| Whitewater Rafting on West Virginia's New & Gauley Rivers:: Come on In, the Water's Weird Contributor(s): Young, Jay (Author) |
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ISBN: 1609492463 ISBN-13: 9781609492465 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Water Sports - Sports & Recreation | History - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 797.122 |
| LCCN: 2011016279 |
| Series: Sports |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - West Virginia - Cultural Region - South Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It's not everyone who can look at the violent white caps of river rapids and think, "I want to master that." Whitewater rafters are not just anyone. A certain confidence and devil-may-care attitude must be required to set off on West Virginia's New or Gauley Rivers, nothing to protect the riders from the rough waters aside from a helmet and life vest, but to successfully accomplish their mission would be to master some of the most popular and treacherous rapids in the country. Jay Young, a raft guide turned writer, leads readers through the local lore and history of the rivers, where the ordinary almost never occurs. |
Contributor Bio(s): Young, Jay: - Jay Young has lived in the New River Gorge area for five years and worked as a whitewater guide for three of them. When he's not running rivers or climbing rocks, he's a freelance writer in nearby Fayetteville and is closely connected to the local rafting community. He says, "My time on the back of a raft left me with a profound appreciation for the quirkiness of this sport, this industry and the people who ply it. (We're talking boatloads of quirk here.)" |