Kayaker's Guide to the Upper Gauley
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Published 2019-09-17
All Comments (21)
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This is the best river line video I have ever seen. I'm 62 now, haven't paddled big water in 17 years. If I had river commentary like this back in the 90s, I might have actually had more fun instead of always fearing if I was on the correct glide path or not. Well done. - Flip Rollem, (ex) Three Rivers Paddling Club. God bless William Nealy.
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Wow! Why hasn't this video surfaced before now? Searched for Upper Gualey kayaking POV for years and finally found my definitive guide. Many thanks Stephen Wright!
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One of the best videos I've seen on the Upper. Wish I had the benefit of you tube videos on my first trip about 18 years ago. After swimming Insignificant my paddling partners said I was walking out at Pillow if I swam again. Thankfully they were good guides and I made it clean the rest of the way. One of the best days of my life.
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Great job Stephen. Would love to see more rivers in this style.
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One of the best videos i have seen, ran the upper for the first time 2 coming up on 3 years ago and this video helped me so much. Much love
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Bad ass video! I went for a swim in lost paddle yesterday, I wasn’t sure if I was gonna make it. The upper gauley is a beautiful beast
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Best kayak video guide I have seen.
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Fantastic video. I didn't realise that river was so beautiful. I think a lot of beginners fail to realise the importance of cross current movement. I know this isn't an instructional but if folk pay attention they would learn something here. Again, epic footage. Love the drone work.
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Fabulous job everyone, thank you very much for your time!
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Awesome video Stephen! Years ago I put together “The Kayakers Travelogue” to document rivers just like this, it is a lot of work getting different POV’s, info, etc and being able to put them together the way I envisioned was a lot more work than I was able to dedicate. Kudos, the Gauley is my all time favorite!
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That was awesome. Thank you, not sure I will ever get to run that but if I do will watch this a couple hundred times :)
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Hey Stephen, I’m getting ready to head back for Gauley Fest ‘22. 1st time on the river. I have a ‘12 AIRE Sabertooth that I use to pretty much run kayak lines. Your video is phenomenal and I’m hoping to pick up an R2 to go run this river. Much love river soul brother
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The best river review I have seen. Excellent!
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Thanks for the excellent video and perfect timing as I'll be there in a week.
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Best video of upper Gauley I have ever seen. I own property at the top of hill at Mason branch take out. Really beautiful video of the river and good info on kayaking it. Thank you
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Timely video, thanks! Great footage too.
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great video - love the analysis. Keep them coming - even if I am never going to paddle the upper gauley, still very interesting to hear how you approach and navigate a rapid :)
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Great work, man. Such helpful information.
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Love the style! Do some more rivers in this style!!!
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Hi Stephen! Mother here - excellent guide, though I think my days on the UG (which were few) are now numbered. Moved to the Wet House at the start of Covid, and it's now my permanent home. Stop by and say hello sometime.
