In this episode we take a trip with my guest Forrest Noble through kayaking history, from epic equipment failures to a legendary story of paddling down the Potomac river at one the highest flood levels in recent history.

0:00 - 4:23        Introduction
4:24 - 14:35      North Fork Payette swim story
14:36 - 17:04    Equipment chat interlude
17:05 - 18:20    Potomac Flood Story Introduction
19:05 - 53:30    Potomac flood story
53:31 - 54:23    Conclusion

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For some background on the rivers in the story visit American Whitewater for descriptions of Potomac river and North Fork of Payette river:

Potomac River Class III run

Potomac River Great Falls (VA Lines)

Potomac River Great Falls (MD Lines)

North Fork of the Payette River

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Welcome to Tales from the Cripps, a place for entertaining whitewater stories to call home. I'm a long time whitewater kayaker whose only real claim to fame is having a hole that bears my namesake on our local creek.

I've heard so many great stories over the years that I wanted to create a forum to compile and share those stories with a wider audience.

This podcast is being featured in the podcast section of paddlinglife.com.  If you haven’t already visited the site, check it out for news, stories, reviews, and just about anything related to the paddling life.

For comments, questions, or if you have a story worth sharing, pitch it to me:
[email protected]

Send me a text message with any comments, questions, or suggestions.

Support the show