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Larry Cable
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Near Deaths on the Lower Gauley
Wilko
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As for your class IV rating for the entire lower Gauley, I think only a
few of the rapids on the lower Gauley deserve that rating. But where
does that leave the rafting guides' claims of it being class V?
I agree with Wilko on this one, and I've paddled it more than a couple of times
and in several different type craft. The AW standard rating system gives only
two class IV rapids on the Lower Gauley, Mash and PSH (at fall release levels).
I personally would add Koontz's Flume, although there is an easy line down
river left. So that would make it a Class III/IV run or a Class III(IV),
designating that most of the river is Class III with a couple of class IV's.
SYOTR
Larry C.
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