Thanks for sharing and walking through some of the rapids!

I remember stories from Mark Liles and Jeff West on Linville Gorge... boat scouting top to bottom. I couldn't believe their ability not just paddling but keeping their minds right all day.. such an amazing river. Taking the time to explain the Gorge was Stout.. thank you. Good to see young, motivated, expedition kayakers still exist out east. Beautiful Country.

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

I can’t imagine showing myself down Linville without a guide. It took me at least 10 runs before I felt like I could lead someone else down.

Absolutely love the insights during the hike-in! More like this please.

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

I have a lot more planned like this. Stay tuned

Best walkthrough I have seen. Thanks for making it!

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! Glad you enjoyed it

Great video! I especially appreciate the commentary about the run.

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. I’m planning on incorporating this type of commentary in more videos moving forward. Stay tuned

This is AWESOME!!!!

Great content and paddling. Thanks for putting this out there!

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brooks! I’m planning on making more like this so stay tuned

Right on Colin! Great Video! Smooth lines!

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great edit!! Thank you!

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I plan on making more with the same style. Stay tuned

Awesome Video! Great run. LET'S GET IT BOYS! _SUBSCRIBED_

Great walkthrough video bro!! I dream about Linville!! One day!!

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's one of the best in the Southeast

Great content man. I am semi-local to LG, and as an obsessive backpacker I spend 30ish nights a year there. I love watching paddling videos to pinpoint points of interest that are off trail. Geological features and fishing spots are some of the POI I have gathered from paddling videos. Well done

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

That’s funny. I’ve kayaked the run a bunch of times and when I hiked the gorge a couple of years ago, I gauged my position in the gorge completely based off the glimpses of river I got and the rapids I could see.

I really liked this style of video. Hope to see you do more like this! Maybe one on Taugs next? Trying to step up to that one soon, so would be cool to see from this kind of viewpoint. Looks like that Sweet Ride bow gets some skippity-skips!!

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

The Watauga is one of my favorite rivers! I certainly want to get back there soon. I'll see what I can do this spring.

Awesome!

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

🤟

🔥🔥🔥

Awesome video, loved the walk through. Seems like the whole river would be pucker factor. Every rapid looks consequential. Cant imagine running 14 miles of sustained Class V with serious consequences. This place just mystifies me and looks stunning. Great run!

@Colin_Hunt

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'd say not 100% of the run is class V but there is an 8 mile section that is very sustained as you said.

awesome video brother

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Boat lookin sick!

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

👌

there's actually a rapid with a sneaky sieve called "Class II of Death."

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

That name describes a lot of rapids on Linville

@Riverchaser365

10 ай бұрын

You know the consequences are real when one of the rapids is named _DEATH PENALTY_

My paddle skills-----------------------------------------------------------------------Linville Gorge. That gap is a bit too wide for me. Hiking into the Gorge with a backpack isn't easy. I don't want to think what my shoulder would feel like carting my boat down that trail.

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

Ah it’s not too bad. Hiking out at Conley is way harder than hiking in at Pine Gap.

@wisenber

Жыл бұрын

@@Colin_Hunt I was thinking about busting butt up Conley in order to make it to Louise's before they stop serving breakfast.

Great video! If you have paddled one, how would does it compare to a Rewind?

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

I've only paddled the Rewind once and it was on the Grand Canyon a few years ago, so very different style of whitewater. Can't say I remember it well enough to make a thorough comparison. From what I do remember, the feel is a bit different with the stern kick rocker of the Sweet Ride, making it a bit more nimble. On the flip side, a medium rewind is gonna be easier to stern squirt than this kayak. The Sweet Ride is meant to be an aggressive river runner primarily with the ability to stern squirt as a secondary priority. It's not going to be a half slice, stern squirting machine. That would be more the Hot Whip.

@pbuehner

Жыл бұрын

@@Colin_Hunt thanks so much for the reply. Cheers.

For what you paddled that day, how many miles did you hike for the put in and take out?

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

We hiked a little over a mile to get to the river along the Pine Gap trail. When you paddle to the lake, you take out at a bridge. If you take out at Conley Cove, just downstream of the Cathedral Gorge, it's 2.2 mile hike out with 1,120 feet of elevation gain.

@jehu-kayak

Жыл бұрын

@@Colin_Hunt Thanks

@jehu-kayak

Жыл бұрын

@@Colin_Hunt How much further down is the bridge after Conley?

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

@@jehu-kayak About another 8 miles, 4 of which is class v and then it slowly flattens out to class II by the end

Sweet video, Colin! Crazy run. How do you like the boat?

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

I've only paddled it a few times but so far I love it. Check out the video description for a few more thoughts on it

Long day.

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it can be. But it has been done 3 times in a day for a vertical mile

You talk more on camera than you ride on water

@Colin_Hunt

Жыл бұрын

Is that good or bad?

@yjnicontinent

Жыл бұрын

​@@Colin_Hunt It's all right, brother Great job 👍👍

@Riverchaser365

10 ай бұрын

It's good for other kayakers to become familiar with the river. Thank you!