Opening Weekend Wild Ride on the Gauley

Great weekend of Cool Whitewater and Hot Temperatures on the World Class Gauley river in Wild and Wonderful West Virginia. Opening weekend saw lots of action – flips, swims, spills, and thrills but no serious injuries. An Adventures Mountain River trainee from Colorado had some excitement through Iron Ring, though. She said “What a Wild ride in Iron Ring, When I yelled 'All forward!' the other trainees strained and we shot forward like shot out of a cannon toward the Big Hole in Iron Ring – determined to hit it straight and go through..... Then, wham! We hit the wall of whitewater and it stopped us like a brick wall. I fell forward into the person's helmet in front of me and next thing I knew we were through the big whitewater hole next to Woodstock Rock and out in the pool below, but my right eye hurt and was starting to swell! What a rush ! I put a band-aid on the cut over my eye and we went back onto the raft – like Ali into the ring – ready to do battle with the next rapid – Sweets Falls. It's a 10 foot drop with only a 10 foot wide shoot – it is like being in a NASCAR restart – Turn up the sound – the white water roar will rattle your soul and catch your spirit!" White water rafting the world class Gauley River in West Virginia!