I took my dog, Zoe, to the river again a few weeks ago to the Little Tennessee River in NC. It’s a fairly flat, wide, shallow strectch of river that I was paddling because my younger brother paddled a duckey the day before and wanted to try a kayak. We were with a big group [...]
I got the opportunity to run the Ocoee River once again. I ran the Upper section for the first time and ran the Middle section for the second time (since my first attempt last year). It was an amazing day. It started with some chaos and confusion over shuttles, meet-ups, etc. But all was calm [...]
I finally faced down the beast last weekend and attempted the Ocoee once again. This time I emerged triumphant! I will post a more detailed trip report. I’ve just returned from a week-long vacation of daily paddling and camping so I’ve got quite a bit to do to get caught back up at work and [...]
Well, looks like I have finally been talked into attempting the Ocoee River again. I had a nasty run there last August, swam above Grumpy’s, cracked two ribs, and took four months off of paddling. I started back up on January 1st this year and have been pushing myself with the goal of running the [...]
Hello world! This looks like an interesting site, I love the blogs–sharing my river experiences and learning from others is what a paddling community is all about. I named my site Shut Up and Paddle for a few reasons. One is that I get tired of the spamming and flaming that happens with many of [...]