Boat Transfer in middle of Sweets Falls, Gauley River

[cinnreds18]

OMG songer whitewater woot had a great few runs with them (rednecks of the new river)

[sbvoynov1]

awsome!

[blakesommers77]

Best rescue ever

[bouldflo]

really funny to send a paddle with a rope not really stupid!!!!

[manfromva]

that was awesome

[YTmfc]

It's a beauty!

[m8g7]

What an awesome video.

But, man, if those guys would have been swept underneath that raft, it could have been very bad.

ENERGIZER!!!!

[jg25705]

Thats really Really Cool!

[ShortGrumpyKayaker]

I ve never seen anything like that.

Thats just class.

High five to the guys who paddled down into it.

[Johnnyw67]

That a boy Charlie.. almost as good as ur beer..

y/n

[ZBrandyZ]

that was soooo rad!

[structuralsystems]

you have to hike down kayakers nightmare and take the road upriver, there is a gate across the road, just walk around it. about 1.5 to 2 miles down is sweets....thats the only way that i know of other than the water.

[homediddy9]

how do you get to the area to watch it???

[MisterChimpy]

The videographer (Eli Helbert) that day was in a kayak taking video for paying customers on a raft trip. People do hike down to Sweets Falls though I've never done that.

[homediddy9]

thanx

[kayakcono]

Eli Helbert does not paddle "Kayaks" he is a 4 time World Champion Open Boater, Canoe's that is... Freddie

[MisterChimpy]

I stand corrected.

[kurlykayaker]

this is bad-ass!!

[canoejourneytv]

awsome shit

[ahanger]

get drunk when its freeeezin outside and watch some good cold water vid!

[jamiejosem]

true professional rubber pushin talent

[dusanbenes]

really funny, thanks for entertainment ++++++

[ahanger]

WHEN and WHAT level was this?

[MisterChimpy]

I forget the exact date (though I can look at the original later and find out)... but I know it was during the weekend of Gauley Fest, probably around 2000 - 2001.

It was raining a lot all week and they were releasing about 2,000cfs as the Meadow was pumping in another 3,000cfs (I might have that backwards). Either way, Sweets was about 5,200cfs that day. :)

[HartleysGirl]

@MisterChimpy 1800 from the dam, 3700 from Meadow for a grand total of 5500 cfs give or take 100 cfs  Hartley

[kermittgribble]

@MisterChimpy This was 2003 - we were the raft flipping over at around :39 in the vid. That river scared the hell out of me lol! Been dying to get back ever since though, just can't find someone willing to join me.

[wvwarrrior]

hydraulics on sweets can be a b*tch :-)

[NuG919]

friggin awesome!!!