopped after the wild water-works. At least Tom would have his kayak and gear.</p> <p>I can't express the pain I feel for Tom's loss but I will do my best to catch the vandals. Unfortunately this incident happened but let's not let it be in vain. Remember this valuable lesson and practice safeguards in the future.</p> <p>I have taken a shower; clothes are in the washer; some gear was hose washed and is hanging everywhere to dry; the rest was toweled off so my bathroom is a little cluttered. I'll write a trip report tonight and send it to Chris tomorrow to post on the website.</p> <p>Follow the link on my slideshow below to see the larger versions of these pictures...</p> <p><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="600" height="400" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&noautoplay=1&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fthegakayaker%2Falbumid%2F5321635666898624097%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></p> <p>If you don't write a trip report or have pictures to add please send Tim Lawson owner of "<a href="http://georgiatrailoutfitters.com/">Georgia Trail Outfitters</a>" a Thank-You for providing a wonderful shuttle.</p> <p>Richard </p> http://georgiakayaker.com/forum/topic/2009-chattahoochee-river-challenger-48-miles-2-days#post-71 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:03:43 +0000 Chris 71@http://georgiakayaker.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/nU7tYYL6-CEUtrdj2LNhiQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6lxQhyS8LTA/SdoDTdW22JI/AAAAAAAAEu4/XX0qGP2vZJI/s400/GA_2009_River-Challenger_McIntosh_53mile.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://georgiakayaker.com/paddle/weekend/2009/04/2009-chattahoochee-river-challenger-event/">This is a link to the original post on the main website...</a></p> <p>If you attended this event and have links to photo' albums to share, please email us! If you'd like to write up a trip report please do and then send it to me:</p> <p>mytrip at the main website domain (sorry, I'm working on a way to share this type of information without feeding the spam machine).</p> <p>[ADMIN EDIT: See email address below...] </p>