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A First Descent

Before May 31st, 1959, the Upper Yough was a line on a map, a guess in a guidebook. Three boaters changed that.

Lost and Found

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

Shootout At Sang Run

Boaters were caught between an environmental movement and a group of angry locals.

Rapid Names

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Boaters have been running the Upper Yough for over 60 years. Contained within that period are a myriad of stories, and a select few have given birth to rapid names.

Bastard Falls

Meatcleaver

Charlie Walbridge Shootout At Sang Run