Helen Johnston interview with Claude Terry, Jack Hart, Frank Jernigan, Susan Knappenberger, John Houser, and Bruce Abernathy

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If you believe you are the copyright holder of any of the content published in this collection and do not want it publicly available, please contact the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center at 404-814-4040 or reference@atlantahistorycenter.com. This recording starts with Claude Terry telling several humorous stories about kayakers breaking their boats and getting stranded on various rivers in the South. Then at 13:44, Jack Hart shares a story about caving in a deep pit in Alabama. At 26:51 Frank Jernigan follows with a story about an inexperienced kayaker jumping in the water to rescue a paddle and one about camping next to a railroad in Charleston, West Virginia. At 35:45 he tells several stories about leading canoeing and raft trips such as when a student accidentally broke Harts kayak on the Chattooga River in Georgia, and when inexperienced students canoed on the Nantahala River in North Carolina. Jernigan ends his interview at 53:21 by recalling Bruce Abernathy jumping out of a tandem canoe on the Chattooga River. Next, at 1:08:20, Susan Knappenberger remembers when a friend almost died when rafting on the Chattooga River. At 1:12:22, John Houser describes canoeing with Abernathy and when Jernigans van broke down. At 1:17:17, Abernathy concludes by sharing a story about a disagreement during a tandem canoeing race on the Nantahala River. Claude Emory Terry (1937- 2019) was born in Cumming, Georgia, to Claude Terry Sr. (1892-1964) and Lizzie Mae Williams (1906-2001). He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Phd in Microbiology and then got a second Phd from the University of Georgia in Molecular Biology . In 1958, he married Betty Carolyn Miller (1940- ), and they had three children: Claude Terry III (1959- ), Michael (1961-), and Denise (1963- ). Terry worked as a professor at Emory University; in addition, he was an expert whitewater canoeist and kayaker and received the National Wildlife Federation Water Conservation Award in 1972. In 1974, he became an environmental consultant. He died in Decatur, Georgia. Jack Wayne Hart (1941- ) was born in Fort Benning, Georgia, to Philip Hart (1905-1992) and Ethel Fincher (1902-1991). In 1950, the family moved to Anderson, Tennessee. In 1967, he married Christina Puzlak (1941- ); they divorced shortly afterward. A year later Hart joined the Marines. Hart moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1986, where he married Catherine Hartley (1951-) (but divorced a year later). In 1990, he married Mariana Hall (1934- ). Frank Bell Jernigan (1926-2007) was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Allen Jernigan (1898-1959) and Leura Bell (1900-1971) He served in the Naval Air Force During World War II and earned degrees in history and education from Emory and Georgia State. In 1953, he married Mary Anne Garrard (1932-2022), and they had four children together: Anne (1954- ), Audrey (1956-), Frank Jr. (1957- ), and Walker (1959- ). He worked as the director of recreation at Georgia State University in the 1970s. In 1992, he was inducted into Emory Universitys Sports Hall of Fame. He died in Atlanta. John Henry Houser Jr. (1946- 2022) was born in Perry, Georgia, to John Henry House Sr. (1921-2014) and Beverly Ann Matthews (1923-2016). He earned an undergraduate and graduate degree from Georgia State University. Afterward he worked for his family business Houser Construction. He died in Perry. Susan Knappenberger (1951- ) was born in Leechburg, Pennsylvania, to Allen Joseph Knappenberger (1926-2023) and Retha Patterson (1923- 2005). In 1970, she moved to Atlanta where she attended Georgia State University and earned her MBA from Mercer University. In 1977, she married Jerry Appleton (1937-2012). Knappenberger worked for Hewlett-Packard and helped found the electronics company Appleton Associates in 1985. In 1995, she moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, and in 2003 she moved to Jasper, Georgia. No additional biographical information has been determined. Helen .T olms ton F'olklore 300 Nov. 20, :UJ'f!J1, Glaude 'I'er-r-y Intr-oductlon, bloghephice] sketch 1. Betty on the 'lough 2. Ross at Soc1r-em-1JoG 3. Roy-oh-Roy end Jim 4. Payson's first Ohettooge Tr-ip 5. Nontehele liy Nlght 6, CleurJe' s ll:Lggest 'Puplrny 7. "!Jute h I s [lu1mn0rseul t P:tc tupe s II. Jeck Hrnt Introduct:ton, hlor;rophieBl sketch l. Hussell's fit, House, encl Cots 2, llussell-- llrunk end Nie8n 3. nussell and the Secretery !-1, i-iussell. the Freocher J'ictu.re Jntroduction, biogrBpb:i.cel slrntch 1. UiJ.l at ()orlcscr1c1w 3. tJack' s Jfo y8 le ot Crack ) I. li0 ml y end /',sc b [l t l11irst Hrs p id r- ) 1:5:ruco e nc1 n-inn...-1 H I; the IZH ces G. 13r-uce Rnc1 John et Llnll ~)lulco 2 '7 10 ll lL1 ltl 1 ') 26 2'7 2il 35 '70 Open Cenoef:l on Section JYouP IJ, Sudden l'rienclshl.p on i;ho 1l0ntBhalD 9. llut at Jlull ,nuice IV, 8us0n l(rwpponliergor Int!l'.'od'uc,tion, Jske bch( , .. /\ Neap Dcrnth on tho Ch,ittoogo V, J"obn Houser Intr<ocluction, skotch 1, John encl Druco ot Dull Sluice 2, lJruce Bnd. <1i.nny el; the l?,ico 3. Jer<nig0nb Ditch VI, Druce /\ber<ns thy Introduction, sketch (J:tnny end 13puce st the l10co Conclusion DO }([\ YAE P:rw Hl\Vii! 1:HlGH OWN l:110LKLOffW? One night, es I ley wicte-eyea ena hopelessly ewake Worry:1..ng s1rnut whBt i coul(1 possibly no for my Ji'olklore project, I was struck bye bolt of inspiration. I coul~ get sori1e of nry fr:i.ends to tell me Jrnyeklng stories. I could already think o.f three or .f.'onr that woulcl he g:reat. r:t1he on:iy hitch wes tlwt I didn't know if it woulcl be eccepteble as folklore, Keyekin~ is relatively new es a spo1~t, a nrl these stor le s do not lwve e long trad i t:i.on. nut e brief talk with my lnstructo:r alloyed rr1.ost of these fears, ancl 1 won ell exctted becuuse the very next day, &~ tt.,her 5, there wes n canoe race on the Cetawha Hiver that I was r;o:tng to. ~ho pace, however, wes e d1sappo:i.ntment. It was too short e :rece for people to sit Bround end tell stor1es, (I ,Hdn 1 t do very well in the race eithe11.) The next weekenrl, I went beckpecking et Jack's River with some frjends. I told them to think of some stories to tell me. rphen my :recorde11 husted, ,tlo mucl:-1 .for the I:; trip! J went th1,ough e few mopo recorders end .finally borrowed one tJ:-rnt wor>ks, anrl I wns ell set. On NovembeP a_, I v,ent; rBpell:tnp; st L:i.ttle HiveP C1;rnyon j_n 1\lshame, end firn:iU.y cornered a couple people into telling me some storieG. 2 .l'crnt mooLi.ne: l;ha L " fri.encl of mine tolko<1 mo into golng vl.ong lirrd.:., GltJUrl.e cnn aoon1 qu:i te :1nconslc1eY'eto, wh:tch ho .so1net.i_n1_es ,inc1 evontuaJly 1:i.ke hi,n Bs they got to lmov1 h:i.-,11, ,'\ome )_)eo.l.o, don't w2nt to r;ot Lo know him. 1J1hi,s :i.s reelJ.y H aha.me '1)0cou.rie ~10 is a :rontastic pursor1. Dr. Ulau.de ri;. '.l:e:r'r\y is Bn cnv:i.ronmentel eonsultnnl; fop s Cen8dian J'lriJJ. Lost :yoFJJ', he wHn an C(nmlnont mlc:rohi.olog.i.st 8t r,:rnory until they dec:ldec1 nol; Lo th:i pl:;y-sovon yon rs old ,lloo.lrn l:i Ice give him to.nu.Ni. Ho :ts 1n nn ovcnntuf.f'od cho.ll:' bouncing 1 s:tx-pock on h:Ls belly. But he .1s so1:tclly- bu:i.lt, hvs brov1nillt~h~l)loncto ht=1:l.r, o hfHJPcl., oncl fl ch.i.l,11 llrn enjoyrnent of lU'o. end rc-1mombe1~t1 vvh0n his fr-iendn used to come v:t:c1:it h:tm rJ.d.tnp; he's hecomo son1e~l10L of on eJcpert at lt una ot k2yat{lng. 1.rwo yoaru~ 4 ~~]Jon{'; rJ:iLh Doug 1Hooclwu11 rl, hn set up ~-~outh02stc:rin 1,:xped it:ion,i, Jnc. to gu.icle rol't tP:tps clovm the Crw ttoo;>;D 10.vor, -much puhllcl.zecl s:inco the movi.o "JJell.vePBnce." Clouc1e, Don/:, :ing. Ile Uvos flt 17,17 lJnivoPsLty l)pi.vo, l\tlonl;o, f!o, 30306. 7 'I'hls fi.rst story wes Pocoisdorl on Novembor 7, 1<)711 on top of s cl:U'f, VJe had !Joen rape1lJ.nr, thoro anrl wore psclcing 11p to leave to ~o hilcin~. 1rhe other stories wer0 recorrlorl whllo we wc110 s1tt1.n~ sround in l~ho cars wD.l t:lng .Cor Lhe .rout of tho p;Poup to eome honk f'rom runnlne; 8 shuttlo up Lho canyon. . ~lC:'F/ NST/JN: '!'ell me a stot'y. CL/\ urn,; 'l'lmliY: \'ve11, let's see u Ahont three yooru tigo we v,ent up to Pun the Youghlor;henyo rC~is W8S up ln PennnylvHrd.e, snrl nh we horl fl lninch of people with us who wore oxperiencer1 nnd B lot of pooplo who weren't very axporiencer1, So one of tho funniest thin{';s tlwt ha:ppenec1 on that tr:1.p, I guess, Wfls we frnr1 omi perso11 who herln't keyekor1 on ony hig weter like thet, enr1 ther1e wes thls fr-ills on thny,e ca llecl Gucuml-)CY' F1alls which ls not really H fo11s hut 8 hj_g riapld, ancl :lt run::1 kinclo n:tce-bis w2ves Bn 1 four ox> f'ive.s4-x-foot woves end e big c'J.1-iop; ancl thi.s ,r;.trl cBn1e clown in e kn;/sk. Shfl st8r1ts corn:ing ln_to it nn,1 srrns it an' eihe st,:irts 1111Hlly pBdrllin1; in the BJ.r l1ut she 1 8 not touchin the vmtor~ ~'ihe 1n ofrn:Lr1 to touch tl10 v,etor, 1,ut 8'18 ['Jq;ureg s 110 lJoLtor pHc1r1le; so 11 11e corr1es r~ll the W8Y clown et\(l she nevEJr puts the perlrll e :tn th3 wnter l-)ut Bha I n wavi.nr~ the ptHiclle nw(lly 8nr1 t1ho ,(;ets to the hottorn nn<'l vve 8s1cecl he_r: sDid) 11 Jley,you rllC1n't t.u11n over~" vnd sh0 soy~3, 11 no;1, I would 1 e if J h2dn 1 t been psrl1ll:i.ne; {30 h2:rcll 11 ~-\o th0t wos, t 119t wBs one where we celled hep l::;he hurr1r(!in' birrl--fl'orn then on, becouae sho never let the podrlle touch tile 1wtois, llut, we r1i_cln 1 t [':ot FJ rnovio cf tt nnCl she sl::,j_ll denlo~.3 it. Ono of the r;uys who runs with us is l1oss \Vllson. Hoss is ahout sixty years olrl nncl he stnrterl. orr rnnninr,; open cBno0 with us nnrl thon he chanr~od over1 to lceyolc; vn' noss, wJ.tl1 whet you mi1,:ht C8ll typicBl uh .. ,el:L-0l,n1, :nnnngocl to buy B .... VoctoP, whi.ch iw,, to ho the most goclowfu:L kayf1k design golnr;; nn' ho storted y,unnin['; vii th us unc1 he fi.twllJ rloclclocl 1" )0 we wont down Sectl.on Four on the Ch8ttoop;8 011' 110,;:i h2d heen run_r1i.n 11 open C,9non down thero en' doln' pretty well--perticulBr ly cons:i.clerlnri; he's td . .x~ye !3ut ltofH3 nn-n10 clown CroDck-inthe lloclc in the keyuk nncl turnc,cl over on 1 come out of lt; on' we tried to ketch his l~ont, hut \:he PiVeT1 w2f3 lliri;h en' lt wenL on clov,1n thriough ,JBwhone, .[ p;uosu_; D:n 1 we 11:ot J{ofls olltA.._8~gein, Rncl s- 0 mi:,vl,e,-r:. ~, .... ,Juwi:wn,:I Qh1 lie ,7of- b4r.k Ir, rl11t k-ayqt<, -on-:</T4rhJ__::;.:!lf - t11rnerl over, 0r1' cntne out again. Ari' t}1is t:lmA l was down belov, sittin1 clown ln the pool helow :iock-orn-Dog v1hic 11 is 8bout ti seven-foot: w-oterf211; Dncl I sGe l{oas 1 ~1 boot cornlnr,,; an' it ws 100 ... it lookerl .ro,illy runny; hecLJuso it wos com't.n' clown t!.0 0 river w:tth one oml st;ickl.n1 r-i_ght up in the o:i.r, It we cm 1 t ]sy:lng f'J.oetinE npsicle down ol' ... or ... ; it wes Blmost .sunk.; lt k:i.<1do rlopper1 ovrn' to tfl8 slcle; on' l parlcilod, snrl pushflCl it over to the er-le;e with my l)oet Bn 1 then jumpocl 011t of mJ 1~01:Jt fl\1 1 pul1erl :it up. /\n 1 11hon T pulled :i.t np, hnlf of' 1.t wos ,o;one---huek be~ind the kwyak-~-t 1e cockpit, ---1t hocl hro}ten off 2hout,, ,ol,out rJ lltl:lo over" thi_rd of the llOnt; the back enrl 6 of tho boat. p.,_n 1 I looked np en' Hoss eemo w2nhl1v1; dov1n; on' hun;~; on Soc!r-err1~Do;_1; there, vn' hfl 1 R hnnr;ing on Lhe l:i_p of ~-:ock-01n-Dor1 ;, un' his ta11'~3 11ei::Jtln' 1ih:1; 11n 1":1_1,c:1:;, n":1. 1 :1r; 1 ,~ !';Jrl :(!in, ()'11, !,hr~ {'ll1'r 1 ~:1'.", !''.(l_l_ 1J' 1_; nnJ00~1hh HlnvhhJ1 Hl88hVv~ 0 /\n 1 hern 1 s Hoss houn(i.i.nv up un. 1 ch);i.1n, nn' hor,J 1u i~f::i_~)-.. -l,ii:i_,,: /\it 1 l 1r11 H.i_ttlnp; Bt the "liotl~orn_; l' laughod 1 Lil J criorl, ,iust W8Lchlnr); hj_m; 'nnuse there vwsn 1 t s thlng you conlcl do for )1i_m, No w,Jy to i';et to him. 1\n 1 ha 1 s hane;i.ng up on tho lip 1 til ha finolly gevo out en' tha--right ovar tho c-)rl p;o of' the lip l 13nt wo tuok lioss 1l( lwynk 011,1 lo.tel it oul; sncl dyijer1 :Lt; nn1 pulled off--oponcd up somf.d1ody's bog and got out Bll thel.r 0;0BP that \VBS clpy; an' w:tped out~ .down l~he kO',YBk. An' we hsrl e roll of plynum tepe Dnrl we took his J'loetetion Hut wa took trlrs flo,it;, ti.on h"I': out of ono ,, our hc)[~ts; stuck thnl~ ~ the~ hor.k of Hosn 1s hont encl. l:Dped ).l; up; sn' Dhnpcd hlrn up n hoDt 01Jt of' thu r-loDtb~H hng, nn 1 he 1,1ue lrnet- -rnD,lo hlrn e folce bnck end fol' :1.t. :i.fJ h:i.111, thot splinter encl no vm:v fol' nnyl,ocl.,y to gnt to h:i.rn out in tho mirldle; Just kinrle flopping in Lhe vm .. cu.rricn1t I tll he finslly ... he f'ellocJ over tho orlp;e. it ,ms funqy thour;h. ,TOIINWl'OL~; .f. don I t thiqi{ !loss though!; '.l'ell me ol1oul; Uw t guy out !'lest Uwt ilPolrn his hon I; up, \Vho'/ 11oy-oh-Hoy'/ ,JOlll~cl'T'ON: Yeah. Yoo h . 1He l J , I lo y-oh - 1 lo ,V W8 s ld. nd 8 e o o l . l{oy-oh-!~oy wan ... \vell, ho'n .... hc0 wBn o lo"r""1g-hHlP wo Ir1et up thet>e y1hon hfl vws ru.nrd_np; rlver1s out 1Nesl.:;, :-;orto 'l~y hj_msG(hf. J\n' uh, ho Coln us he 1c1 tRke us clown Brown's C2nyon th0 nuxt (lo.v, 1,ut ho WDB gonno run One- l;hroup;h- ~"Li.x on the i\rknnsAn thnt dnyo 80 v-,o clccterl mayl:e wo 1d go run One .. th11 out;h-f1:tx wlth hlrn. 1Ne went over; on' so two ... D couple o.f' the-) p;uys Hr.iid they'd on nnr1 run Bnc l we I c1 .1:/ i- :'; ne T1Gs I~ o J' us.Uw,, r1l4r 1.v c-) t1long end scout 2nd lloy-o'l-llo:v.A~:JJm J.leyer heppenecl to he out; thero, flnd he got on too, an' tl1ey ;JJ.l st0rted clown. eoo i.n the firrd; hole tJeyer houp;ht :tt--cf:lmo out of his Y:ont e:n 1 h:i.s l1oot wont wBshing r1ov;n; u nrl. tT:i. m I s wo j_ ric1) Ile stort'5'~ scpesin:i.ng nn 1 jump:i.n1, np encl clown. He P8n rlown Lhe s:tde or l;hn rivor ov"r hBl'li-wiPe fence 811f1 everyth:tnr~--sc:resming 211 1 yell:lnri; n.f'ter his f1out. l<'Jnnlly hls l102t rJiJUck J.n D hole 2n 1 hl'oko !;ho huc,k encl off'; on' ;Jtm jumped in. J-le rLirln 1t ,jump in wh:llci i.t wss v1hole. He wDited 'til :1.t hrokA 1.n hBlf; then he jt1mp0,1 in Brtrl {';ot whnt V/'18 left of :i.t, Which :i.s :rnrt or stBncl2NI Jlm, I gness. Hut Roy-oh-11oy wes cloin,~ rine. Hewes domi~; clow~leer11n{' tho porty, sn 1 he, an' MFJrk, an 1 llu.p~h csrno clown. Ann then ti-1ey r~ot rlr1;ht ffbovo th0 l1ridge; on 1 he, Hoy, turned over, sn' than Hoy rollerl up, Bn I then Hoy tu.Pt1erl l18ck over", nn I then Uey .rolled hsck up, sn' then Ho:y cBrne out. of h:'Ls l1or-1t. Pirwll~y, t1fte.r coming out of his hoBt, he swem it over to tho erlgc-1; so we sll yvent rlown Bn' helpe,1 him, 1\nrl we pullerl his bcx,t up on 1;1-w ec1[';e onc1 got it up on l;he Y'ocks, ~lllcl then lloy--oh-Hoy cllml1erl up, 2ncl we went heck to try to see ... to see wlwt we conlrl do nhout Jim's hoeit. J\nri in cllrnh:lng up, Hoy knocked his l)()nt bFJck in the wBter tin' it wont 1,v2sh1ng down the rlve:r; so we leunchecl :l.n pursuit of lloy 1s ho11t, llugh enri J'fley,k chfiserl 1.t B litLlo 1"/B;J enrl p;oL sCAY'r rl encl f':ot out. J\n' then we followerl lloy-oh-l?oy 1 s hon t ~own 2long the roecl tl1st stayerl close to tho rlver, snrl oventunlly we round 1t, encl ii; hsrl some sm,ill problems. It fiBrl chsnr;ecl from on 0Prlin02y h,ost to n i':1ercorles-llenz hogt beceuse It was e gull-wing rles:tr;n. You conlrl trJlrn the noelcpit on' top, an' lift lt up, Bnr1 si.t clown, oncl then put lt b2ck clown B1'0l.ll1cl you. ./\n' so we f':ot r~ovj es o.r lloy-oli-lloy rloiiw; thi.s. But the intoresting thin['; wos Jim Lleyer, 13ecuuse lloy ha:! broken the front helf of his hoat--hur,k to the cockpit or:r, e1n' ,Tim h2rl lost the bsck half of his host, so r18 gol; Boy's lrnat nnrl lnolrn the r"est of the liout owoy oncl nsved tho lrnck encl; I Cf took J. t home, 8t1cl moclo 8 llo0t wl1ieh he s U.11 r-1111s v1h:lch ls on8 hnlr lloy' s boBt which is ono design, end one lwlf of his wh:tch is the other cJes.lgn. rrhot' s rJ rep~uJ_;:_1r old utor;,1. JO' INS1'0 N: Now, tell rno another one. CJ,/\ 11n1,: 'l'l:1mY: T (7 on I t know no morn. 'Poll me sornethlng tho t ... CTJ\1JT_)]i; 1J1Er/l{ 1l: \ 1/1181; 1 s ilel:l;y st:i.ck1_rlf'; things in h8r eyes J'or'/ tTO'l.J',fSTOi-~: rr.1elJ rne somethinn; thct hRppened out West 2gaj_n. CJj\(H)l'-! r11gl?!?Y: Some Lill ng tl-w t 1-18 pponerl out West. ,TOllNSTOJII: Yee h. /\f",a ln. I tolcl you. 'rryln' to c01we tr-oublei UJ,i\lJl)l~ 1L1l~Hf1Y~ Nope: Trying to evolcl it. ;ro1n~s1110N: 1.l.1ell me snothor one. Let's see .... 10 CL/1\JJ)l,; 'l'E'iliY: l's yson lfonnedy. l'eys on l\.onnedy wo s ono of Lho guys who worlrnrl :ln 11 DeliveNJncc 11 wI th us, onrl he runs B rBftlng hus:L-- ness. J?:eohshJ.y tho best known cenoo:tst in the [.)onth_eest :tr you re Ally corne ri{';ht rlown to it; 0ncl fontBst:i.c follow! He I s t1een r11nr1in1~ thA ()hattocl:~a, 011, sevc,n c>r oi1~ht years now. dut '1:i.s rd.fr-, tells ub,u.L the ri.rst t:Lme tlwt thoy ren the CJhattooe;e. 'J'hey went up, nnci thoy vmntecl to Pun tile Chllttoof\B r1.ver, Hn~ they weren't ~t1lte sure wl1ere you 1~ot on, Tihore yot1 ,,:ot of:f', /\nrl. they clrove up an' they flrrnlly fonncl whore you're supposerl tco gct on the r:tvAr sbont 2: 70 in the v:f'ternoon. ;fo Bbout four of 1em got on tho Chattoogo in the:1.ri cBr.toe.s Rnrl they hocl nobocly who'd ever l)()en rlcrnn tho Chottoogn or onythin[';, So they stortec1 cJovm the, Cho ttoog2 Rncl flho wont rlovm to the 1)0ttom to meet 'em 3lcout 6:0ll, \i/ell, t 11:i.s wos--from lfor>l 1s T11 or-rl 1Nhero they p;ot in, to the 76 h:ri.dgo is foui:iteen miles; nnc1 lt W8S 8/Jp2rent1y SU1flir16J' f)n 1 , or l.ote surmnor, on.' fai.rly lO\'V wBter, en' lt w0s ... thfl weDLh.or W8S cool. /\n1 al1out Air;ht o 1 clock c01ne vn 1 tt p;ot clerk, 2n1 uh, so /\nreli0 wont :tnto town an' 2sked t,he shRr:i.ff ohout :tt, fJnd he essurer"l her that the1e 1 s no vwy you couln e;o rlown that rive:r; thet thoy 1 cl 211 heen klllocl. 1111 1 , on' so she v1ont l1uck on' got u rnol;ol Went h8ck the next 111oroning to Ir1 the ,neontime, they comEi rlown (;ho river. It starterl gettin 1 c1ork rs11cl :tl; turned out 1-.!wt somoono hnr1 hsc1 tho fo.r'esl:,;ht to hring some nwtches, hnt nolio<'ly 110,1 ony clothes or' eny food, or any g;oBP of nny sort. But one n;uy, hq--h2d 0 hnnc1kerch:Ler he 1d hrour,;ht, 1.! th:i.nk to tle over hi.s l1e1,(I :i.n cnso ho st2rtecl gettinp; sunhu.rn. So Lhoy woulrl l1uilfl e f.'i pe very hot 8n1 lvy it clown on one, vn' ho woulrl 1-:o to i:decp; nnd !-:hell w11cn l:lie llei1Clk0.r~, .. Y10 1i;ot t~o nl0ol), t.hen nnothoy, one ,.vo11lrl p.lck up Lh,-, 1wnrlko1:-eh:Lef ,rn' werrn :i.t, put :i.t ovor sj)E:Jnt the ni.1,;ht thnt. W8Y, an 1 carno out th0, rwxt clPy. 'Jut l~he !~ 1 s one of lJ1oso t11:i.nr~s whore poopl0 get troppecl on the rlve:r w:iLhont -reelly tnkj_nn; p;ofJP w:i.th them. J\ncl lt lwppuns even to the sort of liest people, (; 1 CT./\lJI)],; 'J'l,;/lHY: quo'l)Ler of' tvwlvo. WDS hC:-HJUl;}fnl' [J}J I the (rlOOn Wf:lH up. Jt 1,Vn wont rlc)l;nl to the :rive-r, nn1 the cnr'[l un' cl_pove clovn1 t: 11fl rlvcl' 't.tl wn C'l!Hi';h.t up \Fi_th tho wnter; nn 1 JJilocl the lJootf.l off, on' '.':C)t on !:ho P.i.Ve:r, 2n 1 rnn clown 1,he J>:i vo rG i)u. l; :i.t vwn rou] 1-y i'unny hocnunu tho O!ll-y plnce you coitlcl soo v,:Hf3 v:hore the-; rnoon fLtt; on I l.f' you v;ont DY'ound n curvfl inLo t)1fl Dhodow, the only wu,'{ you could ri1n1 wes to You conlrl HOO 11hi.te you were on; an 1 lG f 1;ovo you l~hn sons2b:i.on or rei:-ill.v ... 1.-Lko J'lootin,u; without Lou.ch:i.n.o; Dnyth:tnt1 ; 1eouao yon couldn't sflc the riVB11 undnr youo ilut, nothi_n/~ reolly hDppenecl i;o >Jrtyhocly. Wo ... \'/8 hocl o rort ond wo hnd n hunch of ];-::1,'fDl<s, except l\ocl.ger~ /\n 1 l{orlp;or> was :ro8l:ty .n;olnr< l~o t'lri1vn down tl1:Ls ono :r'fl()i<l. ilo r1:idn 1t 11 eBli/.c thol; w11ut he wss--tongue ... l;ho 11:l.ce tonguo he uhout-, .fi.ve f'oot up ouL of LhD t ... out ... out of' tho wntcn.1 up :::.lnnLed u:1 it. J11st lnur;hing ll!(e c:rn;,:,y. I th:in_k he wDs Yeeh, he \'',IDS f;) ] .i ttlo lh.1!~ 110 w2s :J:i.tl~ln/'.'. up on tl1:i.r-J rc}e.k, out .i.n the moon-- i.ie ovontur l.ly cff1i'!e on dowii t.ho 1:1i.v011. 1 en n hon r h:i.rn lo u;>;h:tne:. cr . 1\[JDl1: 1]1_'.i:/{]{Y .~ lin ilo ~ .. Dn they r.rnPo 1'ohind v.rhon wo _ri;ot clonn to ~;hi:J botto111. You know, nens h:tm8(-~]f 0t1 the :ColuHlor o.f D dynnHLy, you kno\'1. 1\n I ho cerne on thu pj_ver tnkinp; hlH J'H:rnily out fo:r en 11 exper:tcn1.co11 , l\n 1 2t lunol-1 tlmo wo ,il;opperl en evoFyl>ocly :Jte:rtc c1 mBlctng sDndvd.chP.s, 811. 1 I'm standing on the si .. c1e, 2n' ho neys, 11 r:-o mH Jco me c s0nc1w:icb. 11 /'.i' .r ~B:01_,1, 11 .[ ,1.on 1 t, 1n1 1,,, ,,eo)Je ' - .c ,, , le , l .. , T ,1.on I t mBko sanclwlche::1. We put Lh0 J'oocJ out, uncl. you. nwlrn sf,nclwic I10s. 11 1\n' so h0 stood ,n,ouncl E>nCI w0:i..ted unti.l evor'yhody .f:i.nJ.shed; end w0nt over' Dn' checkec1 the food, Dn I l;he:re W88 one p:tece of meBt left, some bread; so h.e e;ot Ch2t 2n I rr18J e himself 8 s2ndwtch,. 'I1hon when we got down to the lBk0, I psddlec'l up bes:tde his reft in the koyek, 'n' sRid, 11 no one of you r:uy:1 wAnt to padrllo the kwyok, 11 :,o one or 11:i.s f:d.encls I cllmhed on the raft with he nn' 11ls wJ.fe 8n' kic1s~ An' the-y wero oll srnok:i.n'. i\n I it w2s reolly fu.nny 1c2use they we.re reolly te.r:1"1 ... rrioi-:iky. J\h. Hut he looks Bt me an' s2ys, 11 .You knoi.v, you. r10Hl.J:,r .ru.n a aeat-of-tl.1e-r.mnLs business. go rlown the rivor an 1 yc>11 wo1;lrln 1 L moke me o oanclwicl1. i\n 1 ~ T hodn I t .n;otton D pleee or moBt thero 8 !~ the end, I wDs r::o:tnc; to concel 211 tbose chnclrs. 11 I,t)._ /J'l t- .1. SFJ ~L1L , lln.u._1 _g (l. 08 .1.11 1 You know, 11 <io cancel 'om n.ov, j_f ,yon 1 cl rc1;1ll-y -riethe:e. Ir you clon I t 1:l.Jj:o th< trip, go cnncel 1 01n,1t Funny ri:u-,y. :Jut yon r:EJ't [;hose lci.nrl of' tu:eki"}-JI, 'iou r;et th,c, {';uys who come out an' thcy'pe p;o:i..ng to cl.o U1(::i rnRucho Ch:i.n[::s unc'l you nlwn.vn .-CiguPe thwy 1 l'E-1 i+"' n l~ho-,y al,2Pt ;1 1;ott;:i.n 1 B l:i.ttln nhook nn 1 yo1.1 con so111otlmoR wo:r.1< with 'em. /\n 1 t.hen you r1;et tho people \v 110 cnn't sw~.m who don't tel1 you 1 tll yon1 r10 hu11vvEJ:Y rl.own.. /\n 1 U1on you gflt L;hr1ee hu.nr7.red. pound p;uys who vlv1S;'/:J w:tpo out I cDHso they nlwsys stlck tho:i.r paddle :i.n srnnol"idy else I s osr or fBll on scJ1nel1cJciy 1s le~ an 1 bong up, cJr rell out tl1e1nselves an' you con' t ;,:et 1 ern buck in Lhe rol't. i l.()J ,l 1'/ ~ 111v 11 on sornehocl;y I s nose t CL!\lTD}1: ri_iJ1;:i{nY ~ The only edventege they /(ot ls they el.ways floet u11 1 they clon 1 t ~et br11lsed becll.y. lH1 ... they klncl0 lJl:imp it down tho rive:r1 J3ut; ;you con 1 t get B life-jacket on tbat fits 'em. We've j1,.sL gotten i:;o the point ir Bnybody who really looks fat .. is advisJ.ne; them not to e;o. (TO .l TfJ~i 1 PO 1\T I wish you wou.lclB clone Uwt last ,ipr-ing. CL/\UD11: 1rD;l{ff'{: Which one'/ Diel you heve a tupko,y'/1 J O:JJiS'l'Oi1J: Oh, yoeh! Wa11ts tell mo eliout it'? crr.r~unr~ 1I1El{l{Y: 1JVe r.nnm clown f)oclr-o.rrJ-Dog on 2 t'Df't trl{)o An' Uutch was s:tttJnr,; beck on the stern gnid:i..n;\ Che :rnft. Ile como off sn' ho lwcl " couple or li:tr,; />;uys In Lho f'pont oncl; Bncl when tho-v h.Lt the bork.rollor et Cho l)otl:orn oJ' .~:iock-om.-nop;, well, Lhe r-vft ,just stopp<-,r1. 1\n1 ... en' l\utch is on the b,~clrnnd, Bl1 1 the ll8clrnnd popped 11p, flip1iorl up in the e ir l:llrn I'D i' ts vil 11 rl o s omo t irno . Tt huclc1ec1, nn 1 flippocl the heclrnncl U/J, llutch Wflnt Uj) in the Hlr-, S8W ho WBS coming cl.own .. !;he wey he war, up in l;he ai_r, on' just tuckerl--like he vrns c1o1ng s summersault; sn1 d:lcJ 8 strrnn1crseult, came down, hit on his seat on the front encl of tlrn PBft which lwd come up, en' slicl off in tho weter, Tl1on ho j11st--it wes incr-edihle! Ile just went up l.n the ai.r- 1:ll1 1 Pooli:,rnrl whet he was doln1~; he tuclrnc1, he coma down, ho said ... he ,rn:i_r1 "Whop!" on the J'Pont encl of tho y,eft, en' .Cell in the wetey,, , ,\e 1/"/l,1J,-/,1 ,J.oc1r,1,!/ a1\d (1,?n5/Ht-1t~c.111 il/t1;9({ l !n( 1-11-11 f?,l"(Jlv,/s f>-H;,Je 1<) 6c>c-'r,9;<'1 $r11i101v, ' 111 i\f tel') Claude refused to 2,_-i''/ ;nore s tor:1 s s) n1. ver t'rip. to telJ __ me ij c21/ s tory ,1 way-to-do-it type. ~hpn ~ ~at to i ow him better efter heing on a few tri9s toget~er, and he is really s goo0 \r or1ce :ro1..1 torn at Fort 3enning, lived three or four aifferent places ln r~ese st~rtes, 2s w~re Glsu~e's, were recorded while we 1q Rusi:'lell White is Bn old fellow w'w.,. :.-1e I EJ vvell ... hs' s just el::ou ::. the c'I irtio st oln ms n the re ever w8 s--li ter21ly es we 11 a s f' 1. c~ u re t iv e 1 y . Uh . . . he ' s 2') n o l c1 s ,9 i l en who n s :c; r'l to be bama an 1 settled o~ 8and Mountain on his folks' property where he heceme a 9reacher for a while an~ then became a moonshiner. hnc1 1 8 still moond1:Ln:'Lng to th:1..s day. He 1 s abcut sixty-- years 010, rarely s~sves, .iie lt1Brrle6 ol," :cal w:"' f':i.p;urec'l ,0 1 ( 1)f, D good catcl::1 rceuse he w1cis s 1::ireacher dUt hmtter. Dut she stuck with him knowJ she'll be tal~inJ to a her face an~ stomped it out th 2 pe:r of track shoes, 13 sure enough, that was a aeep pit. lD off B ledge ebout forty feet clown; t~en you1a wait several secor:1.d.s 2nr4 eventuslly ;,Ju 1 c:l hear it hit the botton1 8n6 you1 i4 fifty foot rope en' uh, .. I repelled down to tbs ledge en 1 sn 1 I could see the bottom of the rope denglin'; en1 just tack out an 1 decidea t0 come hack u bought '7._, .. 1 bout tvm ~1unc1rec1 feet of rope an I e runch or c2ble leclc113r-- 111out a hunclrer] sn' ::"ifty .feet of cable l.scJrler. Dicky ?atrick, en 1 voted to go ~own first so I decidea the way to do it. De'd lower the ceble laJder aown to the ledre en' I woul~ 70 down tne rope to the c8ble ladaer an 1 surely t~e csle ladder mi~ht reach t~o bottom of ... 2 hun~rect enrl' fifty feet of it So I got on a belay rope 1 s 2t:ot1t t~vo h1J_n.are0. I~eet lo~n;~:.:, vi1erit r~r)v1r1--rarJellecl Clo"tvn. to tb.e homemade stuff. The cable's oaly one sixteenth inch thick-- 2cered t~a hell out of me. 1 .. esi{es that, every sneak on pest it. Dut, after I got down so far, I saw the cable ladder doesn't reach the uh .. hottom of it 1 s just denfliri1 see the hottorn of see the walls heceuse the thinf belled out so his, see hue:e forn2tjo11s, you kT1011if, /loin,:,; up the si.('le--r~rip stones. ~ollere0 st t~em to untie the belay an' ~ro0 it fawn en 1 some 8isgivtn~s 1ceuse r w2s sort of exsee the ottom of tbe too. Nohody else 0ente~ to come own. s i1-;_, cl hut [ was one slin~ short. w~ich fiDDlly messurerl out st two hun~re~ 20 1 forty feet high-- tatle buildin~--anrl .. 1,Nas 1N e~1. rn;/ 1Je1t l_Jro.!:ce! n 1 was about to reac over t~e sweat off my fece, you know, an1 cl sr a~ 1 stopped in at Russell's ce an' te was pretty 22 him \now thet we were nut r_set.tir1 1 o:Cf :J.lS property, en' t~et we were still slive. An' he invite~ us in to t~is ol~ shAck of his. one room's 2 kitchen, the other room's e ~efroo~ en' we were It 'NB s it 1 ceuse - ~ s2s incredibly gross. Tl~ ever l?y in it. 01~ rotten quilts en~ .. uh .. ~ells; en~ .. uh ... why we were just sitti~~ ttere, we ... we J.:-ee11:!,r Vi8r1te:(ret ti=J anr.1ea-ve 17u_t tt1e~y selCorn sea people 2:1 1 did see in 0y life. It really belo~~ea tera. :ieJ.--e. u and dropped it in Dev1d 1 s Jeo. An 1 he sort~ s~rsnk heck from :it. It lookef so awful. An 1 she walks into tbs ()J_,7 Clussell, be 1 s sor1.et:,1 The next time I went up t~ere with Jim Youmans~ we drove in. really nesn. filthy-mouth, men. lt 1 s so filthy. I ~on1 t see how he eats with thst mouth. I rlon 1 t see yousll~ helmets. One of jin sons c2me ou~ though, to kil1 us. s little hit oI' ~ooze ore eer on' s~arc it ruit~ him. get really msan. I remer,1bep one tirne ~ to,Jk th:ls little sec c-eter:y fro:m t lie ~chool System ur there an' t~is ot r .o were expsr1encerl cavers. on:Les. he~ t~ese little 01 know, s~e really wasn 1 t prc9area for se1L old ~usaell ha~ heen on a .ne DlJt en 1 ~~s trousers were soekin3 ~et sll t~e ~ay down to t~c UD ttat or so~G ~00~ hooze, en' h.c 1.,ve11t ovs r en' ClcJ sseJ..l c ou: _ 1 le C 8 '..J'-3 .. .. 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There 5 Ii Or.,r Id he no J;5 .' c,~iNy ,~ tviih /2:s s\///;,,J ~t;. ~"'"''" .. -~>. i ! n1eet5_r1:?~ J 1v2n:tec1 to ,i;.ro -to t)'"1.&t r1i_ ... ~h.tit I c1ecic~ed th.&t t!~_is ageir1st th.e 'JVBll sn.cl 1nak:e :~_ifn tell -cne son1e stori_es. at Georgi~ Stete. I met him e year ago et the same Touch the en0 sure enough, ~e 1s. He 1 ll do about anything for you. Prank is e~out forty-sight, doesn't look it, is in very good sbepe~ medium build, hrownish hsir, marrie0 to a womBn orn And raised in Atlanta, went to Emory~ joined the ftevy, of my most interest --, - .re, 1 "it T, 11elieve it oi- not. 11 th. j_ n._:;-,_t s cost ?11 An' I tol0 his, you know; ~ewes hishly impressed time I think it wss aroun( twenty 0o7 lars. OU r:, hack of the raft had been pitche~ out en' my pad le was out Water, current, river. .L.. L I_. l_, l c-, . _.i-t :':; :, 0 u.h .. ji :1. t well not really ~even an' tben he ..... it washed him right t~raugh Corkscrew. T~s .... the ... oh, the las .... trlp lea~er wes very upset ovsrthe t~ou~ht of this. f-t ~. ' Gorkscr'S'No i\lr r_1t Q 3Ill. the time ... ~ .... 8t t:'1e time~ J() Yee'.1., it WBS' Co::.:1.rscrew . I ... I ~eara 11er shrill 11oice net bsck in thst ,,oat . 11 (ltncobevent falsetto). It wss B screa---What? Of course 2t that lJ int, l had ~otten ~acl{ ln the raf't .. iJl?l1C.l .l3ill. lJ l":iill managea_ to save--- JUT CE PO!iVl?LL: Di,:; Bill! The padale, he~ .. he rorle the padctle t~ro11~h Corkscrew an' sevea t~e peddle an 1 we were all thankful t!~at the twenty jollars ha~ been-- UTTTC>f ~fad een savecl. Saved. An 1 the sturlent acti.vity fees were still intact. !J1'.:12t 1s ju.st tre1n,3ncloi.1s~ Thts.~~this person[.:i1 sacri.fico-- 1\11 rip;l1t. LeG 1s see. J\nother one. T1 ve got some ~oorl news for ya. You want to eut; it off whi.le ... the goorl news? Ohl An sdventure 1)1et T think we were ell looking forevmrc1 1:D at neorg:i.s ntete Touch the r~:arth white \'!8te:rclub, vms to go on t:he Nev, 8iver in ~Vest \/irr;:tni2. ~1Ve spent nwny d2ys plenning 2n0 o:r.g0nlz:i.nr1;, en' checlcln1 the Clow o:~ wete-r on the dew. An' we f'inelly r~ot nn e V8n 1-Jn 1 wo me<'io 811 the i!lrepa:retions, rn1d ,ve msde tVJe trip sque( '?) .. tr:i.p to \'lest Virg:i.nle en' . uh .. ,we ctrove ,il'J. ney long, We got t 11e:re. '1ett:Ln 1 ldnde clBrlq' was rainy, on~ 1 cnt1:rse we wero in really forAi~n territor1y. ';'}e 1-wcln I t been .i.n th:1 s neck of the woods l1nfor1e 9 1\n 1 0111" tr:i.p leader who 1vos or:i.1 1;:inBlly .~oinn; w:i.th us w0s unt-:1l11e to diller r1 1ernplnton, hy 1oroe; on' so, wo wero ,iust: go:tn 1 on our 33 own. 1:Vo _.n;:ot there en 1 the;1e wo G suppos1;rl to l)P. ~n1 0:xcellent the put:i.n. known B s tl"in Venp;c-HJce nang. Just unreel.~11 c2mpsites were t1omo distance wwey. [t ... it ~1,1n't seam like v:e could ree] 1y en nip :i.n Hn}r otl"1o-: upoL, reolly. of nnT' people wo met up the.r-o hEJrl l1een runnln t Jn n roBd .PB ce .in C.:'rwr1leston, \.'Jest \J.il'i1-::i.n.i..e, on I th_oy he,: ,net. us t;11_e:re. ri_ 1he~; bod 21rcHJCly- bnen there i::n-1 1 soon the condition 2n 1 herl. scouted out D n tmwll C(\Mps:i.te on the otho:r s:i.rle of tho r_i_ver. \Je r:y, vers, very close to 8 r'flilroe 11 t:rnck. t:1J.s ns 8n nlte:en2tive Bn 1 Bt l;l-'!.~}t T.:Lrne oe ni,r,;ht it senn1eO t.o he .. ,look f)c1tter Hn 1 l)etter l~he r-:JOT'e v1n lookerl nt :i.t os opposed to P::oin,n; twenty mi.les u1.,wy or r.;omeG! 1 in,P; to f:i.ncl_ n plnco l~o cemp. So 1.;110 set up cnrnp vd.th Cents un' l:ruc1~s, an' lnnterns an 1 r:'.L.res ell on too o.f' each other1--2bouL ti.r.Jonty lK;ople; snd uh . Bll vws well I til we beg2n to tet into the b ...... our tents Hn 1 get settled ror1 the n:i_i,ht :tn ou:r sloeJ_xlnf-~~ hDp~s an' thane trolns cEnne ,,it1 2v1esorne .f'orce Bn 1 ln1r!1ed.lete enr1 conntent rog- [ wes reelly nme~erl, the f8 nco. J <lon 1 t holiove J' ve over- hnfl on e.xpeP.Lence like that or w2kin' up in the rnidcllo or the nii,:ht, h2l.f the peoplo sitlinp: u.p :in l;f1e .. i.n thc:tr hunks .. Ln the:Lr ... not 1n the:i.r 1-1unks, l~ut on thel-.r uh mattrense:-::1 or whet hsve you, nto:rin1~ out--reelly wt1~rylnr~ i.r they !10,1 so1nehc>w or 1nott1or, so1n0hocly !1arl slitlped the Lont onto the tracl{. It ;just soomer1 like it to hn out, uh ... v:init:tnn: tho woods fore r,i:innto nn' .L wos comlns eclr on1 :c harl on j11st my white sl~ivi.es--in 11avy terms COY()C th:i.s L11 1Jin. I could son it hn:111.nr1t-Fi p:i.ekin' up watch that thin;;, I ,vo s stand :i_ n' t hero. you know, pu11-tn' your or-m down cloj_n 1 o wh:isLle rriotion; Bn 1 su.re enoq?h, ho WDs .. ,m1st2 11enn lookin 1 rJn:ht e :: mo----t:in1 I- ('1, J' n' n I 1~ oven .. we '_I __l _ , hn cnt down on l~hv t vvhistlc-1 hm11ViJ(,1 \VODhoonhhn2h:=1t?.ehhhow1;vv.1 ubout twice l.i..ko tl11.Jt 8n 1 the whole, tho tents just seernorl to Y'.ise up an' ... okay ( '?), I \'Jent sheepishly 11oelt j_nto my ten!-, \vonrl wondorin 1 :1.f enyhocl,y had. :reolJ7,ed thet J. 17FJ(l s.i.gnnl. next doy vve prenered l~o go I; on. An' we rlirl }10v0 e ~oc,~ trip 1Phe WD te ri vm s ri I t ...... not D s 35 RHAN.K JJi~n1--r-rr~-.t-\N: ~c 1vo ha,1 many enjoyvle experiences or1 veriotJs rivers r-)n 1 we've !.)rogrosse<l up t}1e VDPious k.inds, hut on ;-:;eet:i.on ferent klnc1s or uh ..... expc-)riences bocvuso w,~ 11Bvo high ledp;C:1s Bn 1 tho w2 . vwter vo1unie cen he up rB:thoJ, high. Anrl so the L 1 s tho reo l c k1e llenge -- l~he . tho h5.f~gy. One weekend we hHd rnade plnns to u.h ... [_,;o 8n 1 v1e 11.v,1 rcall,y been lcind2 u 11 cv1er10 or t:v-; fuct J:hnt notiie oJ-' t 11e ccy;m,1e11 ci_ol corr1nnn.i.es 1wrl ))r>oclucorl eY,;Jr.;d_:i.tions on' h.:::)(1 clone very well with nov:l.ces in tho hoat. woulr1n 1 t tB)rn Bny oxpori.onco. Nornwlly we would encou;oa:,;EJ paoplo to he on tho donb:ihela, :-1ection 'i7hron in r12fts, nt leost, be.-Jcn,e they hRr1 tac 1-~1edf3oction ,' 11our, bnt ln this cRse, we r1 i cl n t t . i;,J0 t::W lrl v-1c 'cl have on P,;,;_pcl'le11ccrl pe:rison :l.n oef!h .... .i.nstPuct:i.ons 811 1 uh .... 11.ope ror tha hc-;st. o:ne - nj_ne, or ~,onwtl1ln 1 o:r 'nothc-r, :-:in 1 no we 11nd n lot of ,vBter; en' th:-Jt v1ator r1o~'J (nov:Ln 1 roBl we.:1ll~ lJh .. v.ro h2rl sever-al la:iynks with us. es fer es the ..... whoro to :;c) en' !:hai-. sort o.f th:i.nr; Dn ~1e '73cl heen niony t:imes bofcn'o uh,. ,exoept Pi:Lu /JR rtioula:r t:trne ho :1od uhm .... 8 couple of' knynks with h:tm tho t hod not bcon on f11onr an' Lh.i s Yneont thnt u11 rFi !~her t 1ifJn the knyliJn:i he. tn_(( reolly sort of D help, ~n [~8the11 }H:HldJes OJ' peopl<~ thot huve gotten thro.vn out 011 ::10J11ethin\)' or I nothe1.1, the-~r ti1on1selves woul<'1 prol':obly neecl some cn:r>e I thou.rsh we dJ.dn I t rer.ilize t!1is f'ully RI: tho timr:. /\n 1 wo stBr1 tod out on 1 v1e h8cl a .... ,B ver:tous uh ... cxperlenees u:ottln 1 p;oinf1; 2n 1 :i.t ro0lly WDD r8ther1 fun. 1.:Je hBd son1n of ti1e nrlm:tn.iHtr8to:rs rrom r~-eor~;i0 ~:.tsto UnJ..vori,q:tty wlt)1 1lfJ. lP1 . , .r,0. lwr1 8orne professor-s, e lot of' st.udonts. \'}fl 11Bcl nh .... threo or four r>ef'ts .... J. cen't r>e1nr,Jr1her>. T thlnlc it nwy have been f'oup ref ts t 1w t dey. \'fe we1:1c: B b oup mEJ.:;cimum. llnd uhm .. vve fj nally r1:ot down to the real uh ... point of' l<'our where, ,vou 1010w, it's ell 2"1,out, kno\vn os 111ivo J.i 1slls. 1/Ve got r~ov,n sue"'.", c0ssfully onoug11 to uh ... r~r>Bck-in-the-Hock. 1.1/ell, reDlly, what ha.--1 f1nppenec1, ne hod wnshed ti1rouu;h-- JO i~S1'0'>J; Corikscrew. Co-rksc11 ew. il.n' T kno\V thot the, .. the PBft l h.ad dlc1 not have t:'.1e p11esence of mind en' the 011:tlity to eddy turn out~; so 1ve sl .. , .we were ove~(' to the rle_:ht uido w1-1ere \'Je slip{)ed clown en I kinrl of :12lfwsy fell throur(h o llttlA s.1)il1,.,,2y on the ri.ght. An' the re.rt waa:ki.n(J o.f c2ught .ln thero; 2n' it wes nh ... not reelly clangerous at 1;lrn1; poJ.nt, hut yet it wes not tho most uh .. comfortable position to be in Bn1 people 1?er'e getting a little excited nn' evc,rytl1tw. 1:1011, it looks llke When somethin 1 hoppens like t 11et, lt just seems likn thet everi-yth:ing seems to con1.0 unc;1uecl. An' snre enour,;h, ouJ> uh ... just et tho tlme, hare come ~aclc who was lE!Brlin:~ the t~1ing; come into the same little wosh that we were in. we lied klnde ,r~otten our rort out ... tho people out of the r'e.rt so .... whore it \%Jsn't o 1xroblem, l)Ut wo et ti-wt 1:1omont r'eHlized tb-2 t we needP.d to get ;.rnck' s k2ynk . . Ct wes eho11t to wesh nown. ilo wDs out an ,i:;flt ... h8cl gotten up on D riock hut we couldn1 t 11old ti-Jo 1rnyek, It wes ... t 11e weter vies pulli.ng it too fa ... Jt \'!OB t11r111er1 overi upside rJown, sn 1 [-;lie vn1-teri \V2S pullin: it rather l'Upidly. with me, sold tlo i1::Hl lt; 11ut thon he reeli?:e<l hP, conlrln 1 t hoJfl l t so he just let j t go encl j_t got CRU;(ht kinrlo umler o lop;. 1:'Vell, at thvt m_or:1ent, uh .. Jack wes up en' he re2l:Lzed that one of l--;1---ie other kayekists, :1'9Jrr1D ,lioyc, 1.1as in some cliJ'ficuJty at G.r80,k-in-tl-io-!?ock. [~o he v.ros runnin I up to got the throw l:lne 2v0Ilel1le to i'2lrno. An I RO, s couple of ou_r novices 1.vho hr:id not .. were in one o.f' the pef~ts w2s up theT'e, Bn1 they 111"/el 1 net- 1he !{0 ' - l J , L - ~ - ,.., -,1W a" t< out. 11 ~Jl, l s2w it lcin~ or hRlI' plnnocl un~el' this ... on I reolly scid to t-: 11 c1n, 11 1--low thet'~~ ;Jeck 1 s lrn~r21<. Let's don't bother 'lt. 11 thBt evnP;J,P;ody vws mok.Ln' :tt nl.ri!,:hl: to th:i.r~ 1)0:tnt, Bn 1 f_io I turned iny heek e:t I wen.t on up. and ... 1Nell, lt d:i.cln I t sonm to hf1vc se<'.t 1:rc on.cl o: ::he othoJ end k8";}Dk v.r}i:tch wo~1 ver.-,y, vor:y t1ice of' t.her_i1, excopt, eech one r'!ently tri.ecl to pry the lrnysk out from urnler tho log hy pullln.1 up on ono enc:i,l .. tiut rne}l.7.5.n:; thn i!1Dkn or 2 f:i_l~or,- p7,in3 l,r)a"!- 2n 1 j'ust 1)11fl1.J/.>H<l :i.t l':t.0 .ht; :i.n hn]C. : '_.,, 0 ' ' ' , ' ' J\nrl uh ... thet hi0 cool. ktiy8l( whir,!--- v.ro fo1lnd out nt thot t:bne, \'!Ds 11ot hls. lio just ever nwcl0 5 t, An' i: th:ink l~h.i.B :is very hn2lthy 1n r-ccor~nizin' some oJ' our :-,J 13n' to c;n,ioy Jt. rJn .... tho vw .... ;you Just 3'7 don 1 t, 1;et=Jl: the weteT; you have to leB1'n to live w:i.th lt Anr~ t.hD [~ :1fJg Rny wnte r in .tt ull und ... uhni .... tho 1:ospcct thc-1.ro :i.t ... :i.t srnnoti.rnos it' r:: Dlow .i.n. cornin 1 , 1 ut :::ion10timeu just ,ninoro \)1in:,;s J:i_kn t 11;_,1-, cDn .. enn Lench you nornc:d::hlnr~; \"/1erco8 you don1 t haue to cxpcrJ.cncf~ tth ... ony1~ody rie2lly hurt or- .. oP drown1n:'.:, ori 2nytl1_i-1:-: liku ti1nl~; Hn 1 wo'vo 110en f'ortunu l~e not -Lo have 8r_1.ythln;,; l.i_ke thp,t. f)rett-.y e;oocl :eup:Ld:-, .i.n :tt. ,sut /OU :ruBlly cvnnot Pl'OJJHPf-: people .i.n tnn(lom ennoE1in;: uut.i.1 you uetunll:v ri:et on tho 1:i.vera. One of' !':.ho thin11,s Hhout t'.1e ;,fr:intnhDlB the!: rnns from lhe nn ... drnn clown to uh ... N~JntBhol.:-1 OuLdoor>.'~ 1Jenteyi l:.:; t 1io uh .... the /\nrl uh, ... :it 1 :=i eomin.": ri1; 1J1t out of tf1n i~entRheltJ rlDf'1, nn 1 it 1 :=:1 uh .... uh . .tt 1 .'J PU)ln:i.n' swj_f[:, 211! .tt 1 :.1 ll_lle T183lly H he2u_t;j/'1tl, l)eout:i_f~ul river. 1,,.e11, 1:,e !1n(l 1_l;,, prlJosEHl l:o i''O l~horo ou1~ ).fe !wcl l10on on tho Lov.ie.r- (~hntl~1=ihoo(:hoe on' 40 dut :::i0ii18 l::i.rnes we v.ronld pu.l; our pnoplo who v1ere not qu.i te Ds udept on' hDcl not l.en .... lef:J-1qorl Dtl qu.i.el<:ly; fact, he he(! surrnounted 1-:he luri;~otd::; n.tunher- of t:i_lrl68 in tho v12tor'' lit the hrJnf' pcriofl of t:i.me .. l.'.ih:i_ch, of cou1sc, is r 1ei:-:ll;y not so rnnch or' a uh .. r1et-1lly u put-down, hce:::Juse uh.~. It ... it .. have you.. 11r;l_1"', ::ltl1 B11 uh ... hl[~ ... ,uh .... ecntnri or r1;ruv:i !:::;; \1.l_) t--Jtound lJh. tofnn. (: nd of r;i_r1e of' l'-,c0,p r_--, ,) ,f.l,"_/lt1 'lJ."L[, -J.1~- V._L,.J,,..l f J':J1_J.i_c11,y un 1 :lf' _y-ol1 come; out e2rily in tf''.5-fl re;_-1-id, you. w:i.J.l wvs11 Lhrullfl;h 1'.: 1 B not tp OUT' u11 excn11ent cnnoe:tst, le1:;1cler, tro:i.nop, !/:r1. \'J:lloy; t::Jf~ C(~n o.~1 J':if'toen rninute:=i 1Btor, 1-10:rfl come eFJ<:h or tho O!1es [ porscJnully, l1Bv1 ol~1Jys felt iL 1 s do oL7er, then just rernD:1.n.in[~ out of the 1,'IDte-r. You ... ;1on .. JOlJ. can navigete i1wn-y r-j_ver~1 on 1 2n 1 not be an oxport in s ... in r:J. in 8 SE-:lJ1S8 of 1~hc WO r'c1. i~u.t uny crJse, thny .. it VW8 n .. 8 tho P.i.vor ulrrA f'or1 !;h8 cHn .... the rJc1.ool; 1n.it uh .. uh ... thiD 2g2Jn r~eort1;:io ,cjtate hsd 1)con cloJn' <-)nol1.,.1,;h y;h:tto r1nte1 cn;100- :Lnr,' to uh ... pnptJc.i.J)nte :in some l1!.~-l:1H compot:ition. nn1 tho 'il Lx_,:;<l t 11n:i_P O'i'.111 r_i_;J;I1t uu [;hn;1 1:1er1"; l<;f-J111:i.nt<, Bn 1 r:111 1 \10.ro ,lovc-ll- /\11 1 you cnnnot do :i_t l\y -you.:r- SC l._f stnn.t:P,, .t sBy, in Lhl,cJ rHce, we 11.nd n urn ... f-J. tew('1_ set up end l~:inny Gomnwnder we-re _t)Ut tof'.:o l~her :in thif3 onn con.o(-:. ,1,'JOW e1Jch of t 1-1ese Bro uh ... J'ino pno:Jlo DD' lwvc fltronr1; pcr1sonRllt.i.es; on' heve rnlnrl0 of thc)J_p ortn. /\n 1 l ,inst r._iofi hopinr: thnt thc:v wou.lcl ho ~h]e Lr> 0ceonnnod2t.e each other. Viel 1 , rny hopes we J_'"'e not necessf-~Plly u'-;Je to ov 1.11-thstnn<1 tho prect:i.c.-i,n 1 for two oi" threfl t.i1110H to;1;ct: 1er nn' t'i.rne or i-: 110 PDco finnlly cnrno nnr1 l~herc: hed l~cnn .'"JOHJC ycl15.n 1 1)or.:~k ~Jn 1 l'cn1th os to 1Nhethcr on the dt:1,v o.f the racn, urn .. uh ... I popson8Lly huCl ,,;one on the i:ni.t-:tn. c2n sec soine o:r Lho uh ... sor,10 of tl-i_n p8rtlc"ttmntn :i_n t1'.1c roce i\nr1 J r.iHs ri('11nn; hvck up to tho put-ln, and It se ornt-:, n.on t h.-i f_: .1 n s LP :i_ ct ly j\n I l'.1uce I u technlqne Lo r1ete rnine the deno,,,ren1enl~, l'IBS to yell very lourlly nn' Lo i\n! uc:ot on th:ts g:Lc1c or> i\nd Gtnny, heinc: 8 . . .sr10 J,a, occopt.EJd fJO(r10 of the wny shn sn"icl, 11 .NoVJ thr t 1 s ;just: Hbotlt enou.r,;h T hear Bny Or uome sort o.f thra0n t 8 t thst po:lnl:. ViP. 1,,1onc1e11cd 1..rhEJl'E-:l sf1e ,,,,:-Js. An' so thet took core or ti-in rn:i.xcd c:rev1 or hhCJrn.e /:l-ry 2-nt' UcF:11nand.c-n; v1h:ich vJ:i.ll _r1:o c'lovn-1 i.n thci infomous recorrls nr1 s 0.f' coU.l'Sf-) porosonDlit:1-An rnok0 D cl:i.fnot nAce:1snr:ily ho,,-,, rood you pvrlt1lc; :Jnt lt's kincl or fun, loolcin_ri; hnc!k on :i.t. hi_t each o1:~er :i.n the Leet~,. :~ut uh . tt 1 .:; u ... thr::1t's ono grter ynn 1vc goO.e \:;h1~our.1;h t~ho Lo,NGP c:wttehoochfln, thn Upper> :; 112ttnhc,oehec~), Lhn Chesteteo, !-;he: Hnnto 11nlt;, n_n 1 f'_in::::11-y yon try .'\ecl~ion 1 } 1hroe o.r tho Chnttoo:''.D :i.n tDnrlorn \Fi.th ;uco~>lo v,ho 1 vc nevE-;r> l1snn .l.n cr-1noes 1Jcfor1e. crwt;l,oogn, you_ know tlwtdulJ ::~lu:Lee i:-1 ti1c nnd'_:of f:;ection 1.111-iriec w:1:i.ch :rJ8fl'1s 1!-:'n ono of l~hc lBPf~cr uh ... r-up:i(tg tn r:eo:rgj_v. IL must ho clusse<l e;t ( (), nfJ scol. e o_ f' ,ni L x ) v10ter ln 1-t, i.t i.s ... tt i~1 ver;r, very ntt:rect:tvc. I\ t sny pnl~o, this ls nt tho ~nd. of l:hc ... thc-? l~nnclorn fJchool. Novi sorr1ot:i.mes, j __ f thn vmt-:.01 11 n up, v;c ,i1<Jt rlon 1 l: evc--'ln nttemt to run it. It I s ... :i. t 1 .rJ fun. You \'!8)P1_t1 1-:.ry it, yon knovv. pa rt.Lc1Jlex .... thet T1u1 rof'orrlng to .. in toll:lnf~ you ohout uh . theso two ;younr; men l-1nct done sn outstandlnfi Joh; sn 1 Uul..1 1)lu:tce ~:,1hen we got tk1ere. An' wo R t out en' we sturlied on tvie left g:i.rle, 2n' then you \XH1dle ... hn to get ou.t of' the potentinl hyrlr2ul:i.c, 2n' 1)1_0 nlu:Lco ntl 1 Just whtr) you. on lcho l1sll 011 1 Blwut nlne-tbnths lucky. ,'1o, tbvt W8S tho ... You e;onno do it'/11 You know. /1n 1 they'll Bsk the Instructor, nn 1 the;y 111 sriy, 11 ~"/oll, L don't th:tilk ;ton shou]Jl. 11 An' thnt 1ll mBkEl thern wRr1na rlo it. you'll do it." :lo, woll, to n!8ke s low: sl;ory short, this pertictJ].or tandem crew, Jot,n liouser an1 GrttccAl1ern0thy, c1ec: Ldecl thB G they v,oulc1 try.. 'f1hey 8pprioec 11ecl the uh .... canoe chute with care, 'rhey decirlerl to run it on the Pi,;ht cide, sn' they sJ1pper~ C1ov,n the chute; fJut it seems trwt: somehow o:r 1nother, the how of tho ho2t horl.,. ,1;ot too close to the Pock on the r:ir;ht sj_de. 1.Vell, at tl-13t point, uhm .... they was .... were just; ahou t to 1JeCOl,10 uh .. 1:roBdsiCle ond :dull ,t)luice w}1lch the closest t:.1i_nr, to cllsnster 2s you cBn n::et .tnto :i.n ..... in (;eorgio. l, ... Bnrl ... uh, .. thls thr'ow the, stern FJPounrl to 1;110 feet thvt it touched onto thG rock. lvell, 8 C that rnowint, Bpuce i\he.rnethy wes sitt:Lne; in the stern; on' et that momnnt--it v,r:s just norit of like it wes n re.flex thinr,;--l~Tnce ju.st j111:1p8(l out or the 11oet entirely. Completely out or ti1e conoe onto t;he roe k, on 1\n' Jo!1n, vi110 w,is still :in the hoot strugr_,;:tin' fPBntically te p;et it into 2 position of 1)ow .CiPst, .insteef' o.f goln 1 ... ,. ell of a surlrlen it wes gone. ?,heee<;e1v. 1Jpuce n:i.tt:tng hj_gh en Clry up on tho rock w2tchinr; his 1wrtnor. 1!1ho captaln or the sh1.p had rleserterl his ship. It v.;e:J B refl(:x ection 2n1 re21ly re ther corr1icDl. i~r::21n, looking beck on it, Hn 1 we k:td i)ruce 211 tl-Je time ol1outthe factthn t; 0e c1esnrtor1 his sh:t 2n I took t}1e qulck 't12y out. 1:Sut tli:ts ts t 11e k.Lnd of thing th8t 2gvin w2kes it en ... hot11 of tfie:ie people s.tncn thi.s t:i.me hevo made 1)ull Sluice and uh ... 11sve u.l-i .. .,rlevelopocl lnto f-~On(l peclr11c-na. ljJ; J\nrl nov.r ,John.is helpin' us uh .... in oup cBnoe 8choolB 2ncl uh .. C~ruce j_g uh ... ~as 11:tn O1.,vn knyHk vn' lei r10vr1loptn 1 lnto 8 0.ecent k::::ynker. Yo1.J_ knov, 1Jh .. can_onr> .. canoeistn :ln r~oorg:i_o probably crins:Lder ectlon T'our es the ultiJMJte. Jf you roil e f1 the po:tnt where you c2n Pun it :i.n o open canoe . uh ... thet is you. know, the ... the C-1 .is o rlecked csn.oe, or a C-2 that ls decked; uh ... u.;,.!_~t;"- or you cvn .i~ 1st have e re;ular open canoe. We, we nh ....... v,e reedy to try it when it reoched uh ... e decent weter level. In other ~vor-rls, below one ... one - J'lve or l~elow 2nd uh . lx,y the rsl1 of the yeer tills ll.HURlly tBkes place en' uh .. . v10 set e l;:lme up en' only two of us coulrl ecttwlly moko it thet were quallf:i.erl. tTack lisrt 811 1 myself declrlerl, 11 0kny, wo'll run .i.t. 11 \\ie hsrl a .. sorno lceynks 211 1 2 1art suppo1,t; et the tlme an' :5ntch l. 1owel] W8S runnin 1 t~e expfld:ltion, so we rlecided we'd rJJ_ve :i.t 2 go 2nduh ... to ou:r re2l uh ... I skiouldn I t say 2rn20ment, 1~,u.t uh ... it VJBs reBll:v s chellenge, l)ut vv::: Y/ore ab]e to uhm .... revlly m2n2ge rr1ost of the rs1Jirls v1lthout uh ... uh ... ub .. without this uh ... gNJBt deol of uhni .. uh .. tronhlA, not /',Otting we .... T 11ot lnto tronhle twi.ce. Uh . once et uh ... ',even 1'oot l"eJ.J.s. '" 1--Phere .ts o chute ot uh . . 2 c8noe chute o.r lceyek chnte it'u sonie- 1 0,,1.1.,,,rl, thBt runs to the ri1_1;ht of that; liut ln getti.ng ln -; :i rne s ,_ thut it ... it .. the water atthot l2vel uh .... it was somP rocks et the en(1 o.t' it BncJ t8 moneuver out you can get c'lo\'1n tt1e chute eesy enough, hut to get out et the end wes e rohlem nn I i_ t jn.st k.i.nd8 we,1gerl in., :ln .. sli' J hBcl ... I r~ot swempecl out; en' we heel te ~et some hel to j11st get the cenoe lifted out 'thoun:h it wes po.i.nted directly clovmstreern en,1 there vies no uh ... rlRnge-r of ... of llroschin['~. Uh .... that v,as the numl) er one f.1rO~')len1 thF.Jt I had. Jack was n1)le to uh ... leern hy my Gx)Jerle:'!ce, or et leest to rnenouver the hoet better en 1 got hls ho,..,, ont rnvoy .from tho 1ock 2n 1 inacle :Lt. l\n 1 uh ... the second polnt was when wo hit uhrn ... Gorkse.rew. We heel .mBde uhn1 uh ... we hod por1tBgecl uh., .C:r-vck-in-t}1e-Hock--wesn1 t enoupf) ""oter at. one- four to uh ... get ... go anywhcn')e there. ;-)o even the ruft ... we ull 11h line<1 01Jr CHnoes rlown. ln other v,orcls, paillter1s or \vhet beve you. i\n 1 .so uhm ... u.h .. vJe frnd Pun tthrri .... everythtng else--ntll:unl11:J11s, whBt have you; 0nd hen done 2 pretty decent joh. An' 1 course, th.is :ts '.'t 11ere i_t all !wppenerJ. We'd ,:,\in the i"irst!i'sl1 wi.thout eny .. ony uh, ,,resl di_fl'iculty. Tt wss o l':oocl run, Ah .... but Corkscrew reelJy 1-iecl_ hoth of us ps;rchefl out. l-7e p;ot to t~e filtcle enrl i'igurecl. ont hov, \'!O were /);oin' to run lt; en' e]l ti1ts, Dn 1 we \:\1erc gonne hj_t; t 11ls I wont in l'irsL Dn 1 it D lmos t ct own the miO,cl. le enrl onco thB t ha ppenen, my how got so fBr to the left, it c::Jught e rock 2nd :i.t tu:rnecl mo B little to the Hirle. !In' ,w from then on it was ,i11st ... T mean :lt ... J ... 1 v1ent in on' took 8 nJ.ce ;aide. 1lut tliore was no problem.. He r_~ot ..... L got out right efter Corkscrew. Jaclc mana~ea tc, ... he dirl the same tl1J.n:~ to his host l~ut ii~ ... he cHrln 1 t get qu:L te es fa;a to the left with his hm'; Lut he maki..n 1 CoJ'l<screw t 11vt cla.,y. An 1 then we ran on ... ren uh .... Ja1vvbone ... ~fwwbono there, on hacl a ,.0;ooc1 run the1"D. \Ve eddyturned. Just went on throue;h. An' uh ... I let Joel{ [~O first this time 011 1 tlh Jaclc [~Ot ce1.w ' ) '1t on- th-e pock to the left. lie tried to cut ocross the fall en 1 nhrrirmn .. h0, got out en' got b:ts boat beck en' put it in en' went on clown. Uh we fif1:1.1.riocl that' 8 e 11alf 1r12k0. 1\n' uh ... I ceme on an' .. on 1 !lit the rock, spnn off an' \Vent felt ll1<e ell in oll, wit~ open cer1oos, wo'~ ~ecl e pretty oorl rur1 1cvuse t:1ose ... u~ ... th0Be r1re the only tlmo that canoes we-re no worse for1 t,t10 weDr 8n 1 vie vrere re2l proud of thvt 1 ut=Juse tt c2n eat ups cr;n1oe. Uh .. ,iust vs c~u:i.ck 2s it 1ll eat up u k2;lak; op probBhly fl lot quJckeY' 'cause ony open l-:-ioat v,ithont n1neh wstor1 will sw ... . sv12mp lt out sometlmes 1ust too qulckly. ut thHL 1 8 tf10 k:inclof uh ... thin . .:,: JiO, the\; uhrn ... to 1,e pepfoetly '10nest, we c1on' t 2c!vocote unless someone h8s r_i;otten to be en exl)-'.'rt--or cl2ims tn he. J c"ion't know that J w2s, hut efteP t 1,et much oxpepienco, I e;ness you 1Pe reedy for i. t. 111n1\;~.1< J1 1~RNinttr-l: rrhLs wee 1< Bt the 1'bntehalD, ~)aturday, we Vwd a unusuel entonrer;e of pe r't poop1o. 1.Ve h:-d one fib ... uh ... F81-1ricetor raft vii.th four people in it. r! 1hree h2d riever l)een r2ft1-nr~; ,iust one lcrnc1er t'1e t heel. \.'Jo hoct thr1ee kwyeklsts. Two hed never l<ayal{ed the Nanteholo l)efore. ~~ hed seveD canoes. 'J'hpee uh ... we only hurl two solo crinoeists thet ,,ere experlencerl. cRnoe:i.sts 1,Je ha(l, Bn' mixerl ln wl th tt1is, the cenoes ... was a canoe school .. Well, v1hen we stnrted out wo k:tml,i were oll r~onne i''.O together. 1L1hey 1 :re ell State sponsored seperete from this. Wo ,iust sortn sent this out. ~hen we h.tt t11e flrst turn 1.vhe11 e 1311 tho .. the vwtep is in F'iristr~ell 0vePyone of tho sci' .. c8il08 sehool l,unc'1 1rnnt in; Bnd 0 guy \vho h2d j""Jst Pentec'l one 1'1"0,n Mentah8lo. An' ell five of these "1:oats en' peo,-;le an' p2rldle:1 1Nere just ever--y which-way. /111 1 1 coulfl ,iust ... t 11 .ts one psrt:tcnler s~bne stends out In my m:i.nd. lJh ... prohHl:ly es -mueb ss ... w0. f!ll ,_-,;ot bnck 1":nt 1;nthcr vn 1 wont helpln' the school out, Bn 1 I S8\'J uh ... hc-ne they c1P<2. Out or tho h0st. '-Pho gj_rl who heiiponed. l~o ho ln the fpont. 2ncl the gir1 l wes clutchinc; the ... tho .. Lhe 1.-)oy wvs stDndlne; :i.n about knee-deep v,ater. But she wus co1n_pletely ont of the wster--wP:-Jppecl Hronnd hlm Just clutch1ng h1m. ~fust holding; onto him t'or deer Jifo. I. .. J .rea 11. .. it we s Beene of' pe thos -tn R s0nse. I ... I ... ~1: .Celt 1:i.ke, oh, you knov1, I meen he vies, of course, trying to cnlm her. J\t tho sumo ttwo, she wvu reedy to Ret out or there, ,Jut .l' ll sBy thi.H for hei:: sho stucl( it out sno they he(,en to get with 1t encl ,,wde it rlovm 'though sf-e opter1 not to i:un ti1e F'alls, !Jh_ ... aho c1.ld Finish the ... th_e .. tt1e run .... route. An' so !~l1e1~0 uro e lot of lr1terestin~ lc1nds the moment, re>Jlly. One of the J'unn1est ox11or-.ten_ces t~hvt J cen remernhnr, jtl" 1']-I,, 'tic, j" 1 - , u . ,_, ,._) . l u . \l_ l(l,'y 8Gem you I re r~on-t1B rm ke tho ehute, you cen edd.y-turn ut tho top 2 Bnf~le thut :Lt'll put you into tho uh ... sluice Bl1 1 \'n1sh you on out up, .. ,Pi.g1,ts:Lclo up, lrnpefully. 11 \Jell, nut cam0, :Ln on' sure enongh, he \',18S too fBJ' to the loft Rlld so we ... I was Hcreamln~~ an 1 J screomcrl en' po ~terl tcl to erlcly-turn, sn 1 at ttie last moment, :tnsteerl of' goin,r; over tho fBJls, ho ec'lc\y-t1trnerl 11p there, fortun2tely, 211 1 coPrectly. \iell, the next move though, when he come heck out to go Into the cuPreot, you have l;o put your nooe npstreem es you come out so that when the water hits you it will ... you wiJ.l 1nake :Jome progress hack lnto the curir1ont. right up on top of t 1,e lllg rock. 1111 1 it .iust 1msl1ec1 tl10 cBno0 rl1~ht up on there an' he was jusi~ sittlnt~ i11 tho cnnoe .fellow over on tl1e ott1er bank, as .ls ... U!JlJRlly thePe, people Jle seys, nHeve 8 ponickerl look on your' .facel 11 lie hen_ this cBmero ~)ointed '. cl 11 'J )2 l , .1.ave look on yonr fece'. 11 ,\n 1 llut wes wavin 1 at everyhocly. "Hey!" nut seirl it woulrln' t be l~oo l1ard to do, but the ... th8t .. thot made hj_m lau;,;h so much. 1-ic p;ot out or the c2noe en I got j_t l-:ecl<: lnto t)1e e ventu2lly lnto tho uh .... v,ate-r1, en' it uh . ho n1rnost :,)elrl. lt u.p . .iio was e f>'.OOrl ho's re2ll;y ~,ut it ... ot thet point, .tt 'Noulc'l be very r1:Lfricult to snPv1-ve an' he ... :tt rl.Lrl f'lip him eventuelly, hut n .9 he ss:l(i thDt wos quite sn oxpnr:i.. encG. tTnst 83 he 1d {!'.Ot n,) tlJe11 FJ he WBD nll J)Dn:tc-stric1{fHl 8n 1 evor-yth:ing en the-) /':.lr,'f look.ed ()Y'I' 1t 1'1n ~ ' ,, witl-:i 2 These next five stories wore collected pretty much on the spur of the moment. I ren into some friends thet T hed met on reft trips, or whetever, end got them to tell me some sto:r:tes. 1:rhere WDsn't roell;/ enough tlme .fop me to interview them properly end find out tholr l:i.fe h.tstory, hnt I declrlocl to go ef:ieed encl f\et them, trBnscrihe them, end put them in my project, After ell, what's another ten or fifteon pagos '? After l11renk kicked me nut of his offlce, I w2s slttlng outside studying when I ran lnto e girl I met lest summer on. the Che ttooge. Suson J\ne ppenber[';er is in her early tv,entys, w:tth short blonde hair, 1na:r1rn brown eyes, anr'l. a fpiendl_y , ou br,;o:tne~ ma nne:r. l first met her Bs she wes floating down 1~ect1on. '17hree jn e raft with 2 guy .[ had met end become fr:lends with on en earlier trip. All I know ehout her is thet,lest surnmer.., anyway, she lived 1n c\myrna encl worked ot llewll.tt l'eckercl, r asked her to tell me e stoPy, ghe seid she could tell me about a ne,ir des th on the Ck,ttoogo, hut then wss very reluctent to do so. Thon tho girl she wos sitting with, her poornmete, got up end went to cl.ass, encl Krwp tolcl mo this stor'y about her r1oomn12te while wo were sltt:tne; out on the ple7,a outsirlo the Cone.rel Clasflroom building on 1fovmnhep 7,1,17)i., 55 J OlINsri:oN: It I s ell your1so SlJ~)J\ i.1! KHAPPl{NBl1;1tGKfl: Uh ... well what's the ... hov1 do I, .. how do I start'? What ... v1 ha t happens? l\NA1>: ()]cay. fhere was uh . ,one eirl ... ,TOlfr!S'1'0,~: Yeah. J\nd fouP p;uys .. , J01-n1sr_1_10N; Hip/it., KNAP: hoys in .. in a six-man raft going dovm the Chat tooc;a when it was about two-thr ... four, I believe it was. JO ,INS'Nl i'/: That's pretty high. JiNJ\ p: Pretty high, but it was two-three in there somewhere hut ... JOIJNS'rON: Olrn y. KNJ\l': The uh ... tour groups were still on. ,TO l l.1.iSTO H: Hnnnmm o K,~I\P: Soi.twas right on the borderllne somewhere . JOliHS'rON: TTi2;ht. J<NA.P: Where the tour groups were still on Four, An' they went down en' uh, .. the guy who was ruc1rlering had on]y been down Section Four eho11t twice, One guy hed bean down two times, Another guy had never heen down ... or, the other two guys hed never been down. An 1 then Christine, the girl, wes clown about three times on l'ouP, iln 1 they were havin' a heck of a time the whole v10y clown. ifohody was peddling together, everybody wes trying to clo their own thing, en 1 they were going through e lot of repids very poorly. JOllNS'PON: Yeeh. KNAC: And uh,. ,hut when they got to Creek-in-the-Rock, they doci,led to go nhoad an' run it, And uh ... they ceme up to tho log en 1 it turned sideways en'--- The log turned sideweys? JrnA P: No. 1I'he re.ft. JOlfrlS'l'OiT: Oh. Okey. 57 J<HAP: The raft, just above it--J0llNS'I' 0N: flight. J<NA P: 'l'urnerl arounc1. completely en' they went ovor backwercls. ,T0HNS'l'0N: IUr;ht. KNAP: Anct 11h ... when thoy went ovor it backwards, it just flippec1 over completely en' everyhocty wes spillerl out into the weter, An' some of them got out. You know--J0, ldS'.l'0N: Yesh. l\NAP: '.Phey pullect themselves out. But being it was s keeper, Christine just went straight down into it. An' then she cemo up-- it spit her l1ecl, up once just to get enough eir en' she 'NBS pulled back down .tnto it ogain. /\n 1 w ten she cDrrte back up, sho wes bes irle tho reft that was still hun{'; up :i.n the tr>., .. hyrlr2ul:lc. l)ut she got her-self cau[;ht 2n 1 tnngle(l up wlthin the y,opes that were goin 1 erounct the sine of it. An' one wes wrapperl--the heilln~ rope ... l-V88 wr12pped P-:r1onnd ono D 1m 1--J11 1 t 1~e ro;_)o that went Blong the sj_rle of the y,2.f't wes behind i_-1E-1J'l neck, so .... She was 11etween It ... Ohhhhhl An' Christine's e rethor freil person--not physicslly 1;uilt. J\n 1 she's note fi:1J1ter. [)he wDsn 1 t tr;y-inv to fight he:r v,2 y up; she wss .1 us t- 1. 2;11' .ng You know,--;jnst wnsn 1 t fi.ghti.nc; Bt 211. J\n' t 1,en uh ... let 1 s see--I think another of ... enother raft J'rom the to11r group Was it Kim (Joertner? out of e reft ebove :it, en' cHms throu.1,;h Greek-in-the-Hock without her Peft, /,ho come up hesido Chr:Lstine :i.n the hydraulic an' helcl her up ror a whlle on' tolrl her to hBng on. 1ceuse hy that time Christine herl Kiven up en' clecided sho wes deed. JO.iTNS1J10f,J: Ohh ftocl ! J< NAP: /\n 1 'I-lien l)y 1-i,., l- t1n1e t'0 ore t t 1 v . L, o u -J J,, J we.re ow ropes ou... Joug l\llen \1 !nH clown below, 211 1 ho pulled out the othel1 ;!;Uys. An' tt1en fJou.c~ Allen :;ot up on Cho rock ehovo it, or sornehov1---on' en' jumped down on top of the reft thet wes 11pside down. J\n 1 then he pullecl ber np on top of the risft. 1L1hey threw him e line an' fie pulle~ .... yeah, the w~ole roft an' everyso J ~1;ueHs she via:::: pretty l:~lne. Yeah. It wes reelly hs,c1. ~)he didn I t .re2lize how close she CDirle to dee !;h I c2usc she \'Jent clovn1 twice ln that hyrl.1~2ulJc. /\n 1 r don't kn.ow hov,1 she cBrne hack up 1 ct=Juso.I know she didn't to come hack up. ifove you l.ieon on :t t s:tnce '? Yes. sort of let horsslr ;l'Q. () No. 1.Vhen when asked rvhether::She(1,d .r;o back, sho so:i.d, "Meybe next ycep. tJnfortunetely, l clon't thin!c I'll bo the one to t0ke her heclr. I rec1lly clo\l I t. Go Ohhhhh. ,, I t :, - 1 .. .., I .L ,) 18 ,] US J (I .l.Cl l.l l, .111,J/\ ;': 1l1hus ends the ssgu of Christine 2n1 ohein., .... the hydrBuli.c 2t ... Gre ck-:Ln-t;1e-Hoc k. Cre ck-in-the - lloc k. OkD y. I turner! l:"1e mech:i.ne off' ot th:is point bcc,n1se :i.t; mscle her sAlr-consclot1s. encl tol,1 thcFn thet 1;110 Ghuttooga.Hivor- v10s ";oi11r, to be on llsrry thoy tu.rned it on. l\nd sure enou,<~h, :it wes nhouy{Jht1istine. IJer parents told her riot to t;o down lt again. J\fte:r Knap left Lori he~(' class, J ,vont over to tho lobhy .i.n SpuPk.s 1:211, hy the plaz2, nnd stertflr1 stuclying. ~John liouser cnmc \VDJk:ln_1, 1iy. J tr:1 J kflcl to hlm; found out hn nn n :0:i.n'l' to tho S8ir/O :rnoe t:i.n,,; I \'.'B !3 e;o:trl/~ to; tolcl him he hncl tnr~nty mlnuLe~-~, nnd ,n;oL h_i_1r1 to toll mn f-1omo stor1le~3. T fic[-:il~ net ~Jolin on i:1 1riise.r2l)l~1 colrl poJ't trip on t11e :\sntDhnlB ohout o year ngo . . i ne; outs .i.cie the Ou td OOT'S Cento1 q_u:L te eor;1foptrJ hl o :i. n hi ~1 ru llleng th wotsuJ.t vrhilo thG Y'0f;t of us stood t 11epu free?.i.n_P; to tlohn seornn to lJe tfln non-violent type and 2lw2ys tolres ca1e of himsfllf' f:irst-:--ho 1nnkes :c-;urc he I ri i::in comforto11le on h(-) con pos[JihJ:,y 110 nnder the ciricumstnnc~cs. (,2 1/,l\C:J/\EY 'l'ilYIAJii: ~-iJell, we wor-e runnln 1 hull n1ulco ... ~)o \Ver,; runn:t.n 1 lh111 ~1lu:tco tandem. 1:Plght on the ri.r:ht. Hi,ri;l-it. OkBy. nr-u.co said, 11 Put rno rie~ht np on the othoP rock 'Je 1 l, J cl icl . 1 put him o 11 ttle too ttr5ht. ile stood up 011 1 ;jum:Jocl out while nry ... while t~h_e t2il. end of the hont non sv,.LngJ..nr; I wont OVfll" t'.10 fJYnt fo11.,tho 1")oat suriruco should 11c en' tt wosn' t Lhc110. J\n 1 r thooght; son, yon I re tn h:i tro1lble nov.r. :)o J just went llrnp; en 1 in r f'ow seconrls T he2rd I 11:Ls cl:i.clt on lrt;y hfllrn.nt. l\n1 thot n1eant t~hs ri:nnnel Rnrl r>odo :i.t on r1.o\vn 1tll sornohorly threw rne D riope. iic stonC! up on thei': rock, l\n 1 hJro stendlno; the Po. t,Jo,!1 tel1 me Dl1ot1t Cinny sn 1 Ur>11ce. JO ilN 1f0!1'.;1(,l: vou 1NDnt .... It 'N ,i.t 1 s .no nuJttt~r, :rc-)nll:{. Olrn,y. /\n. 1 ,.,:rucn loses hls cool en' s0reoms et pooplo, CUf;sea 8 L:. people. ,hu.co ia f'oul- "1outhed onyhow. sn 1 cussln' st '1inny. Jhuce hn' so I rlon 1 t h8Vfl t~o tnko this t-di:i.t. 11 .-'\n' f';ot out fJn 1 wnlkc-Hl eer>o.ss !:::he rock gnrder1, took deuce I n e17u:lprnent OlJ I~ or hey, CHl', lo.-f't :tt n !; the Outdoo11 Cnnto.P, nn' le rt. J\n 1 1~f'uco 1_ nic 2 n he I s D {,) ,Ir\ 8S hnck. 11 eve:r' soon hlm p1tl1 L.he cnnoc; tr8llcP like .... ~I\Cll/1i('/ '.L'/1YLOli: Yes, I 1ve seon ... I've sec-~n him. Yo2h. li_ftin' on it. Oh, no. l\n' thn l(IO_re \,VC tP:t0d Lo git it out, 1.'.le r'inD 1ly ondecl up pullln I on tt v,tth J\n 1 l\n'.,.1\n 1 thon thor0 'NB[J rp, 1,',!,,<_. ,,,-,,Ac_a, ,_,.' ,c_.,,,_-,' ,'J ',1,,9 11)f ]_-__ ,,.,-,,, f_-,,,,-_._1__., ci, ,c,_,-1 1 Ll, .'1\ l',1 )1_( .,1,- ,_,,,u,,,) l.,J -,'/.,, .l 1 ' ()\/(-',- _(_ ' roof j_n, t:J11 1 CI'Uuf.1c-)cl the .i.ns_i_c1e 1J.phol.s l:;0ry cl<)v-1.n. f'_i_nBlly, somehov, ... oh ... i-l2rn denedict got unc'lo:r t.ho10 usln1 o pudd]c] f'or e sho,.1el, oJl I clur,: !:ho POBJ1 w!1ools out. en' we ,,;ot n r,:ood EHton_r~:h c1!Dnno1 to pull :lL out rd.th the Lone! Grn.isex. i\n 1 it w8s the moBt (~od-t-=1 1nful nwss yotl OVf)J uow. l'il.url ( n d l te '1, 1.Su I~ by the!; t..Llr1e we:; 11nd hr:lf: uomn rno-r(-J e;a ~J :tn it. ~~,{\ C ii/>. IC'( fl. 1/\YLO l{ : but 1_,,hero 1 c1 :you ~-'.:ot tiio ,o;e.s r.Pou1'? ~J(),;[,j :;()ti[)i~J.t: :1 (lun' L knort. 1:>ruco s:i.- phoned :tt out of !; 110 Lend Uru:i.soP. i\n 1 V1n liBnd l)-r,ni_nor hPd one or' Lho,se unt:t-siphon lock~., i_n :i.t. duL Uruce WBE~ su.ch e 1rood th5.eJ' l)wt r1c-; f';ot 1: 110 little slphon hosn clonn in tho.re 1.-'h-JD .i.t ... 1:.'D.'.3 .i. l~ u;1 . rlJcl some1)ody sw~, ho coul<l do :i.!-: of . ,H),I:') ,'()iJ,C)J1;11: 11,1ichclo 1s fr:ie11(l, :/,/\Ci Li\ l{Y 11.1i\"YJ:A)1{ ~ () i 1 , (, (, Of1! Yo::3. 1l1ho f':i.1st f<tig 1_yfl stolo from uomcl"iod,y vn 1 .il)st si:u.ck -'l eouple dollor !lills under l1:i.s .... r!.i_nd s h:i.e lrl ,,, lper. 1l1hB t: 1.112 s l.'unny. U18 ditct1, O}i, h;-,r the v.1e-,v, 1 1m [~onno klll e cloer fH)"rriCLJr11e so v,hen wc ... \'JC.,, wore stDnrl:i.nri~ outside l~ho roon1 r,n :i.tlng for tho pooplo in ;John so :i.Cl J : 1:vnn t,i1en, ilc :1ovcf l::ot on niy ,1crvnf_;; 11u.t 1-lc-) oven ;~ot to be Blmost Cr-:tendi..y the J.DGt t.lrnn ~L f'Dn :into i1 j_rn. I th.:ink he wu:3 J'lvtte1e<l_ hy my 1_,,uql;ii.1..r); h.i.m to tell .me clivorco Poce11tJ.y. anothe'r. It in posslble tlu:it ho ls 0.rre irl. to be fr:toncl1y lH;,-- 'rell 1110 sbouL :l.t. l:ll1UCR Al3EWf/\'f' i IY: r:J,j_ch one'? LH1!Clc 1\BEHHATIJY: Gfl Well, ,ue ... v,e wore :tn e r20e Hnrl uh ... we 1c1 l1een It chBnges every t:tnw he tells :Lt. I{o. h1e ... We v,ero actusll~'l :tn Broce. Jo :-.:i1~81 1_ 1or~- ~ I ... l've stll:J .r:;r>tt1:1 h2vo :lt. Com8 on. OkDy. Ancl uh, .. we v1nre c-orning eround the uhm, .. Lhe rock quDrry bond Dnrl nl1, .. ,l\fentoheJ.B ... J0 1i,\]S 1[10N: Yeah. You ltnow where the rool{-~tlarry 11end is .... ,TO!~\\lf_)rl.10>!: ' f:i.rst ti.me J ever ctict thRt _[ EDt hung up on the rocks. no, wh2t \'ffJ dicl this time in, wn trled to shoot it ove1-1 __ 1-\nd uh ... whDt i'luppen.od ls, J S,,C.. l' ,, , 1\ ()\(P~ ,.VJ J n D\'! look, r: inny, I the way '80 r'e i';oint-:-: to shoot \'.Je 1 re e;onna keep' the front cnr'!. f'ir,'it into tho hDnk; sn' onco wo r:et sro1mr'! the hend, we 1 T'G goN.na let the current drHg ua ec-ross. 11 Woll, Ginny Oirln 1 t quito see thtngs !~hat WDy. {1hc1 l<ept J.t into the hsnlc. l\n 1 knpt it j_nto Chn bank, on 1 kept J.t 1nto thn bi:Jnk, 1=Jn1 we went 0rot1nd thn cor11or. the l-,unk, ant !~ho bBC!k encl_ WBU CBU?;!lt hy the curl"ent. So wo were eoin' clr1wn the rivor sidewuyn. rhon WO were ~Oi.ra 1 down Lhe .r-iver hockwBrrls. J\n 1 tho bock.end c[iught on 2 f'ock 1 1m gonna hevo to split .... terupl;ion.) .... Ro er1yhow, so :[ ... hore we aro. 1:1EJ I ro s.irlewRys f2cino: lnto Lhfl sh ... tho 8i1orc; nn1 l yell, 11 Drnw! 11 So dr::JwJ n 1 nn 1 drnwJ.u' . /\n I I yell, 11 1 1'orowe -r1d ! 11 An' she I c, " rlfnvlln 1 en' c1rsw:i.n. 1 . We wore poJnte,1 l_l,)_)8 tPoHm nn 1 [.:;:ho I s st:tll rlrvwln 1 e)1 1 drevr.tn' nn' rlrnv,ln' 2n' clrl-J\v1n 1 on' (1:r~.i,.,,15n' 2n' drn1_'i1n 1 '' 1_11(-)rY-''J ;;,,,, 1,,11 n I C i\n ... rJhet happens is th.Ht firwl1y sh0 got rd:;roj_ght--perp0ncl:i.culDr to the cur.rent. l\n 1 then [1!10 tries to go f'orwercl, 2n' the f:ront en.rl just ci:Jught ln l~he curron\:; an I swept erounrl un I conr):ht on the .rocks. An' hy this tJme I wea ryln 1 in tho heclc. An' I'rl pryerl l;he heck encl out. l\n 1 t 11on nll of flUdclen whB t hs p-: fast eJ1oup;h. /)he's sittin1 t~h0rc look:i .. n 1 et me like what ... what ere we gonns do no\'(? l\n 1 on 1 so J ... . \'!< spin 2r1ound en' the heck end c2te 11es on 2 rock. 1\11 1 then 1 soy, 11 ()].rn:y. dow rlrD\'Jl .,h.o _n_e,',,s .f'i,,~-.,.11 1 1.,.[)st1c,n1n. In' "1111 , ,,c, c, 1, f'8c1 ' , '~ ~ J, l, (; __ ,.) , g, t,E, . C --fl 8Cf'OSS streDm. r.1.1hen shfl st.2rtecl fncln 1 npstriufJrr1 . lln' I yell, An I J ye l J., 11 }i'o rivrn rd ! dr1Jr-1i.n I nn I drBwtn 1 . fT'ont end an' swopt j_t DPrr.J>Uncl an' cDu<):ht :l.t on n Pock. i\n' then tho hnck cnvl stBrtocl out .i.nto Lhe current. We I ro clo:i.n' cartwheels c'lown 2 round tVJn bnn .. below en' she stoo~ up. fin' ,ii1o thPew l1or pac1dlo ot me. i\n 1 then she sojd, 11 llr~ncl mo my podcllo t" 1\11 1 I sn:i.d, 11 wrwt clo you want'? Uest ontB !~hreo?" !)he s07-.,7t1, 11 1 1 111 not~ gonrw rj_n:tsh this ruce w:i_thout my pDflc1le~ 11 .[ sujd, 11 0kny, hcpe 1 r1 your \~hn styrofonm block vn I jurnpcd :into tho wutcr; vws s1,vopt 0 r,.r, _I _ I to shore, \'VOOrl_ S, an' \'JDS lt=Jst soon atornpLn 1 off t;hrou1J; tho 72 I em reelly sorry ehout the length of this project, 'I'he materiel wes so ,wsy for me to collect enc'l so ehunclent, that I did not revlize exDctly how much I heel. .. 'rherie are so meny fentestic stories that I heve heerd, or could worlc out of people, thet I got cerrlec'l ewey with the collecting, I felled to consider how much metorl2l I could orgenize, turn in on time, end still get more then two hours sleep et n1ght. I wes wor!cing on trenscril1ing the stories for et leest two weeks :i.n eny spere time I hed, which vmsn't much, On top of everything else, my lirother got merried lest weekend enrl the whole plece wes totel confusion, T wes still trenscrihing up to the lest minute. I just coulrl not get it ell typed end reerly to turn in. So I worked reel hero encl p;ot the meln section done end left the other section, which wes reelly more of e supplement, to turn in leto, Anywey, in conclusion I would just like to sey thet I em now convinced thet keyakers, canoeists, enrl white weter people in general definitely do have their own folklore, Also, being outdoor types, they heve other interests in ceving or rock climbing or backpacking, or whatever, which have theil' own folklore too, f/e/e,1 J-o/i,,5f(:Jf1 0,5-1; f},oe>k/;4c />,, /Aa r; e fl,:, ,, 6e.Y;;,4'f :,Xe<- CONTEWI'S: Introduction, 1Ltogrephlc2l sketch l. Getty on tf}e Yough 2. :,oss !Hlson Bt !lock-em-Dog 7. noy-oh-lloy end J.trn ueyeP 11, .l'0yson Kennerly' s l'irst 5. Nontehele by Nisht ~- <Jl011rte on~ the Turkey Pie ture s II. Jsck He;st lntrorluction, Hlo{';repbicel Sketch 1. TTussell White's /3:tt, llouse, enc1 Gets 2. 'lussell, ':l'retty Drunk encl Meen 3. TTussell snrl the Becretery 11. llussell, the J'reecher J':tcture III. Frank Jerni~on lntrorluction,:.Bio{';rephicel Sketch 1. 11111 et Gorlcscrew ,; . Jeck' s Kayek et Crack h. Ile ncl y Bnd Zech et Pips t HB pid 5 Llruce a nrl C:inny Rt the l<H ce s 0. l~ruce encl ,John et llul] Sluice 2 5 7 ].() 11 12 1n 1() 25 2rS 27 2tl 32 35 39 7. Open Ge noes on Section Jeour 8. Suclrlen F'rienc1ship on the N2ntah2la 'l. nut at Bull inuice J?icture I.i7 'jO 'i l 53 -RELEASE~ Dy letting us collect your traditions--stories, sonr:s, music, rememberences, or beliefs of earlier days--you have made a valuable contribution to preserving and understandinr, Southern history, and especially the ,-my of life of your coNmunity. 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( i ; ) Agent of Georgia Folklore Archives (/ Additional Hitness .~j\\ C1-.Jo..o ..\. _\ .'t',.Q, .~.C) , (,",,-,-\e..5,,=, :l''.\).-c ' c=Ai . ---------- Georr,ia Folklore Archives c/o Pro~essor John Burrison Georgia State University 33 Gilmer Street Southeast Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Date__,'fll--""-'~'--''--'-/_,_f__,,1'-'-/_,_f_'7'--ltf'--- , I A PDF transcript exists for this recording. Please contact an archivist for access. Professor John Burrison founded the Atlanta Folklore Archive Project in 1967 at Georgia State University. He trained undergraduates and graduate students enrolled in his folklore curriculum to conduct oral history interviews. Students interviewed men, women, and children of various demographics in Georgia and across the southeast on crafts, storytelling, music, religion, rural life, and traditions. 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