Most extreme run ever paddled in an OC-1?

xtraheat · Post by **xtraheat** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:27 am

What do you all think is the most extreme thing ever run in a canoe?

milkman · Post by **milkman** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:51 am

Nolan Whitesell in the Niagara Gorge perhaps.

philcanoe · Post by **philcanoe** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:11 am

Maybe 1stD of Sunset Falls by Al Faussett ...

... in a spruce dugout.

(or perhaps

something in Mexico by Louie)

agmazzuckelli · Post by **agmazzuckelli** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:11 pm

Dooley ran the Raven's Fork, I think Eli ran it first though.

here's the link to the video it may be kind of hard to find, footage is great

http://gorgedout.blogspot.com/

tvann · Post by **tvann** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:48 pm

Dooley ran the Raven's Fork, I think Eli ran it first though.

here's the link to the video it may be kind of hard to find, footage is great

This link should take you right to the video

http://gorgedout.blogspot.com/2008/12/c ... -fork.html

milkman · Post by **milkman** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:34 pm

The problem with Dooley is he's so good he makes it look easy.

xtraheat · Post by **xtraheat** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:34 pm

milkman wrote:Nolan Whitesell in the Niagara Gorge perhaps.

!!! How did he not get swamped immediately??

cheajack · Post by **cheajack** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:47 am

If surviving the run don't count then Jesse Sharpe has it hands down

craig · Post by **craig** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:55 am

I'd vote for Nolan in the Niagara Gorge, although Dooley and Eli make those steep creeks look easy. Maybe they can settle it by doing a round of "rock, paper, scissors"

milkman · Post by **milkman** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:02 am

How did he not get swamped? You'll have to ask Nolan. He does admit in the film that he rolled once. Perhaps that gave him a chance to empty some of the water. I've seen video of the entire run and it's absolutely amazing. It's like running four miles of Lava rapid in the Grand Canyon. I assume he ran most of it filled.

I think it's the most amazing run because he couldn't go to the river bank and dump his boat. He had to run the entire thing without stopping, without an electic pump.

eddyhops · Post by **eddyhops** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:15 am

cheajack wrote:If surviving the run don't count then Jesse Sharpe has it hands down

Sharpe was in a C-1... converted Dancer, maybe?

Still crazy as hades

Post by **sbroam** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:21 am

Sharpe was in a Gyramax - there are pix of it out there.

oc1paddlr · Post by **oc1paddlr** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 2:01 am

i vote nolan

xtraheat · Post by **xtraheat** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:24 am

Yeah, isn't the Niagra Gorge about the most hardcore run in the US?

kaz · Post by **kaz** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:52 am

North Fork of the Payette in high water? Not me though, just sayin".