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To compliment my earlier TR about the Kaymoor Trail, thought I'd share this from today. I work as a river guide and kayak instructor here in the mountains of West Virginia. We primarily run two rivers here commercially, the New and Gauley. The New has the longer season, and where we are through the summer months. The Gauley is more challenging, and is a dam-released river we run in the fall.
The view from my office:
A look back upstream at Double Z Rapid:
This is a view of where the Kaymoor mine complex lies. The steps are here, but one cannot see anything from the river in the summertime. Just down a bit fom the rock cliffs in the center is where I was:
A view of the New River Gorge Bridge, which is the worlds second largest single-arch span bridge. It's 876 ft high, 3030 ft across. In October there is a festival where hundreds of BASE jumpers parachute off of it:
Me, the rvrscum (short for river-scum), at the helm:
Passing under the bridge:
Enjoy!!!