stories Archives - Upper Yough History

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February 4, 2021

Meatcleaver was the only rapid named on the first descent, but it's a name that was forgotten soon after.

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February 4, 2021

Watching the other members of his group disappear over the horizon line at Gap Falls, Dan was nervous.

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February 4, 2021

Cheeseburger Falls is one of the weirder rapid names in existence.

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February 4, 2021

Bob Alexander put on to a rising river, and a single bad line gave the rapid a second name.

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February 3, 2021

From the very first race, the challenge became, how in the hell do you go faster than Roger Zbel?

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February 3, 2021

It took a decade for boaters to tame the Upper Yough.

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February 3, 2021

At high water, nobody makes it through Tommy's Hole unscathed.