mockybird wrote:
riven1950 wrote:
Did not see Unto These Hills...maybe next time.
I have been WW rafting a couple of times in Costa Rica, but never in NC. I'm a warm water person.
Then don't raft the Nantahala.. The water is about 42 degrees in the summertime coming off top of the mountain.
As one who lives in the mountains and does white water kayaking and canoeing, I hope you don't take offense, but I need to correct you.
You are right on the Nanty cold water, but it is not because it comes from the high mountains. It is dam released and comes from the very bottom of the lake.
I am at elevation 3200 feet and the water in the cascades and water in my front yard is a delightful 68 to 72 degrees in mid summer. It comes from the higher elevations of Roan Mountain which is 6000 feet high.
However if you would like to try the "Polar Plunge" come on up over Thanks Givings weekend when one of my many daughters host it for the grand children. The water then is usually between 38 and 42 degrees.
If you can stay in longer then a minute, you get a T shirt inscribed with " I survived the polar plunge"
Needless to say as the fifteen grandchildren get older and smarter, it is only the younger ones who want the applause
Jack L
