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Adventures in Ice Water Paddling Newsletter of The Bluegrass Wildwater Association January/February 2001 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Adventures in Ice Water Paddling Tennessee Paddle 2001 Festival National Paddling Film Festival Crooked Fork Gilbert Creek Mark Your Calendar Adventures in Ice Water Paddling David Luinstra Dam portage on the Elkhorn Creek Dallas Hargis Dallas Hargis A quick poll of friends and family the weekend of January 20 and 21 revealed that those who are near and dear to me think that I must have periods of questionable sanity. The idea was simple: I wanted to paddle on Sunday and the Elkhorn presented me with the opportunity. I had posted a notice to paddle on the new listserve (thanks Barry G.) but I had about as many bites on that as I have had on some of my less than memorable fishing trips. By Saturday night, my list of those interested continued on pg. 3 1 Bowlines is the Newsletter of the Bluegrass Wildwater Association, PO Box 4231, Lexington Ky, 40544 Club Officers 2000-2001 President Bruce Rishel 859-245-8096 Vice-President Duke Urch 859-266-3777 Treasurer John Foy 859-278-2536 Secretary Tim Miller 859-224-3827 Safety Burgess Carey 859-268-8593 Program Richard Smithers 859-887-5906 Newsletter Kathy Cole 859-272-4744 Cyber Communications Ben Askren 859-255-2768 Tennessee Paddle Festival Planned Conservation Jim Dinger 859-278-5229 National Paddling Our Tennessee Paddle 2001 Festival will be Film Festival Coordinator Zina Merkin 859-268-2508 April 6-8, 2001 in Wartburg on “The Plateau”. We’re Equipment Coordinator David Reed 859-527-5898 proud to do this event to raise funds to assist the At-Large Members: Jessica Hays 859-272-0938 David Margavage Obed Wild and Scenic River with their watershed Wildwater Cats Rep. Corrine Voils 859-313-5038 management program. 2001 is the 25th year for the Past President Gary Hoagland 502-845-2704 Obed as a designated Wild and Scenic River! We work hard all year to increase the public’s understand- Join in on the Fun! ing about the conservation and access issues that BWA website: http://www.surfbwa.org we’re concerned about. Join the BWA! BWA Membership $15/individual; $20/Family year Again in 2001, we’ll have lots of “events” entitles you to receive the newsletter, discounts at many local and out of state outfitter shops, use of club equipment, discount at pool planned both on the water and elsewhere in the area rolling sessions, a listing in the BWA Handbook, a stream gauge to offer a great weekend! We didn’t think it would guide, and web site with a listserve for members’ messages. snow on Saturday April 8, 2000! We still had 1500 people at the Wartburg Civic Center! The Festival day Meetings are held at 7:30, the second Tuesday of each month at Paisano’s in Gardenside, Lexington, Ky. was very exciting and a success and those who paddled loved coming in out of the cold and wind. The Submission of Newsletter articles preferred on zip or floppy disk City of Wartburg and Morgan County were outstand- (Mac or PC) or typed. Pictures can be digital or ready to be scanned. ing “home hosts”. Please include stamped envelope for return. Files can also be e- The 2001 Festival is a combined effort of the mailed to: [email protected] American Whitewater, the Chota Canoe Club, the Cumberland Trail Conference, the East Tennessee Winter Roll Sessions Whitewater Club, the National Parks Conservation Association, the Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Roll sessions are scheduled at the Cross Keys Rd. Planning, the University of Tennessee Canoe & Hiking YWCA pool from 7-9pm on the following Fridays: Club and the Tennessee Clean Water Network. We’re your host team. It takes a lot of good people to Feb. 16 protect our natural resources. We would love to hear Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 your suggestions for 2001. Apr. 6, 13 See you on the river and again in Wartburg in April 2001. The cost for BWA members is $5.00/visit The TP2K1 Team or $3/visit for mem- bers under 12 years Stay “afloat” with the TP Festival activities, plans for old, or you can pur- camping and any schedule changes by subscribing to chase a season pass the Tennessee Paddle News. It’s free. Or visit our web for $35/$21. For non-BWA Members the cost is site at http://www.tennesseepaddle.com. $10/visit, $5/visit for under 12, or you can purchase a season pass for $55/$35. 2 continued from pg. 1 the beauty offered by freshly fallen whitewater. The sky was clear and blue and the sun was bright. Every tree and rock was outline perfectly with its coat of snow and background of the sky. One could be awestruck and humbled at the same time by the number and size of icicles on the sides of the cliffs. We were like kids as we would hit them with our paddles and enjoy watching them shatter on our boats or splash into the water. The paddle was not bad at all. It took us almost 3.5 hours to get to AW Acres so you can tell that there was plenty of playing going on. The only bad part was when one’s hands had to be in the water for extended times. I remember placing my hands in Tim Miller surfs at Church Rapid Dallas Hargis glacial runoff when I lived in Alaska, Sunday’s water was close to that. Pogies and gloves were the saving would probably look more like Janet Reno’s datebook: grace for the hands and digits. Thank God for neo- Only one ‘for sure’ and a couple of possibilities. Okay, I prene. admit it, the snow still falling by Saturday night could The trip was stunning from start to finish. Even make one rethink plans. the area of the dam had its own attractions with the Sunday morning came early and the thermom- snow and ice. Wildlife in the form of birds was abun- eter on the back porch registered 9. I didn’t have the dant and we chased a blue heron for a couple of miles heart to check the one on the front porch. For any of down the creek. I think the jury is still out as to whether the ‘possible paddlers’ the agreed time was noon. Great!! Four hours to launch. By 9:00 the first call came in. “Nope. Nope. Nope.” Our conversation was reduced to monosyllabic mutterings. The second call came in a little later: “Nope, nope, nope.” I called Tim M. and and he said that he was still wanting to paddle. Finally, a fish by the name of Chris H. bit the hook, called me and told me that he and Grace T. would meet us at noon at the takeout. Now, for the sake of not boring you more, I’ll get to the point(s). Was it cold? Sure was(upper 20’s) but that is what high performance clothing is for. Five of us (we met a guy by the name of Carl and invited him to paddle with us) put on around one. The water “Barking Dog” Branch Dallas Hargis was bitterly cold so the rules were: 1. Don’t swim. 2. those other birds were buzzards or turkeys. They were Don’t put yourself in a place to where you may have to at a distance and my glasses were at home. Then I swim. 3. Drown in your boat rather than swim, it’s less think, who really cares. painful. The water was at 13 inches on the gauge at The snow was fresh on the trees and ground. the distillery. Ed Council is posting pretty darn close. For six miles the Elkhorn was one picture postcard of Thanks Ed and Allison. The water at 13 inches makes for a nice trip down with lots of places for play. It is noticed that Angioplasty is pretty much history but there is a great wave/hole right before. Otherwise, the creek is pretty much the same as evidenced by the dogs barking their insults at us as usual at Barking Dog Branch (that’s what I call it). And as usual, they did not answer the invitation to join us in the water. The paddle out was really not bad at all. The snow made the scenery a delight which more than made up for the distance. This was the first time I had used AW Acres as a takeout and must say the BWA has made a wise investment. It was nice to be able to socialize and prepare our departure at our own pace Icicles on the Elkhorn Dallas Hargis and leisure. 3 “Regular Old Canoes” by Mark Branch, one of the still image entries from last year’s competition National Paddling Film Festival 2001 Zina Merkin in North Carolina. We have several excellent amateur entries which may give some of the professionals stiff There are a lot of special things going on at the competition for the Paddler’s Choice award. We’d better National Paddling Film Festival 2001, to be held not let Mike Weeks or Tom Hillman get a look at the February 23 and 24 at the UK Health Sciences Learn- “Get on the Bus Tour” or we may never hear the end of ing Center on Rose St. in Lexington, Kentucky. The it. Ben Aylesworth, known for his spicy videos “Who’s American Whitewater staff is holding their winter Your Daddy” and “Gush”, shows off his talent in a com- retreat in Lexington that weekend, bringing a lot of out- pletely different kind of project, a short video profiling a of-towners to the festival.
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