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We all had so much fun on a hot day. Best way ever to cool off.
I am glad you enjoyed the surf and play.
Hilarious. Subbed
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Beautiful Day! Nice Video Fred!
Many thanks!
I wanna be free like Fred!
Thank you for a beautiful send-off. He was my father.
You're very welcome. I really miss Ken.
Thanks Fred!
If not mistaking we ran our blue raft into you on last Saturday
Oh my goodness the raft on my sons back😮😅
That did get a little crazy but the rafts are full of air.
@@FastFredRuddock indeed 😍
Thank you for a wonderful rafting experience 😊 after battling cancer and 18 months post-op cancer free, my first major excursion with my family was positive and I felt strong and alive! Thank you for keeping it real and the passion alive!❤
It's my pleasure to serve you and your family! I hope you all go on to have many more major excursions making beautiful memories!
@@FastFredRuddock always on the look out for the next Rush! I am so blessed that they share in my adventures! My cubs have turned into my biggest champions and WOLVES leading our pack!
This means a lot to me. During 2018 I had a bad car accident and a tumor was detected on my spinal cord. I was removed a few months later. Rehab ain't for wimps. Kudos to you in your recovery.
@@FastFredRuddock you as well!!! Proud of you and continuing your passion! Stronger every day!💪🏽🥰
Where exactly is this spot?.. i want to go there to watch.
Go to the Ocoee Whitewater Center on a Saturday or Sunday morning about 10:30 am and look for a crowd near an umbrella.
@@FastFredRuddock cool.. Thanks man
Hate I couldn’t make on the river this weekend between being sick and work.
A stomach bug kept me off the river Sunday. I hope you feel better.
That water was cold, but, i wish i were there.....again 😂 Thanks for a wonderful day 😊
I find the water just right to balance out the heat! I also think the Pacific Ocean feels great along the Peruvian coast.
Yay Carlos!
Your trips are fun 😊
Glad you like them!
Love that laugh. Thanks!
Thank you! Looking forward to tomorrow's trip.
I did it last year same river, was such a blast and will be doing the upper this time when I do it later this summer.
Excellent!
Nice!!
Looks like fun 😊
Hi Fred, refreshing video, a lot green and blue sky, lovely. Thanks for your video. Question is it safe Ecuador??
I think it is quite safe in Ecuador. I also know the country and spend a lot of time in Ecuador and Latin America.
I LOVE THE VIBES MY GUY!!! This is how life should be lived. With a grin.
Life is short let's have some fun and be kind to one another.
Why give them paddles...
Why make them paddle except when needed? Can you paddle for ten miles without breaks?
You go to mission church!?
My church is the mountains and rivers.
Fischer tried his best 😂
He provided entertainment
Freddie! Nice short and concise video. Thanks for sharing. I don't like commercial lodging either, and besides, I couldn't afford it either in 1976. Lodging and food were my main concerns, which limit traveling around. It's a pity that after 2-3 months in Otavalo in 1976, I have no idea of the surroundings; like, I was living in a tiny bubble.🙏
Everyone on our rafting trip of the middle Ocoee was told by the guides to watch this video. Then they invite you to return and give the upper Ocoee a try. Can't say they don't give you sufficient warning.
Understanding inherent risk is important! Which company were you rafting with?
@@FastFredRuddock WildWater
Interesting! Thanks for sharing.
Wish I was there haha!
Did you sell out your house in USA and bought in Equador, how did you do that? What's the cost of living in Otavalo. I mean just to rent privately a small room or a small apartment with very basic stuff. I was a traveler, in my days in 1976 there, and I lived very basic as cheap as cheap could be because I had no money. I had no money for a analog camera in those days either. I am thinking, just thinking (nothing really serious yet) about coming back but now retired hahahaha. In those youthful days I was not worried about anything but to find a place to sleep and the next meal. Today I worry about almost everything hahahah crazy! Health care - eye specialist, dentist, etc. Do you know if there is a vegetarian restaurant in Otavalo. The last time I saw my English friend there he had a small vege restaurant. I am very curious to know if he is still around. I remember there was also a small pancake restaurant where all the traveler end up and would chit chat away (it was like on the norther side of the Saterday mercado). it's almost 50 yrs ago
I have never paid more than $250/month for a nice apartment in Ecuador. Currently I return to the Blue Ridge Mountains in Tennessee to work rafting season each year. I make enough for another year each season.
@@FastFredRuddock Thanks for the info. Ok. I thought you were already retired and living permanently in Ecuador, BUT that's nice you can work, save and head back. My guess is that you can live with around $500 all in monthly (rent + food and travel) around - no fancy luxurious life...
My beer costs money too but I live cheaply.
@@FastFredRuddock Got je.😁 Very understandable.
I need one !!!!
Went rafting on the ocoee years ago, was fun times
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That's a drag! Glad you had money to take the other flying-over option. In 1976, I went from Otavalo to Ipiales, entered Columbia and came back over into Ecuador the same day. In those days it was a little easier.
It is/was a temporary rule during the state of emergency. I encountered closed borders during the pandemic too.
Thanks fro your info and show... I was in Otavalo for 2-3 months in 1976. I got scared of the tremor and left. I had an English friend there. I met him first on the street in Quito and I asked him for some advise and he recommended Otavalo. At the time he was married to an Ecuadorian, his wife was pregnant. Unfortunately, I lost contact with him after I left. I wonder where he is and how they are doing?
I really like Otavalo and Yambiro as well as the La Runa.
@@FastFredRuddock I spent only 1 night in Quito and left for Otavalo after talking to that English friend. Stayed in Otavalo 2-3 months, I think. I can't remember that well... I do remember I had to go to Columbia exit out of Ecuador and come back into Ecuador to extend my visa. I am not sure how that went at the time. I was restricted to Otavalo because I had no money. I rented a little room made out of clay for about 4 US monthly and was like living on 1 US daily for food. I didn't travel around; only in the vicinity. I recall that I went hiking with a few other travelers to Lago Mojando I think, but left after 1 night there. rainy and cold for me.
@@FastFredRuddock I saw your video on Yambiro, but couldn't find any on La Runa. Do you have a video on La Runa? Nice place for free hahahaha
@@2freakout La Runa is the name local people use to refer to themselves. If you go visit Antigua Fabrica San Pedro to learn more.
@@FastFredRuddock OK. I thought it was a place hahahaha Thanks for clearing that up
I like to do 360's on the left side of that bottom hole. Works much better with a short, low volume boat, then slide behind the island and ferry river right to the playful 360 hole.
Yes and I know where Peter's hole is too!
You never touched the rock lol
Ha ha which rock?
Best way to get into kayaking?
Buy a kayak and start scoping google maps
I recommend buying a creek boat or river runner first. My first boat took me all the way to the Green. Then I welded it up and gave it away.
@@FastFredRuddock to the green?
Green River Narrows
Very beautifull rivers in North Carolina.
Thanks for the video. I'm just getting my first kayak so it's really helpful. Is you car an Ioniq? What roof rack are you using? I have an Ioniq so I'm checking out recommendations. Thanks!
Yes 2018 Ioniq with Yakima rack.
Nice!!!
Nice
4:14 is that Shane Gillis spectating lol
Lol !! You could make this into a late night infomercial 😅 it's perfect 😂
I think it looks like fun!
@@FastFredRuddock it , IS, Fun
Sounds like the whole raft had a giggle attack 😂
That seems to happen a lot on my trips lol.
More carnage compilations please!
I have limited time to gather the goods. I am generally working if the Upper Ocoee is releasing. Film clips are appreciated and can be sent via Facebook messenger.
🎉Me encanta cómo capturas la esencia de las cosas.;👏🎤🌟 ¡Deseándote crecimiento continuo, alegría y éxito en cada paso de tu carrera!
I haven't been there in years. I'm definitely going to have to takey kids this summer they have never seen this river.
Excellent plan! If you'd like to raft with me visit fastfreds.com/raft
Perfect line
Not what it used to be with the mid-span piling
Oh yeah, gotta keep ahold of that T grip! When I was but a wee lad, my dad guided myself, brother, and mama down the Nantahala and I busted my brother’s lip wide open cuz I let go of the T grip. He cried and bled down the next quarter mile of river, but luckily the water there is so cold that my dad got us to the side and doused his lips with the cold water. Stopped bleeding pretty quick after that. Now that my brother and I are grown with teenagers of our own, I wanted them to know how important that T grip is. So when we took the boys down the Ocoee my brother and I were up front setting the example. I got tossed out backwards, head first going down the “broken nose” rapid, and the raft ran over me and then we got separated because instead of trying hard to swim towards a raft, I kept that darn T grip in my right hand and rafted the remaining portion of that section on my back! Another guide pulled me into their raft and I still had my paddle in hand being held by only the T grip! 😂 I was gassed, but eventually got back on the right raft.
Love it! I am impressed when I rescue folks that still have their paddles.