Its the last day of our progression clinic, time to prove what we have learned during this wet and wild summer. Time for round two of the Ocoee River. I am feeling all too familiar from yesterday. We gear up and walk our boats down to the take out spot. I’m also feeling a bit…
Welp it’s here, time for our final days of the Bellyak progression Clinic. We’re going all in on this one and heading three hours away from Asheville to the Ocoee (a class 111+ with some lV whitewater. As usual with a new river I’m feeling some anxiety just not knowing what is ahead of me.…
It’s the Fifth day of the Bellyak Progession Clinc. We are back at Pigeon to have a couple runs down the river. We were told to carb up and have our energy on point today, I’m overjoyed, you don’t have to tell me twice to eat a lot. Pizza in hand driving to the river I’m feeling…
Day 6 of learning to Bellyak and that means Pigeon time! I am a fan of this new river, The Pigeon in Tennessee. With this class being optional, I convince myself how I would be more upset to miss out on a sunny, beautiful day on the river, my favorite river none-the-less, than to skip…
This is the day I really fell in love with Bellyaking; which I’m surprised to say given my initial feeling for the day. We are went to the Pigeon, which is a step up from the rivers we have been on. It is a class 111+ whitewater. I was nervous to learn this. On this…
We headed back to the French Broad river, section nine to take different lines down the river depending on how comfortable each of us feels. It was our biggest group of the clinic with 11 of us heading out. To get comfortable on the Bellyak again, we practiced our turtle rolls and remounting. This time…
It’s day two of the Bellyak progression clinic, time to get out on the water. We head to the French Broad River section 9. When I get back on the Bellyak I feel more comfortable and ready to learn some new skills! ! I spoke to one of the instructors after the first day about…
First off, do you know what a Bellyak is?! Yes? No? Maybe so? These are Bellyaks! You use them to become a fish in the water! Now I’ll tell you the story of how I became that fish! As we drove to the Lower Nolichucky River in Tennessee to begin our adventure of learning the…
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Well everything comes full circle and here we are at the end of the wedding series. We’ll finish it off with a wedding that means the most to me; my own, of course! We had a small very intimate wedding. The venue is elegant with big white columns that welcome you into the house…
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