Thanks Jim. We have some great photos including the Lola of most if
not all the WW rivers in No ga and nearby states. When I get some time
and we catalog our pixs we're gonna put up a site with slide shows for
all the rivers. I'm hoping I get enough time soon to put together a
slide show of another 4 day trip we did on the Big South Fork this
spring.

Have you ever done Talking Rock creek? It's a great overnight trip and
an absolutly beautifull river. I am the StreamKeeper on the AWA site
for Talking Rock and maintain a page there with links to pixs from an
overnighter a coupla year back. Check out the page at:

http://www.americanwhitewater.org/rivers/id/503/

Man that's gotta be a sight to see that big Appy going over Edge of
the World!!
Do you have any outfitting or flotation in that Appy? I have small
float bags fore and aft and have a kneeling thwart in the middle for
soloing. I still keep the seats in it for the occasional tandem with
newbie friends. I've yet to paddle below hwy 53 mostly because I
thought it would be crazy to try that in my big boats but now you've
inpired me or maybe its some kinda form of contagious
insanity.......;+D It don't look like a fun place to swim if you dump
after the first drop. I'm trying to get up to Sec III of the Toog in
the next coupla weeks.

I tell ya I'm hankering for a small boat too but I sure do love
paddling my big boats. Lately I've been working on mastering paddling
more standing up and I'm looking to get me a 6 ft paddle soon.








(Jim) wrote in message om...
Very cool photos, Pepe. Nice presentation of them, too. Really cool
to hear from a fellow Lola paddler. Yes, the old "Appy" has fallen
off the Edge of the World many times. I've only owned a boat for a
year, but have been paddling with my friend and his
16'-i-don't-know-what for several years, although I've paddled much
more frequently in the past year. I wouldn't call myself a "better
man," though, because it's quite the contrary. We started young and
were too dumb to know better. So I've pretty much mastered the Edge
in a large boat just out of foolishness. You should have seen that
big ole thing on Bull Sluice and Jarrod's Knee...must have been quite
a sight judging from people's reactions. But it is a very very stable
boat.
I too considered the OutrageX. It looks ideal. But after I thought
more about it, I decided that I would probably still take the old Appy
on overnighters and maybe get a Probe 12 II and use it on my day
trips. The probe seems like it would still be a pretty good ride
after the rapids are over and I settle into the Etowah portion of the
lower Lola. I know I should paddle a few different types of boats at
the Nanny, and maybe I will, but I don't get up that far north very
often and I'm getting a little anxious for a smaller boat.
Thanks for the input.