RE: waterfalls

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RE: waterfalls

Post by coogzilla »

Last night watched a movie, "Last Of The Mohicans"
They ran two canoes over a waterfall. It wasn't faked,
they did it. I had no idea this is possible.

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Post by Jimmy W »

In the 1992 film, they ran Hooker Falls on the Little River in North Carolina.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooker_Falls
American Whitewater says that it is a 15 foot falls and rates it as a class IV.
http://www.americanwhitewater.org/conte ... #rapid1275
Click on the Rapids tab.

In my younger days, I ran falls up to about 8 feet in an open canoe.
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Post by Hank »

I, due to a poorly executed approach to the fish ladder and an unfortunately chosen angle for the rope that was supposed to pull me back to the run, ran Rainey Falls (14 foot drop) on the Rogue River in a 16 foot raft.
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Post by Kayak Jack »

Sounds like there may be a considerable gap here, in between "possible" and "wise".
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