Tallulah River

After a long hiatus due to lack of water in the Southeast the Tallulah finally ran in the fall! Eager to take advantage of the release, a weekend trip down to the famed river was in store. Most know this classic run for the mega slide, Oceana.
Oceana is a huge slide with a big rock sticking up about ¾ of the way down the slide, creatively named “The Thing.” Sketchy would be the initial reaction of most, but A LOT of people huck themselves fearlessly over the daunting horizon line. A great entertainment to watch, and also quite fun to run. The beast offers two great lines. The most common being the left line, which allows for a crazy amount of speed and just barely avoids a collision with “The Thing” or for those wishing for a little something extra from the rapid they choose the middle line and do the ferry above “The Thing.” Certainly a rapid to remember.
The rest of the run boasts some awesome ledges and slides perfect for a good rail grab or skirt check as well as some amazing scenery. The run is short but sweet and ends in a long lake paddle out, but it’s certainly worth it.
Trent Thibodeaux, Kira Tenney, Casey Sande and myself joined up with Chan Jones and Taylor Fearrington for two runs of Saturday at 500 CFS. Trent, Kira, Casey, and I only had the leg strength to fire up one run on the 700 CFS Sunday because of the 500+ stairs to reach the put in. It was great to finally get in that coveted fall run on the Tallulah. Check out the small video update from the weekend!